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The key to reducing delays and increasing safety in the aviation industry lies in the quick adoption of a satellite-based air traffic control system, according to aviation experts. A major […]

In a move both to bolster its aeronautical broadband offerings and facilitate its entry to the land mobile and maritime markets, Norcross, Ga.-based EMS Technologies Inc. has signed a definitive […]

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PT Indosat Tbk awarded a contract to Thales Alenia Space to build and launch the Palapa-D communications satellite, Thales announced June 29. Palapa-D, scheduled to be placed in orbit in […]

Eutelsat Communications finalized a five-year deal with Gateway Broadcast Services for capacity on the W3A satellite, Eutelsat announced June 29. Gateway Broadcast will use the Ku-band capacity on W3A’s African […]

Powerstar International, a wireless and digital signage solutions provider via wireless, satellite and terrestrial platforms, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Skyboard Corp. of Calgary, Alberta, Powerstar announced […]

The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command awarded a contract to Rockwell Collins to supply GPS receivers for the Ground-Based GPS Receiver Application Module program, the company announced June […]

Russia placed a military satellite into orbit aboard a Zenit-M rocket, Russia’s space agency announced June 29. The mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome had been delayed from December for technical reasons.

As President Bush warmly welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Bush family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, Putin’s armed forces were assessing a successful firing of a new type of […]

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system was launched in a test involving no target missile, a test that showed THAAD can perform well in the highly stressful area […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) approved almost $17.5 billion for NASA in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2008, and a move to add $1 billion more to make good […]

A review meeting where the top Pentagon weapons buyer and other senior leaders considered whether to continue the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) program ended with no announcement of a […]

NASA is taking a risk that it may send one of its Mars rover vehicles to its death, but the high-stakes potential scientific payoff makes the gamble more than worthwhile. […]

Math and science teachers, and college students studying to become teachers, who live near certain locations can apply to fly on zero-gravity aircraft flights, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. There […]

The U.S. laboratory being added to the International Space Station (ISS) is to become a national laboratory, and a portion of it is to be opened to other agencies and […]

The Space Radar completed an integrated baseline review with the Air Force, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. That review of the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance asset was completed on schedule, […]

Atlantis Piggybacks Atop Boeing 747 Transport; Endeavour Moves To VAB Space Shuttle Atlantis, forced to land on the West Coast by foul weather at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), headed back […]

Raytheon Gains $145.4 Million Rolling Airframe Missile Contract The Navy gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $145.4 million contract for producing and improving its Rolling Airframe Missile program. Nearly $105.5 million […]

Lawmakers won’t back any move to levy a tax dedicated to supporting defense and space programs, because that would commit the legislators to use the money for defense and space […]

A group of lawmakers has formed the Missile Defense Caucus to step up pressure for adequate funding of programs in the emergent U.S. shield against enemy missiles. The group was […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is seeking information for agile kill vehicle technology, according to a request issued last week. Responses are sought by Sept. 28, the request for information […]

A few months ago this column predicted an agreement would be reached on a formal European Space Policy in 2007. This prediction came true with a decision reached in Brussels […]

The mobile satellite industry, brimming with optimism, gathered in late May in Baltimore, the first time in five years that the industry had met under the umbrella of the Mobile […]

In April, the U.S. State Department used the American technology export regulatory regime to bar the $295 million acquisition of AsiaSat by its principal shareholders, GE Capital Equity Investments and […]

Broadcasting remains the main revenue driver for satellite operators, but the means of delivering that service is changing constantly. Internet protocol (IP)-based services are likely to be the next big […]

When President Bush unveiled his Vision for Space Exploration in early 2004, he declared that the United States would return to the moon, with a series of robotic missions paving […]

The global satellite communications industry continued to show growth in 2006, but this does not necessarily mean that the established players enjoyed all the gains. New and returning companies began […]

  Apposite Technologies Announces Gigabit-Speed WAN Emulator Apposite Technologies Inc. unveiled its Linktropy 7500 and Linktropy 7500 Pro wide-area network emulation appliances, the company announced. The emulators simulate bandwidth, delay, […]

C-Com Sets Up Service Center In China C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. opened a service and support center in Beijing, the company announced. The center will be operated by Hua Sheng […]