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The Space Shuttle Discovery moved from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., to prepare for launch July 1, or in a window […]

The Lockheed Martin Corp. Thermobaric Hellfire missile completed two shots at the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) land test ranges in southern California. Both air launches were executed from an […]

The Pentagon gave Northrop Grumman Corp. a $60.6 million price incentive, firm target contract to acquire long lead parts/advance procurement items for RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Northrop […]

Canada and the United States renewed the North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) agreement, broadening the pact to include guarding against potential attacks from the sea in addition to detecting missile […]

The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. a $61.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for work on the fleet ballistic missile (FBM) program. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Co. of Sunnyvale, Calif., will […]

The Air Force gave Raytheon Co. a $21.8 million firm fixed price contract change to move toward providing advanced medium range -to-air missiles (AMRAAM). Raytheon Missile Systems, of Tucson, Ariz., […]

Integral Systems Inc. announced May 10 that it received a $21.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to the Command and Control System- Consolidated (CCS-C) effort. The modification, […]

Seamobile Inc. has acquired Maritime Telecommunications Network Inc., a provider of satellite-based broadband communications and networking services for the maritime industry, Seamobile announced May 11. Terms of the agreement were […]

Shin Satellite Plc lost in the 2006 first quarter despite a jump in revenues, the company announced May 10. Shin Satellite, which operates the IPstar broadband satellite, lost 58 million […]

News Corp. reported third quarter earnings of $820 million, more than double the same period a year ago, as a strong performance from the company’s satellite TV operations around the […]

New Skies Satellites has signed a framework agreement with the Netherlands Ministry of Defense to provide capacity aboard the NSS-7 and NSS-703 satellites for use by the Netherlands Armed Forces, […]

German pay-TV operator Premiere lost more than 44,000 subscribers in the first three months of 2006, the company announced. Premiere’s subscriber base stood at 3.5 million on March 31. Revenues […]

EADS Astrium signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop and build the satellite for the Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics (Gaia) mission, EADS announced May 11. […]

Panamsat Holding Corp. reported revenues of $213.2 million in the first quarter of 2006, up 2 percent from revenues of $208.8 million in the same period in 2005, the company […]

Echostar Communications Corp.‘s first quarter profit was nearly cut in half, hampered in part by a charge related to a lawsuit from Tivo Inc. over digital video recorder technology, Echostar […]

Middle East satellite pay-TV operator Showtime has appointed Rob Ovens senior vice president of finance. Ovens previously was at Granada Sky Broadcasting, where he held the position of managing director […]

Inmarsat has appointed Kathleen Flaherty as an additional independent non-executive director. She joins the board of Inmarsat plc, and will be a member of the Remuneration Committee. Inmarsat already has […]

Iridium Satellite has been selected by Argo Tracker Corp. to provide long-range data links for Argo Tracker’s global asset tracking system. Argo Tracker will incorporate the Iridium 9601 short-burst data […]

Harris Corp. has achieved site acceptance of the first satellite communications site as part of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) program. The Key West, Fla.-based satellite […]

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced May 9 that its subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., received a $1.7 million order for satellite communications equipment from Datapath that will support a major U.S. […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. reported a profit of $1.2 million on revenues of $58.6 million in the 2006 first quarter, Gilat announced May 10. In the first quarter of 2005, […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC introduced its next-generation platform, dubbed HN System, which will support the DVB-S2 industry standard with adaptive coding and modulation. The system also is compliant with Internet […]

Intelsat Ltd. reported revenues of $280.4 million in the first quarter of 2006, down from $293.2 million in the 2005 first quarter, the satellite operator announced May 10. Intelsat lost […]

LogicaCMG will develop facilities that will help provide security for Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation program, the company announced May 8. Under three development contracts valued at a combined 20 million […]

AT&T will market’s broadband satellite Internet access provided by Wildblue Communications Inc. under a non-exclusive agreement, Wildblue announced May 9. Wildblue will provide equipment management, installation and distribution services for […]

NDS won a contract to provide an end-to-end system for a new direct-to-home platform in Romania, NDS said. The technology vendor will provide its Videoguard conditional access system, as well […]

Motient Corp. and Skyterra Communications Inc. signed definitive agreements to consolidate the ownership and control of a pair of companies that provide Mobile Satellite Services, the companies announced May 8. […]

Loral Space & Communications Inc. cuts its net loss to $15.8 million in the first quarter of 2006, as revenues improved 30 percent to $172 million, the company announced May […]

Worldspace Inc. reported revenues of $3.5 million in the first quarter of 2006, up 35 percent from revenues of $2.6 million in the 2005 first quarter due to increased subscriber […]