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Ascent Media Network Services Names Managing Director For Singapore Ascent Media Network Services has appointed Wee Way Kiat managing director of its Asian business, the company announced. Wee, who will...

The Transformational Satellite (TSAT) laser communications system proved it can deliver high-powered operations at three data rates during recent Air Force tests, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Tests validated system...

The Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) satellite communication system completed testing nearly three weeks ahead of schedule, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. It exceeds performance requirements, the company said. NMT is a...

Lockheed Martin delivered the eighth and final satellite in the modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) production program to the Air Force. There are three IIR-M spacecraft on-orbit,...

The Boeing Co. [BA] joined Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] in competing for the Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) contract, Northrop announced. Northrop would be the...

NASA Still Undecided On Atlantis Launch Date, Tank Switch NASA officials won’t be able to decide for another two weeks whether they can repair and use a hail-damaged external fuel...

If Fleet Street rumors prove correct, BSkyB is headed for a four-way battle for Pipex Communications, a major player among the United Kingdom’s telecoms market. With nearly 1.1 million fixed...

The March 19 announcement that CIP Canada Investment Inc. would acquire Stratos Global Corp., the largest distributor of Inmarsat services, in a deal funded in part by Inmarsat, has clouded...

Even though the second demonstration flight of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX)’s Falcon 1 failed to reach orbit and was presumed lost at sea only moments after its launch from Kwajalein...