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Congress should place ballistic missile defense (BMD) on a fiscal fast track, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), said, vowing to seek more funding […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) approved an amendment adding $1 billion to the NASA appropriations bill for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2007. That extra funding passed over opposition […]

Even as the United States implores China to use its leverage to restrain North Korean ambitions to develop nuclear-tipped long-range missiles, China has no intention whatever of wielding its influence […]

The Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (LJDAM) tested successfully against a moving target, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. During the test at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., an Air Force […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, has 10 launches on its manifest, according to the company. Late this year, SpaceX will use the Falcon 1 rocket in a launch for […]

Loral Space and Communications [LORL] will supply satellite communications for Chile. A unit of the company, Loral Skynet do Brasil, won a contract from the Chilean Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones […]

The Army and Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] selected General Dynamics Corp. [GD] to provide the unitary warhead for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS). The warhead is in system […]

XM Satellite Radio named Steve Cook executive vice president of automotive, a position created as part of a restructuring the company’s marketing operations, XM announced July 13. Cook will focus […]

Globecast hooked up two new deals with channel providers to provide them access to Sky‘s platform in the United Kingdom and Ireland using Globecast’s capacity aboard the Eurobird satellite. The […]

Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. received a $2.4 million order for its satellite data communications transceivers, parent company Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced July 12. Comtech Mobile will supply the U.S. Army […]

Iridium Satellite announced July 12 its satellite communications customer base in the aviation market has more than doubled throughout the past 12 months. At the end of June, the installed […]

Raytheon Co. won a contract from the U.S. Navy to provide mission support systems to satellite communications terminals, the company announced July 13. Under the five-year, $75 million contract, Raytheon […]

Sea Launch Co. announced July 11 Peter Stier will be vice president of marketing and sales, effectively immediately. Stier succeeds Rob Peckham, who became president and general manager of the […]

Showtime, the Middle East direct-to-home operator, is stepping up its plans in the digital video recorder (DVR) arena as the operator plans to introduce it in more countries across the […]

Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Narayana will head a failure analysis committee to investigate the July 10 Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) failure that destroyed the Insat-4C satellite. The […]

The U.S. Air Force awarded ATK Space Systems Inc. a contact to develop automated composite production technologies for space launch vehicles. Work performed under the contract, valued at $21.7 million, […]

Applied Global Technologies (AGT) partnered with Skyport International Inc. on joint contract awards with several National Guard states and emergency management agencies, AGT announced July 11. The partnership will offer […]

Lockheed Martin awarded Spacedev a contract to supply components for the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) program, Spacedev announced July 12. Under the initial award, Spacedev will provide […]

Industry Canada will launch an initiative that could lead to the award of up to 29 licenses to develop satellites, the largest spectrum licensing initiative in Canadian history, the agency […]

Datapath Inc. appointed to Wilson Lowery Jr. as executive chairman of its board of directors and Mack Mattingly as a new member, both effective immediately, the company announced July 11. […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing for the scheduled July 17 launch of Europe’s first polar-orbiting weather satellite. Metop-A, the first member of a new family of European satellites […]

Sportsmanship International AB, a Garmin Ltd. distributor, will supply Saab automotive dealerships in Europe satellite navigation units, Garmin announced July 10. Along with positioning information, the Nuvi 300 navigation units […]

Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Co. signed with the United Nations to supply portable satellite terminals for rescue operations, the United Nations announced July 10. The United Arab Emirates satellite-based company will […]

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Summation Research Inc. (SRI) a contract to provide components for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) weather satellite system. Under the […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) hired Jack Dziak as senior vice president of services and distribution, the company announced. Dziak’s responsibilities will include building MSV’s services portfolio as well as formulating […]

Planetlink Communications Inc. will supply 27 GPS receivers to lumber distributor R&R Sales Group, Planetlink announced July 10. R&R signed an agreement in May to use Planetlinks asset tracking service, […]

Arabsat awarded a contract to Arianespace for the launch of the BADR-6 satellite in the first half of 2008, Arianespace announced July 7. In June, Arabsat announced EADS Atrium would […]

Milsat Services GmbH signed a deal to lease satellite services from Intelsat General Corp., to provide services for a pair of secure military communication satellites for the German Armed Forces, […]

Loral Skynet do Brasil, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications, signed a contract to provide fixed satellite communications services throughout Chile, Loral announced July 10. Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones […]