E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 09-02-10] Satellite imagery provider DigitalGlobe has awarded $301 million in development contracts for the WorldView-3 satellite to Ball Aerospace & Technologies and ITT Corp., DigitalGlobe announced Sept. 1....

Harbinger Signs Deal to build LTE Satellite Network Harbinger Capital signed an eight-year, $7 billion contract with Nokia Siemens Networks to build and operate a 4G LTE satellite and mobile...

Globecomm Expands Managed Services to Caribbean Globecomm Systems will provide wireless managed services to unnamed service operators in Antigua, the Turks and the Caicos Islands. Globecomm will provide CDMA switching...

CapRock Adds head of information Assurance Division CapRock Government Solutions hired William Janosky as director of its Information Assurance product division. Janosky will be responsible for upgrading and implementing CapRock’s...

BT Deploys iDirect Evolution Platform Upgrade Satellite communications solutions and services provider BT is upgrading its EMEA satellite network infrastructure to iDirect’s Evolution platform. The upgrade aims to allow BT...

[Satellite TODAY 09-01-10] Globecomm Systems, a provider of satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions and services, has received a $4.3 million contract from an unnamed media and entertainment company, Globecomm announced Aug....

[Satellite TODAY 09-01-10] Artel has released its DLT710 multi-format 3G-SDI capable signal generator and test module to the market, the developer announced Aug. 30.     The DLT710 is Artel’s DL4000-based,...

[Satellite TODAY 09-01-10] Harris Corp. has received a $9.5 million contract from Elbit Systems to provide engineering services to support the Australian Department of Defense’s (ADF) Land 200 communications modernization...

[Satellite TODAY 09-01-10] Alliant Techsystems (ATK) and NASA have conducted a cold-temperature ground test of the second Ares five-segment Development Motor (DM-2), ATK announced Aug. 31.     Initial test data...

[Satellite TODAY 08-31-10] AsiaSat signed a capacity deal with Pakistani broadcaster Sports Star International Private (SSI) to deliver two Urdu-language satellite channels, A-Lite and A-Plus, on the AsiaSat 3S satellite,...