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[Via Satellite 10-30-13] Dish is teaming up with Southwest Airlines to provide travelers with the opportunity to borrow an iPad 2 from its “Watch TV on the Fly” libraries. Building […]

[Via Satellite 10-30-13] Signalhorn has been selected for the operation and management of a pan-African network for one of the world’s leading providers of offshore service vessels to the global […]

[Via Satellite 10-30-13] ViaSat and Green Hills Software have partnered to deliver military-grade security for Android smartphones and tablets. The INTEGRITY Multivisor separation-kernel has been selected as the hypervisor solution […]

[Via Satellite 10-30-13] Tata Elxsi and Algotochip have partnered to provide rapid Systems on a Chip (SoC) solutions and services targeted at OEMs and custom chipmakers. The companies’ first collaboration […]

[Via Satellite 10-29-13] Earlier this year, Via Satellite announced that its Satellite Executive of the Year (SEOTY) for 2012 was Tom Choi, the CEO of Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS). Choi […]

[Via Satellite 10-29-13] Harris Corporation reported revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2014 of $1.19 billion and income from continuing operations of $128 million, or $1.18 per diluted share. […]

[Via Satellite 10-29-13] Ball Aerospace & Technologies’ Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) has been selected to test an advanced form of thermal insulation, called integrated multi-layer insulation (IMLI) that could […]

[Via Satellite 10-29-13] Eutelsat Communications and Es’hailSat’s jointly-owned Eutelsat 25B/Es’hail 1 satellite, launched on Aug. 29, 2013, went into commercial service this morning at 25.5 degrees east. The satellite operates […]

[Via Satellite 10-29-13] Space Systems/Loral (SSL) announced that the Sirius FM 6 satellite, designed and built for Sirius XM Radio, is performing post-launch maneuvers according to plan. The satellite deployed […]

[Via Satellite 10-29-13] Panasonic Avionics Corporation has selected NewCom International’s new teleport in Peru to be the facility of excellence and manage its aeronautical broadband coverage in South America. This […]

[Via Satellite 10-28-13] In a recent interview with Eutelsat’s CEO Michel de Rosen, he spoke of the company evaluating a number of potential acquisitions before securing the $1.1 billion deal […]

[Via Satellite 10-28-13] International Launch Services (ILS), successfully carried the Sirius FM 6 satellite, built by SSL, into orbit on an ILS Proton for Sirius XM Radio. The ILS Proton […]

[Via Satellite 10-28-13] In-flight connectivity and entertainment solutions provider Gogo has signed a contract with Japan Airlines (JAL) to provide Gogo’s in-flight Internet service on JAL’s entire domestic fleet, which […]

[Via Satellite 10-28-13] The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command (USMC) has taken delivery of ViaSat’s off-the-shelf mobile devices with advanced information security. The USMC is now beginning evaluation of this […]

[Via Satellite 10-28-13] Advantech Wireless has released its new S6920 Ruggedized SCPC/RCS VSAT Terminal. Built to withstand the harsh environments encountered in outdoor applications, the S6920 terminal is a complete […]

[Via Satellite 10-28-13] Thuraya Telecommunications Company, a Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) operator, has certified the RedPort Optimizer satellite Wi-Fi router and the RedPort XGate satellite email and data service software […]

[Via Satellite 10-24-13] After being postponed for a week, International Launch Services (ILS) is moving forward with the Sirius FM 6 satellite launch on Oct. 25, 2013. The original liftoff […]

In the November issue of Via Satellite magazine, we learn the inside story behind Eutelsat’s strategy for Latin America, the oil and gas industry’s perception of the HTS market and […]

[Via Satellite 10-25-13] Astrium has delivered the proto-flight model (PFM) of the microwave radiometer (MWR), to the prime contractor Thales Alenia Space for installation on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) […]

[Via Satellite 10-25-13] Video consumption across non-traditional devices such as tablets, smartphones, PCs and connected PCs evolved exponentially into a global phenomenon that is not restricted to a geographic area […]

[Via Satellite 10-25-13] Fashion One, the international television network for fashion, entertainment and lifestyle, has selected Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) to provide broadcast services. The SD channel launched its demo […]

[Via Satellite 10-25-13] The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a contract task order to Riverside Technology, a designer and implementer of integrated scientific, engineering and IT solutions, […]

[Via Satellite 10-25-13] SES and OmniAccess, a VSAT service provider and network integrator in the luxury superyacht market, have signed a new Ku-band capacity deal on SES’ NSS 12 satellite […]

Mark Dankberg, chairman and CEO of ViaSat Inc., has been honored with the Innovator Award at the 2013 Arthur C. Clarke Awards in Washington D.C. “When I was a little […]

[Via Satellite 10-24-13] The in-flight connectivity market remains one of the major talking points in the satellite issues as FSS and MSS players jockey for position in this market. This […]

[Via Satellite 10-24-13] Media Networks will provide its wholesale service in Ku-band satellite Internet (ISAT-KU) to Conekta, the satellite links division of the Peruvian operator Proveedor de Comunicaciones del Oriente […]

[Via Satellite 10-24-13] Orbcomm launched its GT 1100 trailer tracking solution to the transportation and distribution industry at the American Trucking Association (ATA) Management Conference & Exhibition from Oct. 19-22 […]

Boeing has finalized an agreement with Space Florida to use a processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to build the Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft, an important step toward […]

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., a global communications and information company, announced today it has signed a contract valued at US$4.04 million under its Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) agreement with the […]

[Via Satellite 10-23-13] After a recent Morgan Stanley report that predicted difficult times ahead for the FSS sector, another European investment firm, Natixis Securities, has released a report giving its […]