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Blue Sky Network’s HawkEye 5300 Receives Homologation Certification in Brazil Blue Sky Network, a supplier of satellite tracking and communication solutions for aviation, land and maritime, has announced that its...

ATK Wins Contract to Support DARPA SeeMe Program The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a contract to ATK to support the agency’s Space Enabled Effects for...

Newtec Makes Asia Appointment Newtec has appointed Mario Querner as its new vice president of Asia. Prior to joining Newtec, Querner worked as Head for South-East Asia at ECI Telecom,...

SpeedCast Announces Buyout of Pactel International SpeedCast has boosted its position in Asia by acquiring Pactel International, a satellite communications service provider based in Australia. Pactel provides satellite communications solutions...

Gilat Wins Israeli Military Deal The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has selected Gilat Satellite Networks’ SatTrooper-1000 military Manpack terminal for advanced tactical field communications. The SatTrooper-1000 will provide Israeli soldiers...

SES, Inverto, Abilis and MaxLinear Partner to Develop IP-LNB for Satellite TV Home Distribution SES, Inverto, Abilis and MaxLinear have been jointly designing the first low-noise block down-converter (LNB) that...

Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a Enters Full Commercial Service The Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a satellite has successfully completed in-orbit testing and entered full commercial service. The spacecraft will provide communications services to customers in Azerbaijan, Europe, Africa,...

DISH Network Makes Bold Move for Sprint Nextel DISH Network Corporation has announced its intentions to acquire the third largest wireless carrier in the United States. The company has submitted...

Hispasat Expands Satellite Broadband Network Gilat Satellite Networks and Hispasat have signed a deal to expand the Spanish satellite operator’s broadband satellite-based network with an additional SkyEdge II system. The...

Elara Comunicaciones Helps Rural Towns In Southeast Mexico Benefit from New Satellite Project Elara Comunicaciones has begun implementing a large-scale satellite network to bring voice and data service to 2,717...