Thrane & Thrane Seeks To Buy Nera Satcom
Thrane & Thrane has made a 550 million kroner ($94.1 million) offer to buy Nera ASA‘s mobile satellite communications operations, Nera announced Aug. 2. Under the deal, Thrane & Thrane...
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SES Astra Moves Forward in Germany
SES Astra signed some key channel contracts in Germany ahead of the launch of its new digital platform, scheduled for the first half of 2007. SES signed deals with the...
Puckorius Leaves Geoeye
Geoeye announced Aug. 1 the resignation of Timothy Puckorius, the company’s senior vice president of international sales and marketing. Puckorius left “to pursue other opportunities” but will continue to be...
Harris Receives NPOESS Contract
The U.S. Air Force awarded Harris Corp. a six-month, $1 million contract to complete a concept development study to incorporate the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) environmental satellite...
Boeing Completes Third Laser Communication Demonstration
Boeing, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratories, demonstrated how its Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) could link one satellite to another using a laser beam in...
Northrop Grumman Completes Range Test For Array Antenna
Northrop Grumman Corp. announced July 31 it completed range tests for its downlink phased array antenna for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency military satellite communications payload. The antennas will send...
MDA To Study Joint Canadian-Italian Hyperspectral Mission
MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) received a contract from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to study the development of a joint Canadian-Italian hyperspectral satellite, the company announced July 31....
Ball Aerospace Splits Defense Operations
Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. announced July 31 it divided its defense operations organization unit into two separate business units. National Defense Solutions will be led by Fred Doyle and...
Sirius Raises Subscriber Guidance As Revenues Triple
Sirius Satellite Radio now expects to finish 2006 with 6.3 million subscribers after adding more than 600,000 in the second quarter, the company announced Aug. 1. The company previously forecast...
Near Earth Expands Advisory Board, Investment Banking Team
Near Earth LLC added three members to its advisory board and one member to its investment banking team, the company announced July 29. Christopher Baugh, Robert Mancini and Bruce Wendt...