Author: Staff Writer

International Communications Group (ICG) introduced its Aerocom 1100 cabin telecommunications unit, which provides an automated integrated package of telephone, fax and data services for small- to medium-sized business jets. The...

“The $20 Billion Question: Can Satellite and Terrestrial Wireless Co-exist in C-Band?” is the topic of the Global V-Sat Forum’s Sept. 29 Satellite Summit at the University Club, 1135 16th...

The MetOp-A satellite has been mated to the Fregat upper stage in preparation for a scheduled Oct. 7 launch aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket, the European Space Agency announced Sept....

BSkyB announced a key contract as it looks to ramp up its triple-play operations in the United Kingdom. Easynet, which BSkyB acquired in 2005, awarded a multi-million dollar contract to...

Khrunichev will manufacture the Kazsat-2 satellite for the government of Kazakhstan, according to a Sept. 26 report from RIA Novosti. Khrunichev will work with the Russian Institute of Space Device...

Motient Corp. and Skyterra Communications Inc. completed transactions designed to simplify the ownership and control of a pair of companies developing systems to provide Mobile Satellite Services, the companies announced...

Raytheon Co.’s Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) completed risk reduction activities for the U.S. Air Force Space Fence S-band Radar program, the company announced Sept. 26. The Space Fence program will...

Arianespace received a contract to launch the Helios 2B military reconnaissance satellite in the first half of 2009, Arianespace announced Sept. 25. Helios 2B is part of a second-generation defense...

A modernized GPS Block 2R satellite built by Lockheed Martin was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., the company announced Sept. 25. The satellite, designated GPS 2R-15(M), is...

Raytheon Co. will provide equipment designed to improve voice and data communications for the U.S. Army, the company announced Sept. 25. Raytheon will deliver 15 multiplexer integration and digital communication...