Author: JJ McCoy

Ball Aerospace Ready To Ship WorldView 1

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has completed assembly and performance testing of DigitalGlobe’s WorldView 1 remote sensing satellite, Ball reported July 30. Ball, DigitalGlobe and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency...

SES New Skies Signs African Deal

SES New Skies has signed a five-year deal with one of Africa’s largest VSAT companies for capacity on its NSS-7 satellite, the operator announced July 31. SES New Skies said...

BSkyB Closes in on Amstrad

BSkyB is planning to spend 125 million British pounds ($253.0 million) to acquire British set-top box vendor Amstrad, BSkyB announced July 31. The direct-to-home operator said that its wholly owned...

Boeing, Lockheed Martin Submit TSAT Proposals

Teams led by Boeing and Lockheed Martin have lodged proposals with the U.S. Air Force for the development and production phase of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Military Operations...