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BOSTON–Satellite communications will play a key role in the U.S. Army‘s Future Combat System (FCS), according to Gen. Kevin P. Byrnes. Byrnes, commanding general of the Army’s Training and Doctrine […]

BOSTON–The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is scrutinizing the issue of whether the U.S. military’s plans to expand the use of ultra-wideband (UWB) communications could pose an interference problem […]

A rower planning to travel across the Pacific and Atlantic oceans will be tracked by Global Positioning System capabilities. Satamatics Ltd., a U.K. operator of global satellite-based telematics information services, […]

XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] has introduced the XMCommander, a XM receiver that works with any AM/FM car stereo. The Washington, D.C.-based company has selected antenna manufacturer Terk Technologies to […]

Proxim Corp., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based wireless network equipment provider, and Hughes Network Systems have signed an agreement for Proxim to provide its ORiNOCO access points to Hughes. Financial terms of […]

The Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corp. will honor Boeing [NYSE: BA] employee Mona Simpson with a professional achievement award at its 15th Anniversary HENAAC Awards Show on Friday in […]

Presented by PBI Media‘s Telecom Group The Telecom Marketing Awards are among the telecommunications industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs of the past year. […]

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BOSTON — The Department of Defense expects to order $200 million to $300 million per year worth of commercial satellite communication services, or a total of close to $1.5 billion […]

Spending on next-generation satellite programs for the military will spur satellite industry revenues for the next five years, according to market research and consulting firm Northern Sky Research. The firm’s […]

Wilton, Conn.-based PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] boosted its third quarter 2003 revenues and profits, compared to the same quarter last year, despite a lingering industry-wide transponder glut in many regions of […]

Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Sciences will join forces to compete for a contract to build NASA’s Orbital Space Plane. Lockheed Martin will lead the […]

Marlink will add Telenor‘s new E-mail Advanced service to its portfolio of e-mail, value-added services designed for communicating from remote land locations or at sea. The new service can cut […]

Tempe, Ariz.-based Comtech EF Data Corp., a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. [Nasdaq: CMTL], has received a $1 million follow-on order for satellite equipment from a cellular operator in Southeast […]

Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [Nasdaq: GILTF] has commenced an offer to exchange its outstanding 4 percent convertible subordinated notes due 2012 for its ordinary shares, with a par value […]

Presented by PBI Media’s Telecom Group The Telecom Marketing Awards are among the telecommunications industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs of the past year. […]

All you need to do is answer a few questions and we’ll get you started on your free trial to the proprietary materials on the Satellite Today Web site. Your […]

Aerospace companies that had the foresight to partner with Longmont, Colo.-based DigitalGlobe are celebrating their share of the company’s $500 million NextView satellite imagery contract awarded earlier this month by […]

Wall Street analysts are not convinced that fledgling satellite TV provider Jericho, N.Y.-based Rainbow DBS would be able to build a sizable enough subscriber base to develop into a profitable […]

The intention of Littleton, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] in offering to buy the assets of New York-based Loral Space & Communication [OTC BB: LRLSQ.OB] is as inscrutable as EchoStar […]

The all-terrain vehicle designed by the late NBC News Correspondent David Bloom for use in providing coverage of the Iraq war was re-deployed to track the final days on the […]

By Jimmy Schaeffler The competitive landscape between satellite and cable operators brings to mind the old adage, “Know your friends well, your enemies better.” If the U.S. satellite TV providers […]

The fortunes of Europe’s leading satellite manufacturers, EADS Astrium and Alcatel Space, have been boosted by the recent announcement that French space agency CNES (Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales) has awarded […]

Hauppauge, N.Y.-based Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM] has won a $3.5 million contract from the Middle Eastern mobile satellite operator Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications to provide a telemetry, tracking and control (TT&C) […]

SES Global’s [Luxembourg: SESG] ambitious project called SATMODE to develop a low-cost satellite return channel to support interactive TV applications for set-top boxes is on track and a commercial trial […]

Net2Phone Global Services, a subsidiary of Newark, N.J.-based Net2Phone [Nasdaq: NTOP], has signed a deal with Africa-based Afsat Communications to provide Afsat customers with voice-over-IP (VoIP) services via satellite broadband. […]

By Maury Mechanick One of the strangest pieces of legislation ever enacted by the U.S. Congress is causing major repercussions for the satellite industry. As a Washington veteran for more […]

SES Americom, the U.S. subsidiary of Luxembourg-based SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG], and Cyprus-based Iris Gateway Satellite Services have signed a joint agreement to provide pan-European digital satellite services through its […]

Week of Oct. 3 – 9, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Oct. 9 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.30 9.5 (20.7) […]

A Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Block 5D-3 spacecraft, built under contract for the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] is being prepared for launch from Vandenberg Air […]