Author: Staff Writer

Raytheon Co. won a contract from the U.S. Navy to provide mission support systems to satellite communications terminals, the company announced July 13. Under the five-year, $75 million contract, Raytheon...

Lockheed Martin awarded Spacedev a contract to supply components for the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) program, Spacedev announced July 12. Under the initial award, Spacedev will provide...

Industry Canada will launch an initiative that could lead to the award of up to 29 licenses to develop satellites, the largest spectrum licensing initiative in Canadian history, the agency...

Sea Launch Co. announced July 11 Peter Stier will be vice president of marketing and sales, effectively immediately. Stier succeeds Rob Peckham, who became president and general manager of the...

Showtime, the Middle East direct-to-home operator, is stepping up its plans in the digital video recorder (DVR) arena as the operator plans to introduce it in more countries across the...

Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Narayana will head a failure analysis committee to investigate the July 10 Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) failure that destroyed the Insat-4C satellite. The...

The U.S. Air Force awarded ATK Space Systems Inc. a contact to develop automated composite production technologies for space launch vehicles. Work performed under the contract, valued at $21.7 million,...

Applied Global Technologies (AGT) partnered with Skyport International Inc. on joint contract awards with several National Guard states and emergency management agencies, AGT announced July 11. The partnership will offer...

Datapath Inc. appointed to Wilson Lowery Jr. as executive chairman of its board of directors and Mack Mattingly as a new member, both effective immediately, the company announced July 11....

The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing for the scheduled July 17 launch of Europe’s first polar-orbiting weather satellite. Metop-A, the first member of a new family of European satellites...