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Lockheed Martin Corp. completed development of software for the Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) Interim Operations satellite program of the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS), the company announced. SBIRS, an infrared […]

The Air Force gave Northrop Grumman Corp. a $29.8 million contract change to provide spacecraft support. Northrop unit Space and Mission Systems Corp., part of the Space Technology unit, in […]

Raytheon Co. [RTN] and Rafael won an Israeli contract to produce a cheap shield for Israel against short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) threats, Raytheon briefers announced last week. “Earlier this week […]

A newly-released Mishap Investigation Board report details a collision between two spacecraft in April last year, finding that not one but an entire series of cascading design flaws combined to […]

Raytheon Co. [RTN] developed a variant of its airport protection shield that uses a Norwegian fire distribution center, the company announced. The Raytheon Vigilant Eagle Airport Protection System variant uses […]

Eric Cooney, CEO of Tandberg Television, believes the company’s recent acquisitions put it in a far stronger position to serve television operators globally. The company delivers advanced compression systems, as […]

Allied Defense Group Inc. received a pair of follow-on contracts from Bigelow Aerospace for tracking antennas, Allied announced May 18. Bigelow, a privately funded company developing commercial inflatable space habitats, […]

Lockheed Martin named Richard Ambrose to be lead executive of a newly formed Surveillance and Navigation Systems line of business within its Space Systems Co. Ambrose will serve as vice […]

Northrop Grumman Corp. announced May 18 that its board of directors elected Wes Bush president. Bush previous served as Northrop Grumman’s corporate vice president and chief financial officer and will […]

The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources signed a contract with MDA Geospatial Services to provide more than 120,000 square kilometers of Quickbird satellite imagery, Digitalglobe announced May 17. MDA is […]

As broadband services and applications continue to gain strength within the U.S. market, service providers increasingly are looking toward the long-term sustainability for satellite-enabled offerings–offerings that are many times dictated […]

Eutelsat Communications signed a contract with Arianespace for the launch of the W2M satellite in the second quarter of 2008, the companies announced May 18. W2M is being manufactured by […]

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) signed a memorandum of understanding with four specialty hospitals to further expand the space agency’s satellite-based telemedicine network. The network, launched in 2001 on […]

Lockheed Martin completed development of the Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) Interim Operations software for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS), the company announced. SBIRS is designed to provide early warning […]

EADS Space was the only division to post a revenue decline in the first quarter of 2006, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. reported May 16. The Space Division […]

SES Astra signed a deal with Germany’s Anixe GmbH & Co. KG for the transmission of a high-definition (HD) TV channel. SES Astra will broadcast the Anixe HD channel from […]

The German Space Agency DLR and EADS Astrium will collaborate on a new radar imagery satellite that will help map the Earth, the organizations announced May 17. The spacecraft, dubbed […]

Inmarsat posted a profit of $14.8 million in its 2006 first quarter on revenues of $121.7 million, the company announced May 17. In the same period a year ago, the […]

The Australian government will extends its program for subsidizing the purchase of satellite phones for people living or working in remote parts of the country through 2009, the minister for […]

Premiere has chosen NDS middleware to help power the German pay-TV operator’s new interactive platform in Germany and Austria. Premiere will deploy NDS Mediahighway middleware, which will enable Premiere to […]

Spacedev Inc. reported revenues of $7.2 million in the first quarter of 2006, up nearly 300 percent from the same period a year ago, primarily due to the acquisition of […]

Boeing Co. has agreed to pay the U.S. government $615 million to settle charges of ethical misconduct surrounding the U.S. Air Force’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle 9 (EELV) competition and […]

Swe-Dish Satellite Systems AB and Saab AB unveiled a demonstrator for an affordable satcom-on-the-move platform based combining the companies’ existing technologies and commercial -off-the-shelf components. The platform integrates Swe-Dish’s satellite […]

Telenor Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Telenor of Norway, has appointed Robert Baker president of Telenor Satellite Services’ operations and holdings companies in the United States, the company announced May […]

A Northrop Grumman Corp. team completed a series of tests that proved a key element of NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) can function in space, the company announced May […]

Telenor Satellite Services will offer customers who activate Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service in May and June $1,000 of free airtime, the company announced May 15. This Free Airtime […]

Spacenet Inc. has unveiled its Connexstar SE On-Demand, a new service designed to provide satellite-based mission critical backup and business continuity solutions. The service, based on the Gilat Skyedge VSAT […]

Eumetsat, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, has signed an agreement with CNES, the French space agency, concerning the European contribution to the Jason-2 Program, an Earth […]

A pair of Democrats on the House Science Committee have called for Conrad Lautenbacher, administrator of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to be fired due to problems […]