Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 07-18-11] Tom Sexton will become ATK’s interim CFO to replace John Shroyer, who will be leaving ATK after the company’s 2012 first quarter ends Aug. 4, ATK announced […]

[Satellite News 07-18-11] Iridium has enjoyed a surge of transformative success over the last two years that has propelled the MSS entity to the top of most analysts’ watch lists. […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-15-11] Measat Global is holding negotiations with two other satellite operators to consider forming new partnerships and the sale of Measat’s stake in satellites.    Bloomberg reported […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-15-11] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has been awarded a new order with a ceiling value of $60.8 million to provide Tactical SHF Satellite Terminals (TSST) to the U.S. Army, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-15-11] Earth imagery solutions provider DigitalGlobe has successfully completed a Critical Design Review (CDR) of infrastructure enhancements at its Colorado headquarters under the terms of its EnhancedView contract […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-15-11] Machine-to-machine wireless asset tracking, sensing, and control solutions provider OnAsset Intelligence has entered into a partnership with Flemming Cargo Securement (FCS) to help transportation and logistics companies […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-15-11] Blue Sky Network’s (BSN) sister company in Latin America, BSN Brazil, has obtained a non-geostationary Satellite Global Mobile Service (SMGS) license, which authorizes the company to provide […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-15-11] STM is re-branding its service under the name Global-IP, effective immediately, to consolidate and expand its broadband VSAT business, STM announced July 14.    The company said […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-14-11] Annual revenues derived from mobile cloud-based enterprise services are expected to reach $39 billion by 2016 as mobile network operators increasingly offer unified communications suites to […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-14-11] Arianespace and Starsem have successfully orbited six new satellites for the Globalstar-2 constellation in a Soyuz rocket in conjunction with their Russian launch partners, Arianespace announced July […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-14-11] Gilat Satellite Networks has been selected to expand residential broadband services for Russian national communications carrier Synterra, under the operator’s USO obligations, Gilat announced July 13.    […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-14-11] Eutelsat Communications and its Tooway subsidiary Skylogic have entered into a distribution contract with Eurosat-Ukraine to deliver broadband services to Ukrainian customers via the Ka-sat satellite, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-14-11] Canadian-based satellite hardware manufacturer Advantech Wireless promoted Paul Sandoval to vice president of sales for the Americas region, effective immediately, the company announced July 13.    Sandoval […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-13-11] Earth imagery solutions provider DigitalGlobe has launched its new Global Basemap subscription service based on its ImageLibrary product and powered by its Cloud Services platform, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-13-11] Integral Systems was awarded a contract by Sky Perfect JSAT to upgrade its ground systems with Integral’s Epoch Integrated Product Suite (IPS) satellite command and control software, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-13-11] Tachyon Networks has delivered its aXiom 7300 Integrated Airborne Network Solution for comms-on-the-move to their Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) customer, Tachyon announced July 12.    The company […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-13-11] Raytheon BBN Technologies was awarded $2.4 million in funding by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design and integrate an information architecture for wireless […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-13-11] SpaceX has hired Mark Bitterman, the former senior vice president of government relations of its U.S. launch market rival Orbital Sciences, to join SpaceX’s Washington D.C. office, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-13-11] GlobeCast named Philippe Rouxel Chief Marketing Officer, with responsibilities to develop GlobeCast’s global product strategy for its business units in France, United Kingdom, Italy, South Africa, Asia […]

[Satellite News 07-13-11] Eutelsat Communications’ much talked about dedicated Ka-band satellite Ka-Sat has now entered into commercial service as the operator finds itself leading the satellite industry into a new […]

 L-3 Telemetry-East (L-3 TE) has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to upgrade fielded telemetry ground receivers to incorporate the C-band spectrum for the U.S. Air Force, the company announced July 6.    […]

 VSAT terminal solutions supplier Skyware Global is entering the tactical satellite market via the establishment of its new Tactical Ground Systems (TGS) business unit, the company announced.    Skyware said the division […]

 Canadian satellite information solutions company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has been awarded a contract extension from the Australian Defense Force (ADF) to continue providing its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capabilities.             MDA announced […]

 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 announced July 7.    […]

 The U.S. Air Force Space Command has named Apogee Engineering a prime contractor to provide engineering and communications support services for the U.S. GPS operations center in Colorado Springs, Colo., the Air Force announced […]

TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has received $12.8 million in funding from the U.S. Army for equipment and field services to support of Secret IP Router and Non-secure IP Router Access Point (SNAP) VSAT satellite […]

The U.S. Navy awarded a $51.6 million contract to Raytheon to provide logistics support for the Navy’s Extremely High Frequency Satellite Program (NESP) communication terminals, Raytheon announced June 16.     The performance-based logistics contract […]

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 […]

When we last spoke with Inmarsat’s Senior Vice President of Government Policy, Strategy, and Outreach Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, the company’s concerns over Ka-band terminal technology falling behind the capability of the […]

The U.S. House of Representatives is making alterations to the U.S. Air Force budget in a defense spending bill that is expected to reduce the budget for the GPS space and ground […]