Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 10-03-11] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has received a combined total of $12.1 million in funding from the U.S. Army for equipment, field services support and maintenance of Secret IP […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-03-11] Com Dev USA has been awarded a contract worth more than $5 million to supply equipment for an unnamed U.S. military communications satellite, the company announced Sept. […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-30-10] The global television industry should adapt its business models to capitalize on interactive TV services as demand for content management and delivery services continues to evolve […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-10] Eutelsat has signed another satellite broadband deal in Europe through its Skylogic subsidiary, the company announced Sept. 29.    Skylogic will provide Eutelsat’s Tooway service to Bulgarian […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-10] Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) Space Systems’ deployed its Universal Interface Electronics (UIE) unit to the U.S. Navy’s Tactical Satellites (TacSat)-4 mission, which launched earlier this week, SNC […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-10] Comtech EF Data has entered into a technology partnership with Intellian Technologies to integrate Intellian’s V-Series antennas with Comtech’s Roaming Oceanic Satellite Server (ROSS) Open Antenna Management […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-10] U.S. satellite pay-TV operator DirecTV spent $1.17 million in its 2011 fiscal second quarter to lobby the U.S. federal government on a variety of broadcasting issues, marking […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-29-11] Comtech Telecommunications reported better-than-expected EBITDA in its 2011 fourth quarter, however, the company was stung with a decline in profit and lower military MTS and BFT-1 […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-29-11] Elbit Systems was awarded a $280 million contract by the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) to supply, upgrade and provide maintenance under the Israeli Defense Forces’ (IDF) […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-29-11] Satellite operator SES’ QuetzSat-1 satellite will be launched into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on board an International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Breeze M rocket on Sept. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-29-11] China is set to launch the country’s first space laboratory module from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, as part of its effort to build its own space […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-29-11] U.S. Space completed a $291,159 contracted study of feasible acquisition alternatives to satisfy military satellite communications needs for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-28-11] Satellite manufacturer and technology developer Astrium was selected by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to help define the first step of the systems architecture for […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-11] Turkish Airlines said it would become the first commercial carrier to launch and offer live, inflight television on its Trans-Atlantic flights, according to a Sept. 27 announcement. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-11] Stratos Global has been selected by shipping company Reederei Claus-Peter Offen (CP Offen) to provide Inmarsat FleetBroadband airtime services for its entire fleet of 122 commercial vessels, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-11] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) will sponsor the five-day 62nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Cape Town, South Africa, SSTL announced Sept. 27.    The company said […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-11] Marlink and Thrane & Thrane have entered a partnership agreement to support and enhance Thrane & Thrane’s new Sailor 900 VSAT antenna, which was released earlier this […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-27-11] Sea Launch has successfully orbited its first satellite since emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October 2010, the company announced 24. Sea Launch’s Zenit-3SL rocket […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-27-11] Raytheon has completed the preliminary design review for the Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX), which determined the program’s development approach, cost estimates and delivery […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-27-11] Wholesale 4G LTE hybrid network operator LightSquared signed a wholesale agreement with AirTouch Communications to develop telecommunications products that can converge the service to include voice, data, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-27-11] Canadian satellite and technology company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has received two contract amendments from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) totaling $9.18 million, MDA announced Sept. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-27-11] German communications technology developer Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) unveiled its new 600 MHz oscilloscope as part of its RTO high-performance product line, the company announced Sept. 26. […]

[Satellite News 09-27-11] Orbital Sciences Corp. completed its 23rd consecutive successful Minotaur rocket mission, launching the U.S. Navy’s Tactical Satellite-4 (TacSat-4) into an elliptical orbit, the company confirmed Sept. 27. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-26-11] Globecomm Systems, a global provider of communications solutions and services, has been awarded a contract from an unnamed U.S. Government agency valued at $1.9 million, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-26-11] While recent analyst studies have blamed consolidation in the satellite industry for a 30 percent spike in government satellite service prices in the United States between […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-26-11] Dish Network is set to launch Blockbuster Movie Pass, an on-demand video streaming service to compete with rival Netflix, the company confirmed Sept. 23.    The service […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-26-11] Lockheed Martin Space Systems won an arbitration dispute with operator SES over an antenna anomaly that was discovered on a Lockheed-built commercial telecommunications satellite, the companies confirmed […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-26-11] The Slovak national transmission company Towercom will start using a fifth transponder Oct. 1 under a contract it signed for capacity on a SES Astra satellite, Towercom […]

[Satellite News 09-26-11] While congressional committees work to trim the United States’ costs by targeting valuable science and weather satellite programs, Energy and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Andy Harris (R- […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-23-11] The Space Data Association’s (SDA) Full Operational Capability (FOC) analysis system in its Space Data Center (SDC) has successfully met SDA objectives and was declared operational on […]