Author: Staff Writer

Spain’s Iberia Airlines has selected ARINC to deliver a package of satellite communications services for the passengers and crew on its entire fleet of long-haul aircraft, including new Airbus A340-600s....

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s Terra and Aqua satellites are providing fire fighters with forest fire monitoring tools. A suite of satellites, flying in coordinated fashion, offers insight into...

EMS Technologies [Nasdaq: EMLG] has received a contract valued at $5.7 million from Italian satellite manufacturer Alenia Spazio to supply switching technology for the Cosmo SkyMed earth observation satellite mission...

Stratos, a Bethesda, Md.-based provider of remote communications solutions and services, has been awarded a five-year contract to upgrade and enhance the satellite-based communications infrastructure on the Ramform Banff, a...

Hughes Network Systems, a Germantown, Md.-based broadband satellite unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has signed a contract with UAE- based Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications for the design and supply of...

Due to continued weakness in its space and launch businesses, Boeing [NYSE: BA] has decided to consolidate its satellite and launch businesses. The company reported a $1.1 billion pre-tax charge...

BT Broadcast Services believes the time is right to expand its presence in Asia. The British Telecom unit, a provider of terrestrial and satellite-based multimedia transmission solutions, hopes to strike...

The European Economic and Social Committee is warning the European Commission that action is needed by member governments if Europe is not to become an also-ran in the race to...

SDN Global and End II End Communications entered a strategic agreement to combine SDN’s satellite broadband technology with End II End’s encryption software to offer secure virtual private network (VPN)...

A Scientific-Atlanta [NYSE: SFA] PowerVu digital satellite content distribution system, designed and installed by Atlantic Telecommunications Services for the Washington Public Affairs Network (TVW), is delivering state and local government...