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  • Raytheon Contract

    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. […]

  • Boeing Gains $46.2 Million

    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 […]

  • SM-2 Update

    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 […]

  • SES Astra Adds Premiere To Entavio Platform

    [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 […]

  • Boeing Develops GPS Substitute

    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 […]

  • Homeland Integrated Security Systems Gains Approvals For Cyber Tracker

    Homeland Integrated Security Systems Inc. (HISC) has received final regulatory approvals on its patent-pending Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Cyber Tracker, HISC announced April 19. Regulatory approvals were required […]

  • FileCatalyst Boosts Bandwidth, Lessens Latency

    Unlimi-Tech Software Inc. has announced its introduction of FileCatalyst 2.0 to offer broadcasters, carriers, telecoms, post-production houses and digital delivery or system integration companies a software-based product to provide maximum […]

  • Lockheed Martin Gets $6 Million To Add GPS Signal

    [4/20/07] The U.S. Air Force has issued a $6 million contract for Lockheed Martin to develop and integrate a demonstration payload to temporarily transmit a third civil signal on a […]

  • EgyptSat, Others Are Lofted While TerraSAR-X Sits

    A payload of 14 satellites was delivered on April 17 in the first launch of a Dnepr rocket since a July 2006 failure, Russian officials reported. Egyptian, Saudi and U.S. […]

  • Symmetricom Debuts Hybrid Space Crystal Oscillators

    Symmetricom Inc., a provider of precise-time and frequency technologies to accelerate deployment and enable management of next-generation networks, rolled out its 9900 series of hybrid space crystal oscillators comprised of […]

  • GlobeCast Puts Vatican Live On HD

    GlobeCast successfully provided the first-ever live, high-definition (HD) contribution service from Saint Peter’s Square to Centro Televisivo Vaticano (CTV), the official television station of the Vatican, GlobeCast announced April 19. […]

  • Radyne Nets $6.7 Million Dealing With DirecTV

    Radyne Corp. has received follow-on orders for more than $6.7 million for Ka-band power amplifiers and DM-240 satellite modulators to be used in DirecTV’s high-definition (HD) TV expansion. All of […]

  • Phoenicia Group Rolls Out BGAN In Libya

    Phoenicia Group Libya, a U.S.-Libyan diversified business and consultancy group, announced April 18 its plans to offer BGAN satellite Internet solutions to corporate and government clients across Libya, marking the […]

  • Boeing Team To Seek GPS Redundancy For DARPA

    [4/19/07] In a mission to try and identify and develop alternative means of geolocation in the absence of the Global Positioning System (GPS), a Boeing-led industry team has won a […]

  • Hughes Signs With TerreStar For Turnkey Base Station

    Hughes Network Systems signed a contract with TerreStar Networks Inc., a majority owned subsidiary of Motient Corp., to design, develop and manufacture a turnkey satellite base station subsystem (S-BSS) and […]

  • Globalstar Eyes May 21 Satellite Launch

    Globalstar Inc. is anticipating a May 21 launch window for the first of its four first-generation ground spare satellites to be lofted, the company announced April 18. The four satellites, […]

  • Arena’s Sports Marketing Suspended

    Premiere will suspend the marketing of Arena (Bundesliga and sports content) while a Federal Cartel Office (FCO) investigation takes place into the deal between Unity Media, Premiere and Arena announced […]

  • Digital+ Makes Slow Progress

    Digital+, Sogecable’s Spanish DTH platform, ended the first quarter of 2007 with nearly 2.1 million subscribers, having added a net 21,000 subscribers in the quarter to the end of March. […]

  • Cerona Gains Funding from Republic Financial Corp.

    Cerona Networks Corp., a portfolio company of Republic Financial Corp.’s private equity group, has received additional funding, the company announced April 18. A Series-B financing round is being provided to […]

  • MSV Appoints Executive

    Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced April 18 the appointment of Larry D. Haughey as group vice president for its government sector. Haughey will lead the company’s sales and marketing initiatives […]

  • ViaSat Earns Awards For WWSS Equipment

    ViaSat Inc. has received orders for its LinkWay 2100 IP modems and LinkWay Network Management Systems from General Dynamics C4 Systems and TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS), ViaSat announced April 17. […]

  • Intelsat Rumored To Be For Sale

    Unconfirmed reports have been widely published that Intelsat, the world’s largest commercial satellite operator, has been approached for possible sale. On April 17, the Wall Street Journal reported on its […]

  • Telstra Orders $3.5 Million Iridium-Based Systems from Beam Communications

    Beam Communications Ltd. has received a $3.5 million order from Telstra Corp. for Iridium-based satellite communications systems, Iridium announced April 17. The primary component, a Beam remote satellite terminal, emulates […]

  • Norsat Unveils Next Generation of Ultra-Portable SNG Terminals

    Norsat International Inc. has unveiled its next-generation family of ultra-portable satellite newsgathering terminals, the company announced April 17. Packaged in rugged, wheelable, self-contained cases to comply with International Air Transport […]

  • Globecomm Introduces SkyBorne Enterprise

    Globecomm has introduced SkyBorne Enterprise to integrate cost-effective IPTV broadcast technology into enterprise networks, Globecomm announced April 17. Designed to provide satellite-based IPTV content acquisition and management, subscriber management, packaging […]

  • Scopus, Neotion Integrate Hardware for Broadcast Satellites

    Scopus Video Networks, a digital video networking provider, and Neotion, a technology provider for digital TV, announced April 16 that Neotion’s MPEG-4 conditional access module has been integrated with Scopus’ […]

  • GlobeCast Strengthens Bosnian Offering

    GlobeCast is adding two Bosnian channels, BosTel and NTV Hayat, to expand the offerings on its WorldTV service, the company announced April 16. An aggregator and distributor of international television […]

  • Cerona Launches SkyDSR Digital Satellite Router

    Cerona Networks Corp. is rolling out the SkyDSR digital satellite router, its initial DVB-S2 product, Cerona announced April 16. The robust digital satellite router is designed to serve corporate private […]

  • Intelsat And Arqiva Sign Deal For BBC Switchover

    Intelsat and Arqiva have signed a multi-year, multi-million-dollar contract for satellite capacity to carry digital programming after the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC)’s digital switchover, Intelsat announced April 17.   Intelsat […]

  • Microspace Provides Juice To DrinksTV Digital-Signage Network

    Kyle Private Networks has selected Microspace Communications Corp.’s Velocity digital-signage satellite system to power DrinksTV, a digital signage network for beverage retailers, Microspace announced April 17. DrinksTV.com is a multimedia […]