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Raytheon demonstrated its Mobile Enhanced Situational Awareness (MESA) system designed to deliver data over the XM Satellite Radio system at the Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration ’05 (CWID), a homeland security...

SINGAPORE — Video and broadband applications are leading business growth for satellite-enabled services throughout Southeast Asia, said regional directors and general managers of some of the leading satellite companies in...

Caprock Communications launched a satellite communications services program intended for use following natural disasters, the company announced June 15. The DR-250 communications package contains all the equipment needed to provide...

MB Tech Inc. completed field testing of its flat-panel direct broadcast service antenna and began production tooling, the company announced June 15. The antenna has been able to receive signals...

Connexion by Boeing signed an agreement with its first ever maritime customer and added another airline to its satellite Internet service, the business unit of Boeing announced. Teekay Shipping Corp....

EADS Astrium and Alcatel Space will jointly develop a new platform for next generation communications satellites, the companies announced June 16. The two companies will develop the platform, dubbed Alphabus,...

The Canadian government awarded licenses to XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio allowing the broadcasters to offer their services in Canada. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved June...

Telesat appointed Peter Concelmo director of sales for the U.S. broadcast market, the company announced June 16. Concelmo will be based in New York and be responsible for expanding Telesat’s...

France’s HD Forum Association announced the “HD-Ready” label has now been launched in France, which gives consumers a quality sign for the differentiation of display equipment capable of processing and...

The re-entry module of the Foton-M2 spacecraft returned a batch of experiments to Earth June 16, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced. Foton, launched May 31 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in...