Space Imaging Signs Up Raytheon
Space Imaging has signed up Raytheon Australia, a unit of U.S.-based Raytheon [RTN], as a master reseller of Space Imaging’s products and services, including imagery from its earth imaging satellite...
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Boeing Joins MUOS Team
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and General Dynamics [GD] have added Boeing Satellite Systems to their team competing to develop the U.S. Navy’s next generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system, known as...
SES, Kinderkanal Extend Deal
SES Astra, a unit of SES Global, signed a new long-term agreement for Kinderkanal (KI.KA) to use transponder capacity for analog broadcasts and prime time transmissions in Europe. KI.KA can...
C-COM Sees Higher Revenues
C-COM Satellite Systems Inc., an Ottawa, Ontario-based supplier of satellite Internet technology, reported a 57 percent increase in fourth-quarter revenues from $484,146 in 2001 to $759,719 in 2002. Total revenues...
L-3 Unit Secures $52M Contract
L-3 Communications’ [LLL] Communication Systems-East division has received a $52 million contract modification for the U.S. military’s secure global communications system via the advanced extremely high frequency communications security (COMSEC)...
Ex-Comsat Official Joins Senate Staff
Paul E. Jacobson, vice president of corporate communications for Starz Encore Group LLC, has been named deputy communications director for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Senator Bill Frist (R-Tenn.). Jacobson joined...
Analytical Graphics Expands Alliance
Analytical Graphics Inc. (AGI) has expanded its seven-year strategic alliance with Science Applications International Corp./Advanced Technology Group (SAIC/ATG) of Huntsville, Ala. AGI will assist SAIC/ATG’s business development efforts to define...
Foundation Telecom, SES Team
Foundation Telecommunications Inc. (FTI) and SES Americom Inc., an SES Global unit, have agreed to a strategic partnership that will enable cable system operators to deliver broadband Internet connectivity. FTI’s...
Delta II Delivers NASA Satellites
A Boeing [BA] Delta II rocket has successfully launched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s ICESat (ice, cloud and elevation satellite) and CHIPSat (cosmic hot interstellar plasma spectrometer satellite) from...
Globecomm Gets $15M Contract
Globecomm Systems [GCOM], a provider of satellite-based communications, received a $15 million contract to provide satellite infrastructure to a European customer. Under the terms of the contract, Globecomm will modernize...