Author: Jeffrey Hill

Honeywell has put forth its offer to acquire wireless product developer EMS Technologies for about $491 million in cash in an effort to expand its presence into the mobile and satellite communication industries. The...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-11-11] U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Sean Lane approved Dish Network’s $1.375 billion “stalking horse” auction bid to acquire TerreStar Networks, the companies confirmed July 8.    The...

[Satellite TODAY 07-11-11] EMS Technologies’ Defense and Space subsidiary has won a contract with Thales Alenia Space to provide Ka-band redundant low noise amplifier (RLNA) switching hardware to support Europe’s...

[Satellite TODAY 07-11-11] The Lockheed Martin-built SBIRS GEO-1 missile warning satellite has delivered its first infrared imagery to its U.S. Air Force ground station, the manufacturer announced July 8.   ...

[Satellite TODAY 07-11-11] German space company DEV Systemtechnik has expanded its North American presence with the formation of a U.S. subsidiary, DEV America, the company announced July 8.    DEV...

[Satellite News 07-11-11] In January 2011, News Corp.’s U.K. wing News International proposed spinning off Sky News into a separate publicly-traded company as a concession for its proposed acquisition of...

[Satellite TODAY 07-11-11] Globecomm Systems has recently completed the transition and expansion of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS) Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-08-11] ATIS’ Cloud Services Forum (CSF) has released its CDN Interconnection Use Case Specification and High Level Requirements standards document, which ATIS President and CEO Susan Miller...

[Satellite TODAY 07-08-11] Mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions provider Stratos Global has added the Inmarsat XpressLink managed global broadband service to its maritime portfolio, Stratos announced July 7.   ...

[Satellite TODAY 07-08-11] NewSat signed $2.35 million in new contracts during May and June to provide satellite communication services to Australian Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste, the company...