E-letter: Briefs

Space-Communication Ltd. (Spacecom) will provide DRS Technologies with Ku-band capacity for use by the U.S. Department of Defense, Spacecom announced Aug. 6. The capacity will be used by DRS Technologies’ […]

Measat signed a new deal with Solar Entertainment as the broadcaster looks to boost revenues from international markets, the companies announced August 3. With more than 600 cable headends currently […]

German pay-TV operator Premiere has been seeing strong demand for its new Bundesliga (German soccer) packages in Germany. The company announced August 2 that it had sold 45,000 subscriptions in […]

Numerex Corp., a machine-to-machine solutions and wireless network services provider, has acquired the assets of Orbit One Communications Inc., Numerex announced Aug. 3. Numerex will pay $6 million in cash […]

SES Astra has signed two long-term capacity deals with top German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF, SES Astra announced Aug. 2. SES Astra will provide ARD and ZDF with an […]

Showtime, the Middle East satellite pay-TV operator, is launching a new Video-on-Demand (VoD) service to its subscribers in the Middle East, the company announced August 2. With the launch of […]

Integral Systems Inc. has been awarded a cost-plus-award fee modification from the U.S. Air Force totaling $5.8 million to modify the Command and Control System-Consolidated (CCS-C) effort to support the […]

Inmarsat has teamed up with top Philippines wireless operator Smart Communications as the telco looks to expand the reach of its satellite phone offering, Smart Link, the companies announced August […]

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications, has been awarded a contract from Sirius Satellite Radio to build Sirius FM-6, a high-power satellite designed to operate in […]

Having earlier in the week submitted its proposal to the U.S. Air Force for the development and production phase of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Military Operations System, Boeing […]

GlobeCast has opened a complete playout and media management center at its existing facility in London, the company announced August 1. The new center allows GlobeCast to offer a range […]

Lockheed Martin has completed a critical end-to-end test between the space and ground elements of the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS), the company announced Aug. 1. The test was considered a […]

Stauder Technologies of St. Peters, Mo., has been awarded a contract modification with a not-to-exceed ceiling of $9.6 million with undefinitized contract line items for not less than 230 units, […]

Norsat International Inc. has sold its portable satellite systems to seven of the world’s militaries, deploying Norsat’s technology in at least 17 countries and all five continents, the company announced […]

Telesat Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of BCE Inc., posted increases in both revenue and profitability, the company announced Aug. 1. For the second quarter ending June 30, Telesat’s second […]

Trimble reported that its revenue for the second quarter of 2007 was $327.7 million, up approximately 34 percent from revenue of $245.3 million in the same quarter of 2006, when […]

Satellite broadcast company RR Satellite Communications Ltd. posted record revenue and a 37 percent growth in net profit during the second quarter of 2007, the company announced July 31. The […]

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, gave further details of an anomaly on its Metop-A satellite, which it believes could now be “non-correctable,” the agency announced […]

Northrop Grumman Space Technology was awarded a contract modification including a cost-plus-award-fee with multiple incentives worth $2.35 billion in the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) acquisition and operations […]

The British Ministry of Defense is deploying Blue Sky Network’s Iridium satellite-based flight tracking equipment for the Search-and-Rescue division of the Royal Air Force (RAF), the companies announced July 31. […]

Spacenet Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., has been awarded two new contract extensions, Gilat announced July 31. Terms of the deals were not disclosed. Spacenet […]

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) has received a $3.5 million contract increase for satellite communications equipment and services to support Military Transition Teams (MiTTs), TCS announced July 31. In a three-year […]

SES New Skies has signed a five-year deal with one of Africa’s largest VSAT companies for capacity on its NSS-7 satellite, the operator announced July 31. SES New Skies said […]

The U.S. Army extended a $91 million contract to Northrop Grumman Corp. for more than 300 battle-proven Lightweight Laser Designator Rangefinder (LLDR) systems, Northrop Grumman announced July 30. The systems […]

Sirius Satellite Radio enjoyed a second quarter with revenue and subscribers increasing by 51 percent and 53 percent, respectively, the broadcaster announced July 31. It attained record revenues of $226.4 […]

ST Electronics Introduces C-Band VSAT Antenna ST Electronics has rolled out its Agilis 1.2-meter stabilized C-band VSAT antenna for smaller vessels. The antenna provides transmission speeds of up to 2 […]

Global Energy, RAMTelecom To Provide Wireless Broadband For Remote Sites Global Energy Services Ltd. will provide a communications network for an unidentified North American oil and gas exploration and production […]

ND SatCom Wins Polish Deal ND SatCom will supply Earth stations for one of the largest direct-to-home operators in Eastern Europe. Poland’s Canal+ Cyfrowy awarded ND SatCom a contract to […]

Boeing Names Vice President Of Network And Space Systems Boeing Co. has appointed Jeff Trauberman vice president of business development for its Network and Space Systems. Trauberman, who has been […]

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has completed assembly and performance testing of DigitalGlobe’s WorldView 1 remote sensing satellite, Ball reported July 30. Ball, DigitalGlobe and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency […]