Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite News 10-26-10] European Union (EU) Industry Commissioner Antonio Tajani is faced with a difficult challenge in solving the Galileo satellite navigation system’s budget problems and keeping the program’s contributors […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-25-10] Astrium Services intend to purchase a 75.1 percent stake in SES-owned German OEM and satellite ground systems integrator ND SatCom, Astrium announced Oct. 22.     With the […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-25-10] CapRock Government Solutions has partnered with remote terminal solutions provider Tampa Microwave to deliver complete end-to-end military-grade satellite communications solutions, CapRock announced Oct. 22.     CapRock intends […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-25-10] Globecomm Systems has won an $18 million, five-year Ka-band infrastructure contract from Hughes Network Systems, Globecomm announced Oct. 22.     Globecomm will design, install, and test multiple […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-25-10] KVH Industries and its partner ViaSat have increased their mini-VSAT broadband network’s capacity in the European region by 100 percent through the addition of the NSS-6 satellite’s […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-22-10] Broadcast content management and global distribution services provider RRsat Global Communications Network entered into an agreement with Sm2 Sports Media Solutions and its Canadian teleport partner, […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-22-10] Orbital Sciences Corp.’s third quarter 2010 revenues rose 13 percent to $314.5 million, driven by substantial increases in the company’s satellite and space systems sales, Orbital announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-22-10] International Communications Group (ICG), an aeronautical communications systems and solutions provider, was contracted by business jet and commercial aircraft manufacturer Embraer to equip its mid-light Legacy 450, […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-22-10] Harmonic has introduced its new SupraLink universal transmitter and wave division multiplexing solution to commercial markets, the company announced Oct. 21.     Harmonic designed the SupraLink 16-wavelength […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-21-10] Mobile satellite network operator TerreStar Networks has been forced to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan after amassing $1.64 […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-21-10] Paksat and China Great Wall Industry Corp. will launch the Paksat-1R satellite next year, Pakistani Ambassador Shaharyar Khan confirmed in a statement issued Oct. 20.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-10] Canadian satellite technology company Com Dev International won a contract to provide switches, multiplexers and filters to an unnamed commercial communications satellite operator, Com Dev announced Oct. […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-10] Harris Corp. received $13 million in Falcon 2 and Falcon 3 tactical radio system orders from the U.S. Navy, the company announced.     Harris will deliver its […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-10] Iridium Communications contracted Ericsson Federal Inc. (EFI) to implement a new mobile softswitch solution for Iridium’s next-generation switching technology, including custom design, development, integration and maintenance for […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-10] Canadian broadband communications technology developer Norsat unveiled a series of Ku-band block up-converters (BUCs), the company announced Oct. 19.     Norsat’s microwave division added ruggedized, compact 12-, […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-10] PolarSat Inc., a full-mesh, hubless VSAT communication equipment provider, received more than $1 million in orders to expand an MF-TDMA network for an unnamed air traffic network […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-20-10] ViaSat has acquired the SkyLink airborne broadband service from Arinc and has added SkyLink’s business jet customers to the ViaSat Yonder high-speed Internet access network, ViaSat […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-20-10] An Arianespace Soyuz 2-1A rocket launched the first six of Globalstar’s 24-satellite second-generation constellation from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the operator announced Oct. 19.     The […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-20-10] Boeing has shipped LightSquared’s SkyTerra 1 high-capacity mobile communications satellite from the company’s integration and test complex in El Segundo to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Boeing […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-20-10] After remaining relatively stagnant for the past two quarters, Lockheed Martin Space Systems’ net sales decreased by 5 percent in its 2010 third quarter, compared with sales […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-20-10] Iridium’s Brazilian subsidiary Iridium Serviçios de Satelites named GPS tracking and communication specialist Blue Sky Network to be the subidiary’s mobile satellite service provider in Brazil, Iridium […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-20-10] Danish satellite communications equipment manufacturer Thrane & Thrane launched its new Aviator Wireless Handset, designed for in-flight voice and data communications, the company announced Oct. 19.     […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-19-10] Raytheon has received its first U.S. Department of Defense production order for next-generation Navy Multiband Terminals (NMT), following the completion of system development and field-testing, Raytheon […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-19-10] Former EchoStar President Dean Olmstead passed away after a long battle with cancer, the company announced Oct. 18.     Olmstead joined EchoStar in 2008 after serving as […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-19-10] Satellite communication services provider GE Satcom and United Arab Emirates’ integrated telecom service provider Du have entered into a partnership agreement that will see the two companies […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-19-10] Kudelski Group value-added content protection solutions subsidiary Nagravision was selected to secure the roll-out of advanced digital services for Hsin Yeong An Cable TV (HYA) in Taiwan, […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-19-10] EchoStar Satellite Services has released its News Gateway delivery service, which uses a combination of the company’s U.S. fiber network and IP multicasting technologies to route and […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-19-10] Envivio is set to unveil a multi-screen video processing solution, which aims to provide a three-screen video headend to three of the five largest cable MSOs in […]

[Satellite News 10-19-10] SmarTrend has ranked defense and aerospace systems supplier Raytheon as its top market sector performer for good reason – the Massachusetts-based company secured over $2 billion in […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-18-10] Digi International has released the Digi m130 embedded dual-mode modem module, which aims to allow device manufacturers to integrate cellular, GSM/GPRS, GPS and Orbcomm satellite connectivity with […]