Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 01-21-11] The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center issued Space Florida an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity Spaceports 3 contract worth up to $48 million to provide Minotaur launches […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-21-11] Satellite Broadband Ireland (SBI) signed a three-year, 5 million euro ($6.7 million) commercial utility contract agreement with Eutelsat to sell Tooway broadband services, SBI announced Jan. 20. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-21-11] The U.S. Army has expanded Arinc Engineering Services’ primary role in developing an advanced global tracking capability for military assets under the Army’s Next Generation Wireless Communications […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-21-11] SatCom Group Holdings has changed its name to One Horizon Group to focus on its Horizon communications platform, the company announced Jan. 20.     One Horizon Group […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-21-11] Norsat appointed Arthur Chin CFO, replacing Trevor Greene, effective at the beginning of February, the Canadian satellite company announced Jan. 20.     Norsat said that Greene, named […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-20-11] Raytheon will open in February its GPS Collaboration Center in El Segundo, Calif., which aims to allow U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems personnel to […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-20-11] Canadian broadband communications solutions provider Norsat International has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire antenna and RF conditioning product developer Sinclair Technologies for $19.2 million, Norsat […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-20-11] Canadian satellite manufacturer Microsat Systems Canada Inc. (MSCI) plans to launch a network of 78 small, low-flying satellites designed to help relieve network congestion caused by smartphones, […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-20-11] Integral Systems has unveiled a 100-watt Ku-band solid state power amplifier (SSPA) through its Satcom Solutions division, the company announced Jan. 18.     At just 10 pounds […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-20-11] Arinc Engineering Services will install its Nexion digital solid-state sensor technology at 29 locations of the U.S. Air Force’s Ionospheric Data Network, Arinc announced Jan. 19.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-20-11] Com Dev was awarded a $9 million award from an unnamed government contractor to provide equipment for a military communications satellite, the Canadian satellite company announced Jan. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-19-11] The U.S. Air Force has expanded Northrop Grumman’s Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellite program after its communications crosslink was activated and tested by the […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-19-11] Hughes Network Systems broke its own broadband satellite terminal shipment record last year, reporting 327,000 units delivered and bringing its cumulative number shipped worldwide to more […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-19-11] NASA is set to unveil its new rocket integration facility at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Jan. 21, the agency announced.     The horizontal integration facility’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-19-11] German Earth observation satellite operator RapidEye signed a one-year framework contract with various institutions and bodies of the European Union through the Joint Research Center (JRC) for […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-19-11] Content management and global distribution services provider RRsat has signed an agreement with BabyTV to distribute the Fox International channel throughout North America on Intelsat’s Galaxy-23 satellite […]

[Satellite News 01-18-11] ViviSat, a new, U.S.-based satellite life extension joint venture between U.S. Space and ATK, intends to provide geosynchronous satellite operators with in-orbit mission extension and protection services […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-18-11] German space technology company OHB Systems has suspended CEO Berry Smutny for remarks he made about Europe’s Galileo navigation system that were published by the Web site […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-18-11] Independent satellite company NewSat signed $2.8 million in new contract wins, including a $2 million contract with Nixon Communications to provide services to the natural gas pipeline […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-18-11] Hughes Network Systems and Tachyon Networks have partnered to develop end-to-end airborne COTM solutions for military manned and unmanned aircraft, the companies announced Jan. 18.     The […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-18-11] Iridium Communications signed agreements with 17 of its service partners to participate in the company’s Network Quality Guarantee program, which promises complete network availability for customers purchasing […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-11] Telespazio has acquired the space activities of Finmeccanica subsidiares Vega and Elsag Datamat, Telespazio announced Jan. 14.     Telespazio said the acquisition is more of a restructuring […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-10] A $3 million restructuring charge cut into Com Dev profits in the 2010 fourth quarter, causing the Canadian satellite company to post $1.9 million in losses compared […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-11] General Dynamics has subcontracted GMV Space Systems to modernize NASA’s Tracking Data and Relay Satellite (TDRS) constellation under its Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment program award, GMV […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-11] East View Cartographic entered into an agreement with geospatial imagery provider RapidEye to join its distribution team in the United States, RapidEye announced Jan. 14.     RapidEye […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-14-11] U.S. Space, a space solutions provider for government and commercial markets, has teamed up with ATK to create ViviSat, a new satellite life extension joint venture, […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-14-11] Intelsat has reestablished full functionality and control over Galaxy 15, which stopped responding to ground controllers when its telemetry and commanding subsystems suffered an anomaly in April, […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-14-11] Integral Systems has hired New York-based advisory firm Stone Key Partners as a financial consultant to help it explore the possible sale of the company or making […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-14-11] SES World Skies U.S. Government Solutions was awarded two contract vehicles through the U.S. Future Comsatcom Services Acquisition (FCSA) program to provide government customers with satellite bandwidth […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-14-11] Indian DTH operator Sun Direct has leased two additional Measat-3 Ku-band transponders from Measat Satellite Systems, the company announced Jan. 12.     The agreement expands Sun Direct’s […]