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The Navy needs some seven or eight more ballistic-missile-defense (BMD) Aegis weapon system surface ships immediately to meet demands of combatant commanders, and the sea service definitely will need more […]

Iran is amassing materials such as tungsten copper and specialized aluminum and titanium sheets that are key to production of missiles, including long-range weapons, The Wall Street Journal reported. The […]

The leading congressional critic of ballistic missile defense programs will retain her powerful post overseeing those efforts, as the 111th Congress organizes itself for the next two years. Rep. Ellen […]

NASA Associate Administrator Chris Scolese is now the NASA acting administrator, with the resignation this week of NASA Administrator Mike Griffin, who is departing from his post automatically with the […]

As a new president and Congress are poised to enact a roughly $800 billion economic stimulus bill, it is clear that the measure could provide immense help to critically tight […]

Barack Obama as president is spelling out his policies, including a call to protect U.S. space assets by using both military and diplomatic means, and by hardening satellites against attack. […]

[Satellite Today 01-19-09] GlobeCast signed a distribution deal with BBC World Service for the launch of a Persian TV channel, the company announced Jan. 16.     GlobeCast will be the […]

[Satellite Today 01-19-09] Gazprom Space Systems selected Thales Alenia Space to deliver two Yamal 400 communication satellites, Gazprom announced Jan. 16.     The satellites will be built based on the […]

[Satellite Today 01-19-09] Raytheon Co. completed vibration testing on a sensor designed to monitor climate for three years from NASA‘s Glory satellite, expected to be launched later this year, Raytheon […]

[Satellite Today 01-19-09] XM Canada named Synnex Canada the exclusive national supplier of aftermarket XM Satellite Radio products, XM Canada announced Jan. 15.     Under the agreement, Synnex Canada will […]

[Satellite Today 01-19-09] ERF Wireless and Schlumberger entered into an exclusive agreement for delivery of wireless broadband services throughout North America, the companies announced Jan. 15.     Under the contract […]

[Satellite Today 01-16-09] PlanetSpace has filed a protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) over NASA‘s selection under the International Space Station Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) competition, PlanetSpace announced […]

[Satellite Today 01-16-09] EchoStar Satellite Services signed an agreement with Vredes Inc. provide satellite services for emergency management and other remote location broadcast demands, EchoStar announced Jan. 15.     Vredes […]

[Satellite Today 01-16-09] GMV appointed Jesús Serrano CEO, the company announced Jan. 15.     Serrano, who has worked for the company since its inception, replaces former CEO Luis Mayo.     […]

[Satellite Today 01-16-09] Canadian Satellite Radio Holdingsvreported a 2009 first quarter net loss of $25.2 million, compared to a loss of $12.9 million in the first three months of 2008, […]

[Satellite Today 01-16-09] DigitalGlobe and Aegis Technologies have released ImageScape, a 3-D satellite imagery solution that aims to provide governments, enterprises and developers with the capability to create simulations of […]

[Satellite Today 01-16-09] ABI Research predicting strong growth in the global IPTV market over the next five years, as telcos look to turn up the heat on satellite and cable […]

[Satellite Today 01-16-09] RRSat been chosen to distribute two additional Russian-speaking channels, Smile of Child and Bridge TV, via Gascom‘s Yamal 201 satellite, RRSat announced Jan. 15.     RRsat already […]

[Satellite Today 01-16-09] Thaicom has changed the name of one of its subsidiaries in Cambodia, the company announced Jan. 15.     Cambodia Shinawatra Company Limited (CamShin), a subsidiary of Shenington […]

[Satellite Today 01-16-09] The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) has created the ATIS home networking forum, a centralized body responsible for comprehensively addressing home networking standards, ATIS announced Jan. […]

[Satellite News 01-16-09] Tandberg Television kicked off 2009 with a content delivery deal with Starz Entertainment intended to promote Tandberg’s next-generation MediaPath system as a non-linear distribution platform, Tandberg Vice […]

[Satellite Today 01-15-09] Eutelsat Communications and SpeedCast signed a commercial agreement with maritime equipment supplier Furuno to provide auto beam switching Ku-band broadband maritime service, satellite capacity and teleport services […]

[Satellite Today 01-15-09] L-3 Electron Technologies received combined orders totaling nearly $1 million for the development of a high-efficiency 600-watt Ka-band communications    helix traveling wave tube (TWT), L-3 announced […]

[Satellite Today 01-15-09] NDS shareholders have approved the proposed transaction to take the company private, NDS announced Jan. 13.     If the transaction is completed, News Corp. and funds advised […]

[Satellite Today 01-15-09] Zcom Networks has started negotiations to launch a satellite broadcasting station in Los Angeles, Zcom announced Jan. 14.     The company said it has begun talks with […]

[Satellite Today 01-15-09] France Telecom (Orange) is launching a satellite-based Internet service in France, the company announced Jan. 12.     The offer is being launched through subsidiary NordNet and means […]

[Satellite Today 01-15-09] The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted EchoStar and Dish Network’s request to reexamine the claims of TiVo’s Time Warp patent.     “We are pleased that […]

[Satellite Today 01-15-09] Norsat International has established an EMEA headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, the company announced Jan. 14.     Scheduled to open before the end of January, the company’s EMEA […]

[Satellite Today 01-15-09] Eutelsat turned down an invitation from the European Parliament to discuss the company’s termination of independent Chinese-language television network New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV), Reporters Without Borders […]

[Satellite News 01-15-09] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) President Gwynne Shotwell will be taking over more of the day-to-day operations from company founder, CEO and CTO Elon Musk, Shotwell said […]