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NovAtel Acquires CMC Electronics' Non-Aviation GPS OEM Product Line
NovAtel [Nasdaq: NGPS], a Calgary, Alberta-based precise positioning technology company, has acquired CMC Electronics’ non-aviation Global Positioning System OEM product line for C$150,000 (US $109,000). That amount could increase over...
Radio Satellite Integrators Supplies Vehicle Location System To Michigan County
Radio Satellite Integrators, a Torrance, Calif. – based provider of Global Positioning System-based vehicle tracking and mobile data products, has completed an automatic vehicle location system for the Isabella County...
BSAT-2c Set For Mid-June Launch From French Guiana
Japan’s Broadcasting Satellite System’s (BSAT) BSAT-2c geostationary communications satellite has been shipped to Arianespace‘s launch complex in Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite will be launched aboard an Ariane 5 rocket...
Globalstar Sees Revenues Jump, Gets Court OK For ICO Investment
Mobile satellite telephone serviceprovider Globalstar [OTC: GSTRF] reported first-quarter revenues of $11.6 million, a 290 percent increase over the January-March period in 2002. This jump in revenue was due in...
SkyFrames Teams With NetWorth To Provide Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery Products
Costa Mesa, Calif.-based SkyFrames [OTC Bulletin Board: SKYU] has signed an agreement with NetWorth, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., to resell and install SkyFrames’ satellite broadband offerings. NetWorth has a customer...
ND SatCom Sets Up U.S. Subsidiary
Germany’s ND SatCom, a supplier of satellite based broadband VSAT, broadcast and military communication network solutions, has set up a U.S. subsidiary called ND SatCom Inc. In response to the...
ViaSat Wins U.S. Army Contract To Provide Satellite Modem
ViaSat [Nasdaq: VSAT] has received a contract from the U.S. Army to design and produce an enhanced bandwidth efficient modem for high-speed satellite communications. The contract, which includes the purchase...
Stratos To Provide Satellite Communications For Australian Defence Force
Stratos [TSX:SGB], a Bethesda, Md. -based provider of satellite communications, has signed a multi-million dollar contract with the Australian Defence Force to provide Inmarsat-B voice and data leased services. Under...
SES Astra To Provide Services for Recently Launched Hellas Sat Bird
SES Astra, a unit of SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG],has signed two contracts with Greek telecom service provider Hellas Sat to provide services for its recently launched communications satellite. Financial terms...