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Streambox Inc. and the American Red Cross are planning to deploy the Streambox ACT-L3 newsgathering system to Red Cross field workers, Streambox announced April 24. The Red Cross will deploy […]

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) and Arianespace have agreed to combine their commercial satellite launch services, Mitsubishi announced April 24. The agreement will provide customers with a choice of the […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the GlobalSat division of Lyman Bros. Inc., Globecomm announced April 24. The purchase price is $18.4 million and anticipated […]

Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Minotaur 1 rocket launched the Near Field InfraRed Experiment (NFIRE) spacecraft for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Air Force, Orbital announced April 24. The mission […]

Telenor Satellite Services added the Addvalue Communications Wideye Sabre-1 Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) terminal to its inventory of on-demand communications technologies, Telenor announced April 24. The sub-laptop sized Wideye […]

SkyWave Mobile Communications and Aztech Associates Inc. have developed the Spike messaging display terminal for use with SkyWave’s D+ satellite and GPRS terminals, SkyWave announced April 23. Using the Spike […]

[4/25/07] Thales Alenia Space received a contract from Telenor Satellite Broadcasting AS to manufacture the Thor 6 satellite, the companies April 24. Thor 6 will be based on the Spacebus […]

A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle placed the Agile satellite into orbit April 23 for the Italian Space Agency,the Indian Space Research Organization announced. This was the first  major commercial mission […]

Global Communications Solutions Inc. (GCS) has agreed to be acquired by L-3 Communications , GCS announced April 23. Based in Victor, N.Y., GCS manufactures fly-away VSAT satellite terminals and is […]

BT signed an agreement to acquire Comsat International, which provides network services throughout Latin America via a hybrid terrestrial and satellite network. "This acquisition will be an exciting milestone in […]

Thuraya signed a service provider agreement making China Satellite Communications Global Ltd. the sole service provider and distributor of Thuraya products and services throughout China, Thuraya announced April 22. Thuraya […]

International Communications Group (ICG) has been awarded a General Services Administration (GSA) contract to cover 197 individual ICG products including CTUs, data routers, Iridium Communications Systems, ground tactical equipment and […]

Ericsson has received the go-ahead from competition authorities to acquire all outstanding shares in Tandberg Television, Ericcson announced April 23. All conditions in the terms and conditions set in the […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) named Steve Soroka vice president of enterprise operations, the Reston, Va.-based company announced April 23. Soroka will be responsible for overall direction and management of MSV’s […]

A Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) component showed that it could work, according to Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC]. TSAT is provided by Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] and Northrop. The team announced […]

A contract employee, William A. Phillips, with Jacobs Engineering Group Ltd., entered Building 44 at Johnson Space Center and shot to death David Beverly, a NASA employee, before committing suicide, […]

NASA Announces New 12-Month Schedule For Space Shuttle Launches NASA announced a new manifest for space shuttle launches, listing the starting date of the window for each launch for the […]

By Michael Sirak The Air Force space czar asked Congress last week to grant the service authority to buy big-ticket, large-sized satellites incrementally, similar to the way the Navy buys […]

Orbital Sciences Orbital Sciences Corp. posted first quarter revenues of $228.2 million, up 19 percent from revenues of $192.2 million in the same period a year ago, the company announced […]

The Air Force gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $180 million firm fixed-price contract for the AMRAAM program. AMRAAM, the advanced medium-range air-to-air missile, a guided weapon, is a supersonic asset. […]

The Air Force also gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a $46.2 million firm fixed price contract for missile program work. This contract provides 14 CALCM/ALCM Test Instrumentation Kids for the […]

A major maneuverability upgrade to the Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) will bolster its performance against new anti-ship weapons, Raytheon announced. Performance of the update, crafted by Raytheon and the Navy, was […]

[4/23/07] Germany’s Premiere signed an agreement to use SES Astra’s Entavio digital satellite platform, the first pay-TV client for the service, SES Astra announced April 19.   "The agreement with […]

In a new era where China has the capability to destroy space assets such as global positioning system (GPS) satellites, a system being developed would permit troops to find their […]

But NASA Says Orion Still Flies In 2015 NASA altered the Constellation program contract with Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] so that design of the next-generation Orion crew exploration vehicle will […]

A Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) spacecraft scheduled to be placed into orbit in April 2008 has completed thermal vacuum tests at Lockheed Martin’s Sunnyvale, Calif., facility, the U.S. Air […]

Two key lawmakers pressed President Bush to increase total funding for NASA, saying the beleaguered space agency simply doesn’t have enough money to do the many, and mightily important, missions […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. posted first quarter revenues of $228.2 million, up 19 percent from revenues of $192.2 million in the same period a year ago, the company announced April 19. […]

Costs were not fully estimated for the two ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs designed to destroy enemy missiles early in their ballistic flights, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) […]