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Astra Establishes Broadband Satellite Platform
SES Astra has announced its new Astra2Connect service, a triple-play offering of Internet, video and voice services for the residential broadband-by-satellite market. SES Astra President and CEO Ferdinand Kayser said […]
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Raytheon Completes NPOESS Segment Acceptance Testing
Raytheon announced Sept. 7 that the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) command, control and communications segment acceptance testing has been completed two months early. The […]
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Globecomm Rolls Out New Video Services
Globecomm is introducing a range of new satellite-based broadcast, cable, direct-to-home and Internet Protocol (IP) TV services for program contribution and distribution, the company announced Sept. 8. Globecomm provides content […]
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Scopus Strengthens Position In Romanian DTH Market
Digital Cable System (DCS) has selected digital broadcast platforms from Scopus Video Networks to support the expansion of direct-to-home (DTH) service in Romania, Scopus announced Sept. 8. DCS, a consortium […]
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NDS, SES Americom Combine To Offer New NDS Synamedia Metro IPTV Middleware To U.S. Telcos
NDS announced Sept. 8 that SES Americom will distribute NDS Synamedia Metro IPTV middleware to the North American telecommunications market. Digital rights management service provided by NDS Videoguard protects content […]
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Tandberg Television Unveils Next Generation MPEG-4 AVC HD and SD Encoders
Tandberg Television debuted its next-generation high-definition (HD) and standard-definition (SD) MPEG-4 AVC encoding services Sept. 7 at the International Broadcasting Conference in Amsterdam. Tandberg Television’s new encoders enable HDTV services […]
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SSPI Event Scheduled For Sept. 12
“Mobile Satellite Systems – What Does ATC Mean for the Future of MSS?” is the topic for a Sept. 12 lecture in Washington, D.C. From noon to 1:30 p.m., a […]
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Finance
Lockheed Martin To Sell ILS Stake, Market Atlas 5 Missions On Its Own
Lockheed Martin Corp. will sell its share of the International Launch Services (ILS) joint venture to a consultant who has advised the aerospace and defense giant on the launch venture, […]
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Government/Military
NGA, JFCOM Look To Improve Tactical Exploitation Of Imagery
U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) are exploring how to improve the access of individual marines, soldiers, sailors and airmen to imagery-derived intelligence products and […]
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Connectivity
‘World’s Remotest Island’ Sees Fishermen Led To The Net Via Satellite
Some 130 years after the British government claimed the island of Tristan da Cunha as part of its empire, the South Atlantic territory is being officially welcomed to the 21st […]
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Connectivity
DTH Operators Focus On HD And New Platform Opportunities
There have been some significant events throughout the past few months in the direct-to-home (DTH) market in Europe. A number of pay-TV operators have launched high-definition (HD) services as they […]
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Orbiting Wall Street
ISAT.L Inmarsat global mobile satellite services operator and ACeS International Ltd., an Asian hand-held voice satellite services operator, today announced collaboration arrangements to offer low-cost, hand-held and fixed-voice services in […]
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Colorado Senators Seek Probe Over Echostar-DirecTV Rebroadcast Standoff
Colorado’s two U.S. senators have asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate a dispute between DirecTV and Echostar over the rebroadcasting of local channels. In a letter dated Aug. 31, […]
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Boeing, MDA Look to Next Missile Defense Test, After Successful FT-2 Mission
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and its industry partners, led by Boeing [BA], are eyeing December as the timeframe for conducting the next major flight test of the system in […]
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Raytheon Wins Contract To Develop Alternative Space-Based Warning Sensor
Michael Sirak The Air Force has awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $54.4 million contract to build a prototype space sensor that could be adopted to complement or replace the nation’s next-generation […]
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MEADS Team Looks For New Radio To Anchor Plug-‘n’-Fight Architecture
By Michael Sirak ORLANDO, Fla.–The international industry team designing the next-generation mobile air defense system for Germany, Italy and the United States must soon pick an alternative software-defined radio to […]
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Lockheed Martin To Sell Stake In Russian Joint Venture
Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently said it plans to sell its stake in two joint ventures it has with Russian companies related to the marketing and sale of launch services to […]
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Office of Force Transformation Taking New Shape Inside DoD
After five years the Office of Force Transformation (OFT) is itself transforming as the Pentagon has decided to align parts of the organization within the Defense Department, according to the […]
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Germany Requests CRI Patriot PAC-3 Missiles
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress recently that Germany would like to spend as much as $298 million in a possible Foreign Military Sale to Germany of Patriot […]
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Successful Intercept Test For Army’s PAC-3 Missile Systems
The Army recently conducted a successful intercept test flight of Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., according to the service. The Aug. […]
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Lockheed Martin-ATK Complete Successful SLIRBM Rocket Motor Test
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Alliant Techsystems [ATK] successfully test fired a second-stage booster motor last month under the Submarine Launched Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (SLIRBM) Booster System Demonstration for the […]
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Lockheed Martin Explores Extreme-Range Cruise Missile
ORLANDO, Fla.–Lockheed Martin [LMT] is designing a very long-range cruise missile that can reach deep into enemy territory with a large warhead to destroy hardened underground facilities and cave and […]
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Colorado Senators Want Probe Of DirecTV Over HDTV Signals
Colorado’s senators have asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate a dispute between DirecTV and Echostar over network channels. On Aug. 28, Echostar offered to pay $100 million to local […]
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French Satellite Broadcasters Look To Merge
France’s two major satellite-television broadcasters have been given the green light from the French Finance Ministry to pair up. According to the French government on Sept. 6, a merger of […]
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Satellites Tracking Birds To Fight Avian Influenza
Wild whooper swans from Mongolia outfitted with solar-powered, global-position satellite (GPS) transmitters are helping a team of international scientists track the potential spread pattern of avian influenza. According to the […]
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Comtech Receives $5.5 Million Order From General Dynamics
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced Sept. 7 that its Orlando, Fla.-based subsidiary, Comtech Systems Inc., has received a $5.5 million order from General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General […]
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Rural New Zealand To Get Broadband Service
Rural New Zealand is poised to benefit from the launch of satellite broadband service from Orcon Internet. The company announced on Sept. 7 that its new satellite service will complement […]
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RAMTelecom Expands Canadian Operations
Not even two months after its initial public offering, satellite service provider RAMTelecom Inc. announced Sept. 6 it has expanded operations with a new office in Calgary, Alberta, and new […]
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Alencar Named To Head Telenor America in Brazil
Telenor Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Telenor of Norway, has chosen Fabio Alencar to lead Telenor Satellite Services’ Brazilian operations. Alencar now heads Telenor America Latina Comunicacoes Por Satelite LTDA […]