E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today – 3-3-08] Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded the U.S. Air Force Weather Agency Systems Engineering, Management and Sustainment 2 contract, the company announced March 3.     The […]

[Satellite Today – 3-3-08] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) signed a long-term capacity deal with Russia’s RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd., ABS announced March 1.     Under the agreement, ABS will […]

IDC Licenses Irdeto Encryption Technology International Datacasting Corp. entered an agreement to license Irdeto’s Cyphercast IP encryption technology.     Ongoing sales and development of the Cyphercast IP product as well […]

Americom Names Air Force Programs Director Americom Government Services Inc. hired Timothy Deaver as director of Air Force programs. Deaver has more than 20 years of experience in major commands […]

Gilat  To Supply Broadband Network For Bharti Airtel Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. received a contract to supply Bharti Airtel with a broadband satellite network.     Bharti will use the network, […]

Hughes To Connect Largest Grocery Store Chain In Brazil Brazilian grocery store chain Rede Smart, a Martins Group Co., will use Hughes Network Systems LLC to provide broadband satellite managed […]

[Satellite Today – 2-29-08] Vista Satellite Communications has appointed David Sprechman CFO, the company announced Feb. 25.     Sprechman, who has more than 20 years of media experience, will be […]

[Satellite Today – 2-29-08] Intelsat Ltd. appointed Kurt Riegelman senior vice president of global sales and Tobias Nassif vice president of satellite operations and engineering, the company announced Feb. 25. […]

[Satellite Today – 2-29-08] Integral Systems Inc. has developed a control system feature that will provide customers with the ability to view and analyze ground system data, the company announced […]

[Satellite Today – 2-29-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures has chosen Axiom Systems and Active CatalogT to design, assemble and deliver new services for MSV’s next-generation satellite-terrestrial network, MSV announced Feb. 26. […]

[Satellite Today – 2-29-08] XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio will not exercise a termination clause in their merger agreement, extending the deal to May 1 while they continue […]

[Satellite Today – 2-28-08] L-3 Telemetry-West will supply software to the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab for the Radiation Belt Storm Probes mission operations center, L-3 announced Feb. 28.    […]

[Satellite Today – 2-28-08] Hughes Telecommunicacoes do Brasil signed an agreement with Intelsat to deliver a managed cellular backhaul solution in Brazil, Hughes announced.     The system, which will be […]

[Satellite Today – 2-28-08] Wegener Corp. is teaming up with ViaSat Inc. to support live video broadcasts over a VSAT network, Wegener announced Feb. 27.     Using standard ViaSat LinkStar […]

[Satellite Today – 2-28-08] XM Satellite Radio posted a 20 percent increase in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2007 as well as an 18 percent increase in subscribers for […]

[Satellite Today – 2-28-08] Sea Launch signed an agreement to launch two communications satellites being built by Orbital Sciences using the Land Launch system, Sea Launch announced Feb. 26.     […]

[Satellite Today – 2-27-08] Raytheon Co. has completed the first phase of a major communications upgrade for Antarctica, a significant milestone for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), […]

[Satellite Today – 2-27-08] Northrop Grumman Corp. and Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) are pursuing a group of initiatives, which the two companies hope will broaden their opportunities to provide the U.S. […]

[Satellite Today – 2-27-08] Orbital Sciences Corp. has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a Phase 1 concept for System F6, Orbital announced Feb. […]

[Satellite Today – 2-27-08] Tata Communications is expanding its global VPN service to China through a network to network interface (NNI) agreement with China Enterprise Netcom Corp. Ltd., Tata announced […]

[Satellite Today – 2-27-08] ViewAfrica has signed a deal for additional capacity on Intelsat’s Intelsat 10 satellite for increased channel distribution, Intelsat announced Feb. 27. ViewAfrica Network, uplinking out of […]

[Satellite Today – 2-27-08] RaySat Antenna Systems LLC (RAS) was awarded a U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license for its StealthRay antenna system, the company announced Feb. 26.     On […]

[Satellite Today – 2-26-08] Intelsat Ltd., Sea Tel Inc. and iDirect Inc. have teamed to provide a product enhancement of Intelsat’s Network Broadband Global Maritime service, Intelsat announced Feb. 26. […]

[Satellite Today – 2-26-08] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved the transfer of control of DirecTV to Liberty Media Corp., DirecTV announced Feb. 26.     Liberty Media will […]

[Satellite Today – 2-26-08] Sirius Satellite Radio added 4.2 million gross subscribers in 2007, the highest number of additions in satellite radio history, the company said Feb. 26 in announcing […]

[Satellite Today – 2-26-08] Measat Satellite Systems Measat-1R satellite will be launched in the third quarter of 2008, Measat announced Feb. 26.     The satellite, being built by Orbital Sciences […]

[Satellite Today – 2-26-08] Measat Satellite Systems Measat-1R satellite will be launched in the third quarter of 2008, Measat announced Feb. 26.     The satellite, being built by Orbital Sciences […]

[Satellite Today – 2-26-08] International Launch Services (ILS) signed a contract with mobile entertainment provider S2M to use a Proton Breeze M vehicle to launch S2M’s satellite, ILS announced Feb. […]

[Satellite Today – 2-25-08] Greek satellite operator Hellas Sat is teaming with Newtec to provide satellite broadband to residential users throughout Greece and its remote islands, Hellas Sat announced Feb. […]