Author: Staff Writer

[09-25-07 – Satellite Today]  General Dynamics Satcom Technologies has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to provide satellite communications terminals and support services for the Joint Network Node-Network...

Space Shuttle Discovery has undergone tests to check whether repairs to its right landing gear are sound, and hopefully all that work won’t delay liftoff past an Oct. 23 target,...

Three members of Congress urged more testing of the Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) system before it is deployed in Europe, and also said NATO should not only advise the...

[09-24-07 – Satellite News]  SkyPort Global Communications has named Michael Polmar vice president of sales and Peter Semenach director of product management, the company announced Polmar most recently served as...

[09-24-07 – Satellite News]  GMV has launched SmartRings 2.0, the latest version of its telecommunications satellite payload reconfiguration tool, the company announced Sept. 21. Engineers can use SmartRings during the...

[09-24-07 – Satellite News]  Lockheed Martin has delivered the payload shipment module for the Flight 3 Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) satellite to Northrop Grumman Space Technology, the U.S. Air...

[09-24-07 – Satellite News]  STM Group’s research and development center is leading a consortium to evaluate, prototype and test advanced modem technologies for the European Space Agency (ESA), the company...

[09-24-07 – Satellite News]  TeleCommunications Systems Inc. (TCS) has been awarded a $2.4 million contract by the U.S. Army to provide satellite communications terminals and maintenance for the U.S. 1st...

[09-21-07 – Satellite Today] The U.S. Department of Defense plans to stop procuring GPS satellites that provide the Pentagon the capability to intentionally degrade the accuracy of civil signals, the...

[09-21-07 – Satellite Today] Industry Canada has approved Loral Space & Communications Inc.’s acquisition of Telesat Canada, Loral announced Sept. 19. Loral and its partner, Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment...