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The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee produced a Pentagon defense authorization bill that provides $60 million increased funding to aid partnership programs with Israel. First, the panel added $25 million […]

The Constellation Program to develop a next-generation spacecraft for missions to the moon and Mars completed its half-year-long system requirements review, NASA announced. Constellation will include the Orion crew exploration […]

John W. Douglass will retire as the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) president at the end of the year, AIA announced. Douglass has been a strong defender of and spokesman for […]

The top bipartisan lawmakers on a key House panel may ask the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation into a controversy surrounding NASA Inspector General Robert “Moose” Cobb. […]

China Within Months Of Launching Moon Orbiter China is poised to launch a moon orbiter vehicle that likely will lift off sometime in the July-December time frame, perhaps in September, […]

NASA awarded Hewlett-Packard [HPQ], or HP, a seven-year contract worth up to $5.6 billion, the space agency announced. HP will provide a wide range of technology for federal government agencies. […]

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) opened an office in Huntsville, Ala., as more Missile Defense Agency programs and technical work relocate there, APL announced. APL works closely […]

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems completed the launch and early orbit phase (of the Near Field Infrared Experiment (NFIRE) and has turned satellite control authority over to the U.S. Missile […]

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will begin releasing certain Landsat 7 images of the United States via the Web June 4, the agency announced May 25. The images can be […]

NXP Semiconductors will supply its Nexperia PNX9520 processor for Sirius Satellite Radio’s TV service, NXP announced May 22. Sirius Backseat TV service is scheduled to be launched later this year […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) named Dave Farmer vice president of marketing for satellite services, the company announced May 25. Farmer previously served as vice president of marketing for Telenor […]

Kiyoshi Isozaki, CEO of JSAT Corp., has found that operating conditions tough in Asia and, the operator does not expect to see a huge upsurge in demand for capacity. "We […]

Aegis, PAC-3, THAAD Gain The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) cut the Airborne Laser (ABL) ballistic missile defense (BMD) program and reduced funding for formation of a Ground-based Midcourse Defense […]

China launched the Yaogan-2 remote sensing satellite May 25 aboard a Long March 2D, according to the state-controlled Xinhua. The satellite was designed by the China Academy of Space Technology […]

North Korea fired several missiles from both its east and west coasts, according to NHK Online Daily News in Japan. The report said Japanese officials termed the weapons short-range missiles, […]

Test To Be Reset For Summer; Congress Still Mulls European Site Just as Congress is weighing whether to cut funding for a Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) site in Europe, the […]

BSkyB BSkyB‘s acquisition of a 17.9 percent stake in ITV will be investigated by the U.K. Department of Trade and Industry. Alistair Darling, the secretary of state for Trade and […]

The United States must deploy a defense against enemy ballistic missiles, because one cannot simply assume that no rogue state or terrorist group would ever fire a nuclear- tipped missile […]

Administration witnesses before a congressional panel remained firm in insisting that the United States has a right to defend itself and its assets in space, and in rejecting proposals to […]

Jaba Networks Communications of Mexico City will resell Eagle Broadband Inc.’s SatMax Iridium satellite communications system in Mexico, Eagle Broadband announced May 24. Eagle’s system enables use of Iridium satellite […]

Powerstar International Inc., which provides network services over wireless, satellite and terrestrial platforms, completed its purchase of Xpel Communications AB, Powerstar announced May 24. Powerstar issued 1.4 million shares of […]

Radarsat-2 passed an acoustic qualification test by the National Research Council Institute for Aerospace Research, the institute announced May 24. The test certified that Radarsat-2, built by MacDonald Dettwiler and […]

ICO Global Communications Ltd. signed an agreement with International Launch Services (ILS) for up to five launches from 2009 through 2011, ICO announced May 24. As part of the deal, […]

ViaSat Inc. received a contract to supply 500,000 Ka-band satellite terminals for WildBlue Communications, ViaSat announced May 24. Combined with units already delivered, ViaSat will have supplied more than 750,000 […]

BSkyB’s acquisition of a 17.9 percent stake in ITV will be investigated by the U.K. Department of Trade and Industry. Alistair Darling, the secretary of state for Trade and Industry, […]

ICO has been notified by the U.K. Office of Communications (Ofcom) that the satellite operator must show progress toward the launch of its ICO-P mobile satellite system by June 30 […]

Com Dev International Ltd. plans to establish a U.S. manufacturing location to bolster its presence in the U.S. government space market, Com Dev announced May 22. Com Dev’s board has […]

SkyPort Global Communications Inc. and RAMTelecom Inc. agreed to terminate the proposed acquisition of RAMTelecom by SkyPort, the companies announced May 22. SkyPort signed a letter of intent in February […]

ND Satcom and Interactive Technologies have launched Bulgaria’s first satellite-based telemedicine network, ND Satcom announced May 23. The network is based on ND Satcom’s SkyWAN platform, while Interactive Technologies provides […]