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DirecTV Inc. announced April 3 that Ellen Filipiak has been named senior vice president for customer service. Filipiak will report to John Suranyi, president of DirecTV Sales and Service, and […]

[4/4/07] Stating that the potential merger of Sirius Satelllite Radio and XM Satellite Radio “is the paradigm for why anti-trust laws and FCC competitive mandates were enacted in the first […]

Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.), chairman of the House committee on science and technology, released an April 2 letter to President George W. Bush calling for the removal of Robert Cobb […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. and Google have entered into a partnership agreement to introduce the first automated system for buying, selling, delivering and measuring television ads on Dish Network’s 125 national […]

Arqiva has completed its acquisition of BT Satellite Broadcast Services. Arqiva announced in November 2006 that it was going to acquire the company in a cash deal worth 25 million […]

Alcatel Alenia Space has been awarded a 9 million euro ($12.0 million) contract by Globalstar Inc. to upgrade the latter’s Control Network Facility, Alcatel Alenia Space announced April 3. The […]

Eutelsat has confirmed that an Arabic version of the channel France 24 launched April 2 across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. French and English versions of the channel […]

Repairs are continuing on the hail-damaged Space Shuttle Atlantis external fuel tank, with some parts of the tank in good shape while others still are being evaluated for repairs, according […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] announced top members of its team bidding for the upper stage for the Ares I crew launch vehicle contract. Ares I in the middle of the […]

Intelsat Intelsat Ltd. reported revenues of $1.7 billion in 2006 but posted a loss of $368.7 million, the satellite operator announced March 30. In 2005, Intelsat lost $325.3 million on […]

The United States needs conventional-weapon ballistic missiles — the prompt global strike weapon — to respond to threats swiftly, including such crises as an enemy attacking U.S. space assets, a […]

The U.S. Air Force is weighing how to defend U.S. space assets against anti-satellite weapon attacks, and wishes to discuss that with Congress, Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne told sister […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] delivered the 513th Minuteman III Guidance Replacement Program (GRP) Missile Guidance Set (MGS) to the Air Force, marking five years of consecutive on-time deliveries, the company […]

Some Ground-based Missile Defense system interceptor silos were flooded during heavy Alaska rains last June, damaging about 25 percent of interceptor missile launch capacity that will mean a multi-million dollar […]

The United States and its allies may simultaneously face ballistic missile threats from major nations such as China and Russia, and from rogue nations such as Iran and North Korea, […]

DirecTV Inc. expended its local high-definition (HD) offerings to Greenville, S.C.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Jacksonville Fla.; and Spokane, Wash., the company announced March 28. The additions bring DirecTV local HD broadcast […]

NASA awarded Computer Sciences Corp. [CSC] a $30.4 million contract extension for work at Johnson Space Center, and options may bolster that to $55.4 million, adding to what may total […]

XM Satellite Radio expanded its XM NavTraffic information service to six new markets — Fresno, Calif.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Montreal; Salt Lake City; Toronto; and Vancouver, British Columbia, the company announced.

NASA chose a unit of United Technologies Corp. [UTX] for an $80 million total value contract to work on the space shuttle program and a segment of the next-generation Constellation […]

EMS Satcom, added its CNX-300 Mobile Access Router to its CNX Cabin gateway series of airborne networking devices. The product, which provides Ethernet, Wi-Fi, hub and terminal adapter services with […]

Boeing has elevated Rockwell Collins to major subcontractor status on the contract for the Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) project, a transformational U.S. Department of Defense initiative. The […]

Setanta Sports pulled off an upset of sorts on March 30 when it outbid BSkyB in an auction for soccer broadcasting rights in the United Kingdom. In a deal worth […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. is providing a broadband satellite network including more than 3,000 VSATs for deployment at one of Europe’s large retail chains, Gilat announced. The network, based on […]

DigitalGlobe, a commercial high-resolution satellite imagery and geospatial information products provider, has joined the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), NASA and the Medallion Foundation to launch a research […]

Jean-Jacques Dordain, the director general of the European Space Agency (ESA), believes that space technologies can help reduce the digital divide in Europe, but that it is up to others […]

[4/2/07] Intelsat Ltd. will increase its capital expenditures in 2007 to cover accelerated construction and launch plans to meet demand for transponder capacity around the globe, Intelsat COO Jim Frownfelter […]

The United States urgently requires continued stout backing for a multi-layered ballistic missile defense (BMD) shield, Lt. Gen, Henry “Trey” Obering III, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) director, said. “Now […]

Comtech, Thrane & Thrane To Develop BGAN-Based Mobile System For Pentagon Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. has signed a joint technology development agreement with Thrane & Thrane A/S to develop next-generation […]

C-COM Announces New Service C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. has introduced a new class of satellite-based Internet service for its commercial/enterprise clients, the company announced. The service offers broadband airtime with […]