E-letter: Briefs

[11-14-07 – Satellite Today] AAE Systems Inc. (AAE) won a $24 million contract to provide a turnkey communications system in the Middle East to be used by government departments, service […]

[11-14-07 – Satellite Today] SatelliteTODAY.com, the Internet’s leading source for business news, market research and competitive analysis for the global satellite enabled communications market, has created a Career Center providing […]

[11-14-07 – Satellite Today] Orbital Sciences Corp. has won a $29.5 million contract to support a nanosatellite program for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory‘s (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate, the […]

[11-14-07 – Satellite Today] Com Dev International Ltd. signed a strategic alliance agreement with GateHouse A/S of Denmark to provide a global turnkey automatic identification system (AIS) solution for user […]

[11-14-07 – Satellite Today] Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract to provide Spanish telecommunications satellite service provider Hispasat with an Interactive Multimedia Communication Amerhis-2 Repeater, Thales Alenia announced Nov. […]

[11-14-07 – Satellite Today] UDcast will supply DVB-H headends for Harris Corp.’s Atlas DVB-H Mobile TV transmitters, UDcast announced Nov. 14.     UDcast will provide its DVB-H IP encapsulators, network […]

    [11-13-07 – Satellite Today] Bentley Walker, a U.K.-based satellite solutions provider, purchased a second HX System network operations center, Hughes Networks Systems announced Nov. 12. Bentley Walker purchased the […]

    [11-13-07 – Satellite Today] Raytheon Co. received a contract from the U.S. Navy to develop a tactical paging solution that improves submarine communications, the company announced Nov. 13.     […]

    [11-13-07 – Satellite Today] Thomson will provide DVB-H broadcast technology to Sistema Mass Media, a branch of Russia’s AFK Sistema, for the launch of a mobile multimedia service in […]

    [11-13-07 – Satellite Today] Orbcomm Inc. posted revenues of $6.9 million in its 2007 third quarter, up from revenues of $5.5 million in the same period a year ago, […]

    [11-13-07 – Satellite Today] Stockholders of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. approved the proposed merger of the two satellite radio companies, Sirius and XM […]

    [11-13-07 – Satellite Today] The Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council for Trauma (STRAC) is expanding its deployment of satellite-based communications, Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced Nov. 13.     STRAC […]

    [11-13-07 – Satellite Today] Orbital Sciences Corp. received a contract from the Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority to outfit more than 300 public vehicles with a satellite-based management system, […]

[11-12-07 – Satellite Today] Integral Systems Europe received a contract from RascomStar-QAF to provide a fully integrated carrier signal monitoring and transponder planning system for the Rascom-QAF 1 satellite, parent […]

[11-12-07 – Satellite Today] EchoStar Communications Corp. reported revenues of $2.8 billion for the 2007 third quarter, a 12.9 percent increase compared with revenue $2.5 billion in the same period […]

[11-12-07 – Satellite Today] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has completed development of its Merlin 1C next generation liquid fueled rocket booster engine, the company announced Sept. 12. The Merlin […]

[11-12-07 – Satellite Today] The final Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite was placed into orbit Nov. 10 by a Boeing Delta 4 launch vehicle, satellite manufacturer Northrop Grumman announced. DSP […]

[11-12-07 – Satellite Today] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has unveiled its SkyEdge 2, an advanced VSAT platform based on next-generation technology, the company announced Nov. 12. The system can provide […]

[11-12-07 – Satellite Today] Communications & Power Industries Inc. (CPI) has received an initial award for satellite communications amplifiers to support the U.S. Army’s Warfighter Information Network Tactical (WIN-T) program, […]

[11-14-07 – Satellite Today] SatelliteTODAY.com, the Internet’s leading source for business news, market research and competitive analysis for the global satellite enabled communications market, has created a Career Center providing […]

[11-09-07 – Satellite Today]  Hughes Network Systems LLC. posted record revenues of $233.7 million and a record profit of $12.4 million in its 2007 third quarter, the company announced Nov. […]

[11-09-07 – Satellite Today] Inmarsat has launched its new maritime satellite communications service, FleetPhone, the company announced Nov. 9.      FleetPhone is the maritime version of Inmarsat’s IsatPhone and LandPhone […]

[11-09-07 – Satellite Today] The Kudelski Group, a supplier of middleware and conditional access services to direct-to-home players, said Nov. 8 that profits for 2007 were likely to be lower […]

[11-09-07 – Satellite Today] International Datacasting Corp. has received $460,000 in research funding for a next-generation Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) product line, the company announced Nov. 8.     The funding, […]

[11-09-07 – Satellite Today] Andrew Corp. will sell its Satellite Communications business to Resilience Capital Partners, Andrew announced Nov. 6.     Andrew will receive up to $39 million in total […]

[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] Inmarsat-sponsored aid agency Télécoms San Frontières (TSF) is ready to use satellite technology to help in flood hit Mexico, the agency announced Nov. 7. With more […]

[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. and Mexican reseller Jaba Networks are deploying a number of its iNetVu Mobile satellite antennas to assist medical authorities with the flood […]

[11-08-07 – Satellite Today]  Inmarsat Global Ltd., a subsidiary of Inmarsat plc., has signed an agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) to become the commercial operator for the Alphasat […]

[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] L-3 Communications division Telemetry-West’s I4S satellite command and control software is now operational in Astrium’s Skynet 4 and Skynet 5 Satellite Control Centers (SCC), L-3 announced […]

[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] SkyPort Global Communications will provide satellite connectivity for Cisco Systems Inc.’s Emergency Response Networks (ERN) service, SkyPort announced Nov. 7.     Cisco’s ERN service provides emergency […]