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Boeing Service Co. has been awarded a $31.1 million contract modification to provide broadband data service to U.S. military and government  aircraft equipped with the Connexion by Boeing system, the […]

BSkyB saw a double-digit increase in overall revenues for the year that closed June 30, the company announced July 27. BSkyB posted revenues 4.6 billion British pounds ($9.3 billion), an […]

Sabotage was found in two computer gear components made for the International Space Station, and separately, a study committee heard allegations that astronauts were intoxicated before scheduled flights but whistleblowers […]

Using new price offerings and taking advantage of a competitor’s woes, Iridium Satellite LLC picked up 44,000 subscribers in the past 12 months, the company announced July 27. Iridium reported […]

Sensors for the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) passed tests, prime contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC], the payload subcontractor, tested the sensors for more than three […]

The NASA budget plan is far short of adequate funds in many areas for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2008, and there are concerns for the future of manned […]

Sparkling Space Shuttle Endeavour Set To Launch Aug. 7, Phoenix On Friday Space Shuttle Endeavour received an enthusiastic thumbs-up during a pre-flight readiness review, with NASA officials giving the spaceship […]

An explosion ripped a remote area of the Mojave, Calif., installation of Scaled Composites, the firm that built the pioneering Space Ship One, according to wire reports. The blast last […]

Britain-based home entertainment and computing retailer Laskys has extended its product offering to include satellite navigation devices and communication products such as docked telephones, two-way radios and fax machines, the […]

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. reported revenues of 311.9 million Canadian dollars ($298.4 million) in its 2007 second quarter, a 29 percent increase over the same period a year ago, […]

Satellite manufacturer EADS Astrium reported revenues of 1.4 billion euros ($1.9 billion) in the first half of 2007, a 12 percent increase over revenues of 1.3 billion euros ($1.8 billion) […]

ABL Scores Again In Further Testing The Airborne Laser (ABL) ballistic missile defense (BMD) system had a great week in which the House Appropriations Committee (HAC) wiped away the threat […]

Astro All Asia Networks, the leading pay-TV operator in Malaysia, will lease Ku-band capacity from Measat, the satellite operator announced July 26. Measat will provide Astro with use of up […]

Lawmakers Vote To Cut $139 Million From European BMD The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a sole-source contract worth up to $80 million to conduct activation […]

EMS Technologies Inc. completed its acquisition of DSpace Pty. Ltd., an Australian company which helped develop the satellite radio protocols for Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service, EMS announced […]

Despite losing 10,000 subscribers in the last three months, Nordic direct-to-home operator Canal Digital closed its 2007 business year with a net gain of 13,000 subscribers, parent company Telenor announced […]

With revenues of $277 million in the 2007 second quarter, up 22 percent over the same period in 2006, XM Satellite Radio saw its second quarter loss narrow by 23 […]

Eutelsat generated a net profit of 170 million euros ($234.1 million) in its 2007 business year, compared to earnings of 40 million euros ($55.1 million) in 2006, the operator announced […]

The European Union and the United States will provide an improved civil signal design that will be common to their respective satellite navigation systems, officials announced July 26. The effort […]

iDirect Inc. has set up a wholly owned subsidiary to promote adoption of its Internet Protocol-based satellite networking solutions in the government market, iDirect announced July 26. John Ratigan, formerly […]

Revenues in Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Space Technology unit improved 4 percent to $769 million in the 2007 second quarter, the company announced July 24. Operating profit grew from $60 million […]

Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) revenues improved 3 percent to $8 billion in the 2007 second quarter, as higher aircraft deliveries and higher volume in support services offset the loss […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. received two contract modifications from NATO for work on a recently deployed GPS-Based Force Tracking System, Globecomm announced July 24. The modifications call for Globecomm to add […]

Teledyne Technologies Inc. received a contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to provide focal plane arrays for the High Stare program, Teledyne announced July 24. High Stare is […]

Vizada has begun distributing a new Thuraya satellite communications service that will provide Internet access, Vizada announced July 25. Thuraya GmPRS (Geo mobile Packet Radio Service) enables customers to browse […]

SES New Skies launched GSM backhaul services for Telikom Papua New Guinea (Telikom PNG), the satellite operator announced July 25. Under a five-year deal, Telikom PNG, the main telecommunications provider […]

A joint venture created by SES Global and Eutelsat’s targeting the mobile TV market was approved by the European Commission (EC) July 25. The two rivals announced in October they […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. will supply a SkyEdge broadband satellite network to Axesat, a satellite service provider in Latin America, Gilat announced July 25. Axesat will deploy SkyEdge Pro and […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) named Ray Baxter vice president for federal sales, the company announced July 24. Baxter has more than 34 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, […]