Author: Rachel Scharmann

[Via Satellite 06-25-2014] The Malibu, Fla. division of Communications and Power Industries (CPI) was selected by an international defense technologies company to provide airborne data links for the RQ 4...

[Via Satellite 06-25-2014] Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully performed a series of hot-fire tests on a Bantam demonstration engine made entirely through additive manufacturing. The engine consisted of only three additive-manufactured components:...

[Via Satellite 06-25-2014] Cobbett Hill Earth Station is upgrading the network for its maritime services unit, International Ocean Services (ION), to the iDirect Evolution 3.2 platform. This is the first...

[Via Satellite 06-25-2014] RigNet appointed Gerry Gutierrez to the new position of group vice president of the Telecommunications Systems Integration (TSI) business. The company’s TSI business includes the systems integration...

[Via Satellite 06-24-2014] Telenor Group selected Ragnar Kårhus as the new CEO of Telenor Broadcast Holding and Canal Digital, replacing Patrik Hofbauer, who was recently appointed CEO of Telenor Sweden....

[Via Satellite 06-24-2014] Surrey Satellite Technology Limited’s (SSTL) medium resolution Earth observation satellite for the Republic of Kazakhstan, KazEOSat 2, was successfully launched into sun-synchronous orbit onboard a Kosmotras Dnepr...

[Via Satellite 06-24-2014] Globalstar released its newest voice and data solution, Sat-Fi, which allows customers to use their own devices such as smartphones, tablets or laptops to send and receive...

[Via Satellite 06-24-2014] ViaSat’s Exede high-speed satellite Internet service ranked first in the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) “2014 Measuring Broadband America” report for the second consecutive year. The report evaluates...

[Via Satellite 06-24-2014] European Space Propulsion (ESP), an Aerojet Rocketdyne subsidiary, delivered the first set of MR 103G satellite thrusters to Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) for the FormoSat 7...

[Via Satellite 06-23-2014] Intelsat and Gilat Satellite Networks signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract for Gilat Colombia to leverage capacity on Intelsat’s Ku-band satellite at 332.5 degrees east to support the...