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The Space Shuttle Atlantis orbiter has been fitted with sensors in the leading edges of the orbiter wings that would provide real-time warnings if they take a hit from falling […]

DHS Gives Northrop Anti-MANPADS Contract A tactical laser defense could be effective in killing short-range incoming enemy ballistic missiles, such as those now hitting Israel and attacking U.S. forces in […]

North Korean missiles may have a greater capability for accuracy than some observers have stated, according to a report in the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper. Six of seven missiles that North […]

An Alliant Techsystems [ATK] missile motor test-fired successfully, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. The test involved fired a second-stage booster motor under the Submarine Launched Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (SLIRBM) […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] and the Air Force bounced a laser beam off a mirror, the company announced, a key advance for anti-ballistic missile technologies. That laser beam was redirected […]

The JCSAT-10 telecommunications satellite was launched into orbit, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] reported. JCSAT-10 is the fourth in a series of six satellite launches planned this year for Lockheed Martin […]

A test instrumentation kit for the Conventional Air-Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM) / Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) passed tests, The Boeing Co. [BA] reported. The tests were conducted at the Utah […]

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system detected and intercepted an incoming ballistic missile target, BAE Systems announced. THAAD, using a BAE Systems seeker, scored against the bogey in […]

Raytheon Co. [RTN] delivered its 500th Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) to the Navy, the company announced. ESSM is an international cooperative upgrade of the RIM-7 SeaSparrow Missile, which is developed […]

Echostar Communications Corp. reported revenues of $2.5 billion in the 2006 second quarter, up 17 percent from revenues of $2.1 billion in the same period a year ago, Echostar announced […]

Today’s dual-payload launch of Arianespace‘s heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission will carry Japan’s JCSAT-10 commercial telecommunications satellite in the upper payload position, while the French Syracuse 3B military relay platform is […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC announced Aug. 10 it signed multiple contracts with Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications. The contracts, worth nearly $60 million, call for the development and supply of a high-speed […]

Alltel Wireless, announced Aug. 10 an agreement with XM Satellite Radio that will make Alltel customers the first in the United States to have access to XM Satellite Radio programming […]

OpenTV, a provider of middleware and other technology solutions to direct-to-home operators, posted double-digit revenue growth in the 2006 second quarter. In the three months that closed at the end […]

Qatar Airways plans to equip 14 of its aircraft with digital satellite TV systems by the end of 2006. The aircraft will install the Rockwell Collins Tailwind 560 satellite television […]

RT Logic, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integral Systems Inc. announced Aug. 10 the availability of its next generation high-rate digital telemetry data processor to support wideband and remote sensing satellite […]

Tata Sky Ltd. has launched direct-to-home TV services across India, the company announced Aug. 8. The joint venture, set up by the Tata Group and News Corp.’s Star India, delivers […]

Americom Government Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of SES Americom, and Wheat International, a provider of long-range wireless services, set a record for mobile broadband Internet services during a public […]

Volvo Cars of North America and Sirius Satellite Radio announced Aug. 8 that Volvo will begin offering Sirius equipment as a factory installed option this summer. Starting with the 2007 […]

International Communications Group (ICG) announced Aug. 8 the introduction of an Iridium satellite conversion program for customers being affected by the pending shutdown of the Verizon Airfone air-to-ground telephone service […]

Spacedev Inc. has been issued a patent for its hybrid propulsion technology related to fine altitude and control systems on a spacecraft, the company announced Aug. 9. The “Hybrid Propulsion […]

DirecTV‘s profits more than doubled in the 2006 second quarter to $459 million, as revenues improved 10 percent to $3.5 billion, DirecTV announced Aug. 8. In the 2005 second quarter, […]

Loral Space & Communications Inc. posted a 41 percent increase in the 2006 second quarter to $192.9 million, driven by satellite construction contracts, the company announced Aug. 7. In the […]

Commscope Inc. announced Aug. 7 that it is proposing to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Andrew Corp. in a deal valued at $1.7 billion. Commscope’s offer of $9.50 […]

Digitalglobe announced Aug. 7 that ITT Corp. completed and shipped the imaging sensor for the next generation Worldview 1 satellite. This sensor, which will be able to capture imagery with […]

NDS, a supplier of middleware and conditional access solutions to satellite operators, has seen a nearly 10 percent increase in overall revenues for the year ended June 30, the company […]

SES Global reported a profit of 215.6 million euros in the first half of 2006, up from a profit of 167.7 million euros in the first six months of 2005, […]

A Proton Breeze M launch vehicle placed Eutelsat’s Hot Bird 8 satellite into orbit Aug. 5, International Launch Services announced. The satellite, built by EADS Space, will provide service over […]

Iridium Satellite LLC completed a $210 million debt offering, the company announced Aug. 6. Iridium will use net proceeds of the credit facilities to repay the company’s existing credit facilities, […]