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Qinetiq has signed a licensing deal to market its auto-aligning satellite antenna through Andrew Corp. The Qinetiq design fully automates the set-up and alignment of the dish at any location. […]

Spacecom, the AMOS satellites operator, announced Sept 7 that it has secured six Romanian customers in 2006, adding to its share in the market. AMOS satellites’ hot-spot, located at 4 […]

Boeing Co., General Dynamics and four small businesses won the U.S. Army’s five-year, $5 billion worldwide satellite systems contract. DataPath of Duluth, Ga.; D&SCI of Eatontown, N.J.; Globecomm Systems of […]

Inmarsat global mobile satellite services operator and ACeS International Limited, an Asian hand-held voice satellite services operator, today announced collaboration arrangements to offer low-cost, hand-held and fixed-voice services in the […]

Vistula Communications Services, a supplier of voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) services to telecommunications carriers and Internet service providers, today announced the selection of its V-Cube platform by DirecPath to run a […]

Alcatel Alenia Space earned a contract for the next step of the German Armed Forces’ satellite communications program Satcom BW Stufe 2 from EADS Astrium, the space segment prime contractor. […]

Satellite manufacturers and launch providers are optimistic about the next several years as demands for replacement satellites and new initiatives will boost a slight increase over earlier expectations for their […]

Advantech AMT, a Montreal-based manufacturer of satellite and terrestrial wireless communication equipment, has announced itself as a technology partner to Scopus Video Networks Ltd., a provider of digital video networking […]

Harmonic Inc. today announced that new AES scrambling and bulk descrambling capabilities have been added to the its IP-based ProStream 1000 stream-processing platform. ProStream 1000’s real-time, bulk descrambler is capable […]

China will launch a new satellite for TV broadcasting and mobile communications next month, the Chinese government announced. The satellite, known as Xinnuo 2, was given the green light to […]

European Satellite Link GmbH (ESL) acquired marine and land mobile satcoms specialist Hanika ESS GmbH in an Aug. 31 deal. ESL is a Nera Satcom products and service source in […]

Tandberg Television today announced that MyNetworkTV, a new primetime network with 167 affiliates representing 96 percent of American television households, has chosen it to provide both high- and standard-definition MPEG-2 […]

Alexander Jeuck has been named president of ND Satcom-Abu Dhabi. An SES Astra company and global supplier of satellite-based broadband VSAT, ND Satcom-Abu Dhabi provides government, defense and broadcast communications […]

Alcatel Alenia Space has been boosted by the news that Eutelsat will retain it for the design, manufacturing, assembling, tests and on-ground delivery of the W2A satellite. Scheduled for launch […]

NASA awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. to lead the design, development and construction of the agency’s next-generation crew vehicle, NASA announced Aug. 31. Lockheed Martin will be the […]

France’s Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry approved a deal that will consolidate the country’s two satellite-TV providers – Canalsat and TPS into a single unit. In December, Vivendi […]

Lockheed Martin announced today that Marshall Byrd has been appointed vice president and general manager of its Commercial Space Systems. He succeeds Ted Gavrilis, retired after 36 years at Lockheed […]

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) and European satellite manufacturer Astrium GmbH signed an Aug. 30 contract for building the TanDEM-X satellite. Due to launch in 2009 for a five-year operation, […]

Loral Skynet teamed with Global Crossing, a provider of terrestrial-based telecommunications services, to extend the communications network of the British Government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office to its most remote island […]

Intelsat secured rights through the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency to offer communications services throughout Brazil, Intelsat announced Aug. 31. Intelsat will offer its Globalconnex Managed Solutions, including Voice over IP, […]

L-3 Communications announced that its Telemetry-West division won a $9.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide next-generation encryption services for satellite telemetry, tracking and control (TT&C). The […]

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced Aug. 29 that its Germantown, Md.-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., received orders valued at $4.3 million under its Movement Tracking System contract with the U.S. […]

Iridium Satellite and Raytheon’s JPS Communications have announced a joint marketing initiative to provide first responders a fully interoperable communications service for use in disaster recovery operations. The companies are […]

SES Astra named its new digital satellite infrastructure in Europe Entavio, the company announced Aug. 31. Entavio is intended to provide European viewers in German-speaking regions a broader variety of […]

Technology MITEQ Introduces New High Dynamic Range Fiber Optic Link MITEQ announced the introduction of its new 18 GHz SCM Fiber Optic Link. The 18 GHz version is an addition […]

Worldspace Satellite Radio will sell additional shares of the company to its largest stockholder, Yenura Pte. Ltd., allowing Worldspace to retain its listing on the Nasdaq market, Worldspace announced Aug. […]

Radio Television Brunei (RTB) signed a lease agreement for the use of C-band capacity on the Asiasat 2 satellite, Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (Asiasat) announced Aug. 30. RTB will […]

SES Americom has been awarded a multi-year contract by West African Gas Pipeline Company Ltd. (WAPCO), SES announced Aug. 29. The contract calls for SES Americom to provide a satellite-based […]

Lockheed Martin has completed a test of the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous-orbit (GEO) satellite, the company announced Aug. 30. The test of the GEO-1 spacecraft verified operation of […]

The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) deployed its newest geospatial intelligence mobile system Aug. 28 in support of Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) preparations for Hurricane Ernesto, NGA announced. The […]