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Echostar Communications Corp. issued a Nov. 30 statement detailing its agreement with Pappas Telecasting Cos. to continue carrying 16 local TV stations owned or operated by Pappas.

Datapath Inc. has completed its acquisition of ILC, a privately held provider of network management software for monitoring, controlling and automating hybrid communications networks, Datapath announced Dec. 1. The purchase […]

EMS Technologies Inc. has completed the sale of its EMS Wireless division to Andrew Corp. for about $50 million in cash, EMS announced Dec. 1. Andrew has acquired all of […]

Multichoice Hellas is one of the leading pay-TV operators in Greece and the direct-to-home (DTH) operator is playing a key role in bringing new digital services to Greek customers through […]

European scientists are finding that Earth observation satellites not only can lead policymakers to water but can also make them think. Four years after the European Space Agency‘s (ESA) Committee […]

With demand for satellite services growing, Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. would like to see better performance from its Spacenet Inc. services group. To accomplish this, Gilat has completed a makeover […]

Datapath Completes ILC Acquisition Datapath Inc. has completed its acquisition of ILC, a privately held provider of network management software for monitoring, controlling and automating hybrid communications networks, Datapath announced […]

The first of the U.S. Air Force‘s new missile-warning sensor payloads is performing well after completing an initial round of performance checkouts, the Air Force’s space czar said Nov. 29. […]

Meteor Shower, Solid Rocket Risks Discussed Space Shuttle Discovery is poised for liftoff from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39B at about 9:35 p.m. ET Thursday, first-rank NASA officials told […]

China constitutes a burgeoning threat to U.S. military and commercial satellites and weapons platforms, analysts said. While China isn’t yet able to project military power globally, it is poised to […]

Raytheon Co. [RTN] plans a mass computerized simulation testing of both Army and Navy missiles, the company stated. This will be a multi-theater, multi-service Single Integrated Air Picture (SIAP) capability […]

In a 65-page response to questions from members of Congress, Robert Gates, the president’s nominee to become the next defense secretary, takes a sharply different view from the incoming leader […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] delivered the 100th Aegis weapons system to the Navy, the company announced. The system is to be mounted in a destroyer named for retired Rear Adm. […]

New technology could help track astronauts and robots on the moon, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. Raytheon worked on the technology with Hamilton Sundstrand, a unit of United Technologies Corp. [UTX]. […]

Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] signed a firm-fixed-price contract to support integration of the NATO Active Layered Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (ALTBMD) capability. The contract signing ceremony took place at […]

NASA selected Swales Aerospace of Beltsville, Md., to provide research and technology services to the NASA Langley Research Center. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract has a maximum value of […]

Goodrich [GR] was chosen by NASA to provide an additional highly accurate, sophisticated optical system — the fine guidance sensor — to the Hubble program. This comes after NASA Administrator […]

Excalibur Scores In Test Launch, Raytheon Announces Raytheon Co. [RTN] Missile Systems and BAE Systems-Bofors successfully fired the first extended-range, GPS-guided Excalibur projectiles at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz. Excalibur is […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract for the development of next-generation DVB-S2 satellite multicasting products to the International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) as part of ESA’s "Telecom Start-up […]

XM Satellite Radio announced Nov. 30 that American Honda Motor Co. will factory-install XM in more than 650,000 of its 2007 model year vehicles. Honda was an original strategic partner […]

A new report, "Deutschland Online 4," from Deutsche Telekom (DT) and German media professors warns that Germany "runs the risk of losing touch with the U.S. and Asian rivals when […]

The Global VSAT Forum (GVF) and iDirect Technologies have entered into an agreement to produce Web-based training courses for iDirect’s VSAT terminal installations, the organizations announced Nov. 29. The courses, […]

Futron Corp. on Nov. 30 announced its appointment of Peggy Slye as director of its space and telecommunications division. Slye will lead the division providing market forecasts and analyses, technology […]

The profiles and subscriber numbers of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio are growing as the companies continue to garner attention for their efforts to attract subscribers, which include […]

Big satellites are the workhorses of the satellite industry, but smaller spacecraft are performing more and more missions as a growing number of customers are finding that small satellites are […]

With a budget surplus and roaring economic growth, Brazil has set it sights on some significant new satellite and space initiative. The South American giant has recorded some moderate success […]

The communications regulatory framework in Europe is based on the principle that most rules should apply only in the case of market failure. Under this approach, if a particular market […]

As 2006 comes to an end, it cannot be said that John Malone, chairman of Liberty Media Corp., is sitting on the sidelines of the satellite and wireless broadband market. […]

2006 saw the culmination of the Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) consolidation process begun in 2004, and also brought ferment in the Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) sector with Inmarsat’s and Globalstar’s […]