Technology

[Via Satellite 06-08-2015] The board of directors of Thales Alenia Space Italia has appointed Donato Amoroso as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. Amoroso succeeds Elisio Giacomo Prette, who...

[Via Satellite 06-05-2015] Inmarsat has approved Hughes’ 9450-C11 terminal, making it the first mobile Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) Machine-to-Machine (M2M)-enabled terminal, according to the company. Building upon the BGAN...

[Via Satellite 06-04-2015] Comtech Xicom Technology, a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications, has received a $4.3 million order for Solid-State-Power-Amplifiers (SSPAs) and a $1.1 million order for Super-Power Traveling Wave Tube...

[Via Satellite 06-03-2015] With one instrument already in orbit and several others moving toward launch, Exelis, now Harris Corp., is looking to modernize storm tracking and weather forecasting with its...

[Via Satellite 06-03-2015] Norsat announced it has received orders in excess of $800,000 for its mobile, wayside and base station antennas for exclusive use in Positive Train Control (PTC) applications....

[Via Satellite 06-03-2015] Orbcomm and Turkish satellite operator Turksat have joined the Space Data Association (SDA), an international non-profit association of satellite operators that supports the sharing of space environment...

[Via Satellite 06-03-2015] IPSAT Sdn Bhd, a Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) communications company in Malaysia, has purchased a Hughes HX broadband satellite system comprised of a hub and remote...

[Via Satellite 06-02-2015] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has purchased a Newtec 4IF Dialog hub for one of its regional teleport facilities in Asia to launch next generation Very Small Aperture...

[Via Satellite 06-01-2015] Surrey Satellite Technology-US (SST-US), the United States-based subsidiary of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), anticipates increasing its headcount around eightfold by 2020 as the company grows its...

[Via Satellite 06-01-2015] Orbit Communication Systems has received an order for multiple OceanTRx 7-500 Ka-Band SatCom systems to an emerging Ka-band global satellite service provider. The company’s SatCom systems will...