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U.S. ballistic missile defense systems likely would work to knock down any incoming enemy ballistic missiles, industry briefers said today. The Boeing Co. [BA] had a great year in its […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] unveiled two new missiles, the DAGR and P44, developed with company funding leveraging existing technologies to fill battlefield needs. The Direct Attack Guided Rocket, DAGR, is […]

Launch users such as satellite industry participants are invited to a Department of Defense (DOD) industry day for a briefing April 5 in California on the United Launch Alliance (ULA) […]

China may procure an aircraft carrier to go with its military buildup of destroyers and four new types of submarines, cutting-edge aircraft and hundreds of missiles. Rep. J. Randy Forbes […]

Lisa Marie Nowak, facing criminal charges in Florida, last week was dismissed as an astronaut, NASA announced. A Navy captain, Nowak will be given an assignment in the Navy, pending […]

The Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite communications asset completed critical design reviews (CDRs) for all segments of the ground system as well as terminal waveform software, General Dynamics Corp. […]

Orbital Express Spacecraft Servicing Vehicle Launched The Orbital Express spacecraft launched at night from space launch complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. […]

International Space Station crew members tested their hand-eye coordination to see whether space degrades eye-hand coordination, and to see whether astronauts exposure to cosmic radiation impairs their central nervous systems, […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] delivered the 500th Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile seeker to Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT], the PAC-3 prime contractor. The seeker enables the weapon system to detect […]

Telesat Canada reported profits rose 15 percent while revenues advanced 1 percent last year. Telesat Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of BCE Inc., posted consolidated operating revenue of $479.0 million […]

[3/9/07] Telesat Canada reported revenues of 479 million Canadian dollars ($407.1 million) in 2006, up slightly from revenues of 474.7 million Canadian dollars ($403.4 million) in 2005, the company announced […]

Spacenet Inc. announced that Alan Kittson has joined the company as its vice president of government services sales. Kittson will oversee the direction and sales efforts of Spacenet’s expanded government […]

DirecTV has promoted Derek Chang to executive vice president of content strategy and development; Dan Hartman to senior vice president of programming acquisition; and Eric Shanks to executive vice president […]

The U. S. Geological Survey (USGS), in collaboration with NASA and the British Antarctic Survey, is developing the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica, a map of Antarctica using satellite imagery. […]

Representatives of Telenor Satellite Services and Inmarsat are in Hanoi to give a March 9 demonstration of how businesses and government can use satellite communications. Executives from both companies will […]

Arianespace is set for a March 10 mission to place the India’s Insat-4B TV/telecommunications satellite and the U.K.’s Skynet-5A communications spacecraft into orbit, Arianespace announced. Insat-4B will carry 12 Ku-band […]

[3/8/07] Tandberg TV’s board has extended a unanimous recommendation to shareholders that they accept Ericsson’s buyout offer, Tandberg announced March 7.   Ericsson made an unsolicited offer Feb. 26 to […]

Spirent Communications has developed its GSS7900 GPS/Galileo Simulation System, which will support testing of free-to-use signals from both GPS and Galileo systems, the company announced March 5. The simulator is […]

The U.S. Army is seeking more cooperation with international partners, Col. Patrick Rayermann, chief of the Army’s Space and Missile Defense Division, said March 7.   "We do want to […]

SES satellites AMC-12/ASTRA-4A and AAP-1 have been transferred to SES New Skies and renamed NSS-10 and NSS-11, the company announced March 5. NSS-10 is located at 322.5° East with NSS-11 […]

Harris Corp. has delivered the first 12 of 39 Large Aperture Multiband Deployable Antenna terminals to be used by the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force for multiband, mobile […]

ND SatCom has teamed with Studio Hamburg Media Consult International to provide an Internet protocol (IP)-based radio contribution and distribution network for Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI), ND SatCom announced March […]

[3/7/07] Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, has received a four-year, $33.5 million follow-on contract from ViaSat Inc. The deal – for additional hardware to integrate into […]

Spacenet Inc. has been selected by the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Telemedicine Center to provide satellite network services for its new mobile telemedicine clinic, Spacenet announced March […]

Starsys Inc., a subsidiary of SpaceDev, has been awarded a follow-on order for the DigitalGlobe WorldView-2 satellite program from Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp., SpaceDev announced March 6. A $1.25 […]

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. has introduced a new class of satellite-based Internet service for its commercial/enterprise clients, the company announced March 6. The service offers broadband airtime with flexibility for […]

XM Satellite Radio has signed with the Southeastern Conference (SEC) for a five-year broadcast and marketing agreement by which XM will become the official satellite radio provider of the SEC, […]

Telenor Satellite Services is expanding a multi-year contract with Intelsat to include transmission services on three different spacecraft in C- and Ku-band, Intelsat announced March 6. Telenor renewed its contract […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC will provide a broadband satellite solution for Islamabad, Pakistan-based Orocom Ltd., a technology systems provider, Hughes announced March 5. The system will enable Orocom to deliver […]