Author: Veronica Magan

DISH Network Corporation has announced its intentions to acquire the third largest wireless carrier in the United States.

The U.S. Air Force has selected Ball Aerospace & Technologies to perform risk reduction work on the next generation of microwave sounding and imaging instruments for the Weather Satellite Follow-on program.

STMicroelectronics has announced that its Teseo II single-chip satellite-tracking ICs performed successfully in the first ground location test using Europe’s independent navigation system, Galileo.

GlobeCast Americas has expanded its solution-building capabilities in the continent with three strategic appointments to sales positions.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has signed a CA$8.3 million contract with Canada’s Department of National Defense (DND) to extend its operational support of DND’s Automated Airline Hosting and Aircraft Tasking System (AAHATS).

MEASAT Satellite Systems has announced an agreement with Martial Arts Networks to distribute the Martial Arts TV HD channel via the MEASAT-3a satellite.

The University of Hawaii is planning the first satellite launch from the islands of Hawaii using the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai. The military has used the facility to test missiles but never a satellite.

The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) has appointed of Andrew Silberstein, senior vice president and general manager of Globecomm Network Services to the RTG Board of Directors.

The Obama administration’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget request presented this week included a proposal to pursue an environmental satellite championed by Al Gore.

SkyStream FZ has renewed a multi-year deal on SES' NSS-6 satellite at 95 degrees east to provide reliable connectivity to its maritime, and oil & gas customers via secure VSAT networks.