Technology

[Via Satellite 08-10-2015] Norsat repaid the remaining balance of its $1.3 million acquisition loan, including a $0.8 million voluntary accelerated payment, resulting in the company being debt free. Norsat reported...

[Via Satellite 08-10-2015] UAE-based satellite operator Yahsat and Orbital ATK have completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Al Yah 3 spacecraft and payload. The Ka-band High Throughput Satellite...

[Via Satellite 08-10-2015] Surrey Satellite Technology US (SST-US), the Colorado-based subsidiary of SSTL, has added Stephen Eisele and Rick Sanford to its business development team. Eisele and Sanford report to...

[Via Satellite 08-07-2015] Orbcomm achieved record high revenues during its second quarter earnings increasing 85 percent year over year (YoY) despite losing one of its first six Orbcomm Second Generation...

[Via Satellite 08-07-2015] ViaSat revenues increased by 8 percent during its first fiscal quarter of 2016 compared to the prior year period, reaching a total of $344.4 million. Likewise for...

[Via Satellite 08-07-2015] Rockwell Collins has purchased Virginia-based International Communications Group (ICG) for an initial purchase price of $50 million. ICG provides global voice and data satellite communications products and...

[Via Satellite 08-07-2015] Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has released a complete Command and Control (C2) to Radio Frequency (RF) ground systems package for small satellite operators. The company’s new...

[Via Satellite 08-07-2015] An Advantech Wireless customer selected the company’s SapphireBlu series of Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) for a 4K, Ultra-HD television transmission of an international football tournament in...

[Via Satellite 08-06-2015] Iridium has received the first delivery of the Broadband Core Transceiver (BCX) prototypes for interoperability testing on the Iridium NEXT satellite network infrastructure. Cambridge Consultants, a product...

[Via Satellite 08-05-2015] A new report by the World Teleport Association (WTA) finds that cybersecurity is a growing concern in the satellite industry, and an issue that not all companies...