Author: Staff Writer

Budget Cuts List Includes ABL, GMDS, STSS, SR Many leading space and ballistic missile defense (BMD) procurement programs could be cut back or killed outright under a compendium of defense...

Hughes Network Systems, LLC awarded a contract to Arianespace to launch its next-generation Spaceway 3 satellite. The Ariane 5 heavy launcher will boost the satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit...

The Boeing Co. [BA] is the leading candidate to build ballistic missile defense (BMD) interceptors that would be installed in Poland, according to media reports quoting Air Force Lt. Gen....

A little more than year after completing its initial public offering, Eutelsat is undergoing significant ownership changes as the satellite operator’s private equity holders sell their stakes. Spanish industrial group...

Iridium Satellite, Arinc, ICG Partner To Supply Satellite Voice Service For Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific Airways of Hong Kong will be the first commercial airline customer to adopt an Iridium-based...

FTMSC Signs New Emergency Telecoms Deal France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications (FTMSC) signed a new deal with Télécoms Sans Frontieres (TSF) to develop an emergency mobile satellite communications system. The...

Near Earth Adds Advisory Board Members Near Earth LLC has added three members to its advisory board: Ted Bolton, president of Bolton Research Corp.; Gary Hatch, president and CEO of...

NASA gave Hamilton Sundstrand, a unit of United Technologies Corp. [UTC], a maximum $5 million contract for work on the Ares I crew expeditionary vehicle that will replace the space...

Spacehab Inc. [SPAB] asked for a formal dismissal with prejudice of all litigation against NASA relating to losses incurred by the company as a result of the 2003 Space Shuttle...

By Michael Sirak The ability to design a satellite payload that can easily accommodate upgrades, including on-orbit reprogramming, is one of the most important aspects of the Air Force’s Global...