Author: Staff Writer

GlobeCast Australia, Optus TV Name New CEO After Lattin Retires GlobeCast Australia CEO Mike Lattin has retired, but will continue with the company in an advisory role. Simon Farnsworth has...

Lockheed Martin Completes On-Orbit Testing with First MUOS Satellite Lockheed Martin has completed on-orbit testing of the first U.S. Navy next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system. The Mobile User Objective...

Inmarsat Deploys OnAir Service on Two Asia Pacific Airlines Japanese airline ANA will deploy Inmarsat SwiftBroadband on its international routes starting in mid-2013. Inmarsat said the Wi-Fi services, which are...

Gilat Expands SkyEdge 2 Deal with Panama’s C&W Gilat Satellite Networks has been selected by Cable & Wireless Panama (C&W) to provide a SkyEdge 2 broadband network that will be...

Avanti Rolls Out Pay-As-You-Go Hylas-1 Internet Service Avanti Communications has launched its new Pay-As-You-Go high-speed Internet connection service across Europe with no monthly subscription fees. Avanti will offer a high-bandwidth...

Avanti Signs Key NATO Agreement Avanti Communications has signed an ordering agreement with NATO’s Communications and Information Agency (NCIA), formerly the NC3A Agency, to provide service from its Hylas fleet....

NetJets is adding Aircell’s in-flight connectivity system to 100 additional aircraft in its fleet. Aircell said the 100 additional systems will establish NetJets as having 40 percent of its total...

Astrotech Space Operations (ASO) was selected by the U. S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) to provide payload-processing services for the second in a series of Mobile...

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to analyze and define aspects of its Phoenix program that are focused on repurposing non-working GEO...

Northrop Grumman has joined the Hosted Payload Alliance (HPA). HPA formed in March 2011 as a group of satellite manufacturers, spacecraft operators, system integrators and launch vehicle providers that aim...