Jeffrey Hill

Inmarsat has announced the expansion of mobile tactical Beyond-Line-of-Sight (BLOS) communications to a broader range of new government users through the company’s L-band satellites.    The company plans to launch […]

The Hosted Payload Alliance (HPA) has selected Janet Nickloy, director of Aerospace Mission Solutions for Harris Corporation, as its 2013 chair.    The HPA fosters dialogue between the government and […]

Boeing has shipped its fifth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite, which aims to provide faster transmission of airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance imagery to the United States Air Force. WGS-5 […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-13-13] Hughes Network Systems has rolled out its Jupiter high-throughput technology to the global market, beginning with its the HN9600 and HN9800 Ka-band satellite routers, the company announced […]

The Pentagon has awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems two contracts to produce the Space-Based Infrared Systems GEO 5-6 satellite (SBIRS) and purchase materials needed to construct its seventh and eighth […]

The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Defense Weather Systems Directorate has chosen Harris Corporation to conduct a study and make recommendations to help modernize the U.S. Defense Meteorological […]

TS2 Satellite Technologies has expanded its Internet service in Afghanistan using Avanti’s Hylas 2 satellite, which is equipped with Ka bandwidth transponders that enable bidirectional data transmission and additional services […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has unveiled initial development details from its Phoenix Program, which aims to recycle older, non-functional satellites for repurposing. The agency launched a video […]

Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), provider of construction, repair and refit services for naval, military and commercial vessels, and Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (YahSat) have been awarded a contract […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-13-13] Boeing has shipped its fifth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite, which aims to provide faster transmission of airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance imagery to the United States […]

The Air Force Space and Missile Center’s Defense Weather Systems Directorate has signed a contract with Millennium Space Systems for a 12-month research program on Systems and Spacecraft for space-based […]

Satellite companies with exposure to Defense Department and broader government budgets in the United States should expect to see incremental headwinds as across-the-board cuts as a result of government sequestration […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-12-13] Canadian mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna manufacturer C-COM Satellite Systems reported its eighth consecutive profitable year in 2012, increasing its quarterly dividend by approximately 33 percent compared to […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-12-13] Global imagery provider DigitalGlobe has awarded Richmond-based communications and information company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) a contract from to produce and provide a ground station solution, […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-11-13] Libyan satellite provider Sana is planning to offer broadband services to businesses and government organizations that are helping rebuild Libya through the help of Avanti Communications’ Hylas […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-11-13] Glowlink has announced its new DSP based carrier spectrum monitoring system with 300 MHz instantaneous bandwidth and affordability. The Model 1030 can monitor an entire satellite beam […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-11-13] FSS satellite operator Intelsat announced a number of executive appointments March 11, most significant of which involves the company’s board of directors electing eight-year Intelsat CEO and […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-07-13] Pricing and service package changes implemented by MSS operator Inmarsat in January and May 2012, along with increased take-up and usage of FleetBroadband terminals, helped the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-07-13] Orange Romania CEO Jean Francois Fallacher confirmed media reports that the company is considering entering the local Romanian satellite TV market, according to a report published March […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-06-13] Satellite companies with exposure to Defense Department and broader government budgets in the United States should expect to see incremental headwinds as across-the-board cuts as a result […]

After several years of setbacks and frustration, the Russian government now finally claims that its Glonass orbital satellite geolocation constellation has once again reached full strength.

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-13] Com Dev International has been awarded a contract from Public Works and Government Services Canada to design satellite equipment for the next generation Cospas-Sarsat global search and […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-13] SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket passed an important test on Friday, when it successfully carried the company’s unmanned Dragon capsule into orbit. But an anomaly on the capsule’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-28-13] The Bloomberg Media Group has announced a multi-year rolling partnership agreement with Nigeria-based content provider, Optima Media Group, to form a new entity: Bloomberg Television Africa, which […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-28-13] FSS operator Intelsat is already well into its plans to make up for the early February loss of the Intelsat 27 satellite (IS-27), which include shifting its […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-28-13] Aerospace manufacturers Thales Alenia Space and ISS Reshetnev have signed an agreement to create a joint venture between the two companies that will be based in Krasnoyarsk, […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-27-13] Clear Channel Satellite has rolled out its XtremeSat Media satellite broadcast distribution platform for contemporary Christian music radio station KSBJ, which purchased the system to deliver two […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-27-13] European satellite equipment developer Newtec has been selected by California-based X2nSat to provide equipment for a new B2B broadband and SCADA service, under the brand name ST4G, […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-13] The true value of the wireless spectrum owned by Clearwire is two or three times higher than the value reflected in the price that cellular operator Sprint […]

[SatelliteTODAY 02-25-13] MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) has entered into an exclusive partnership with Broadband Antenna Tracking Systems (BATS) to market its BATS system to the cruise ship, ferry and large […]