E-letter: Briefs

After being rebuffed nearly a year ago, CommScope Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire Andrew Corp., including Andrew’s satellite communications group, the companies announced June 27. “We believe that […]

Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have validated the laser communications technology developed for the U.S. Air Force’s Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) program, the companies announced June 25. The Lockheed Martin-Northrop […]

Astrotech Space Operations, a subsidiary of Spacehab, received a contract from NASA to provide payload-processing services for expendable launch vehicles, Spacehab announced June 25. The contract, valued at up to […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the government of Estonia signed a cooperative agreement, the first signed by a group of countries that recently joined the European Union, ESA announced […]

UDcast signed a cooperative agreement with Zentek to provide the Japanese and Far East Asia markets with the international mobile TV standard, DVB-H, UDcast announced June 26. Under the terms […]

Comtech EF Data Corp. received a $1 million order to supply satellite communications equipment to an unnamed cellular service provider in Southeast Asia, the company announced June 26. The equipment […]

NSR estimates the global Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) market will grow from 1.8 million in-service units in 2005 to more than 6.7 million units by the end of 2012, the […]

E’Prime Aerospace Corp. added two members to its executive board, the company announced June 26. June Nichols, deputy director of the U.S. Small Business Administration during the Reagan and Bush […]

Tandberg Television, part of the Ericsson Group, appointed Al Nunez president of operations in the Americas, Tandberg announced June 25. Nunez previously served as Tandberg’s senior vice president of sales. […]

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) named Barry Dowdy vice president of its SwiftLink Deployable Communications Systems division, TCS announced June 25. Dowdy will be responsible for TCS’ deployable communications business unit, […]

Microspace Communications Corp. will deliver the North American premiere of the DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures movie “Transformers” to the L.A. Film Festival on June 27, Microspace announced. The pre-release […]

Starsys Inc. received a subcontract from the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate to continue development of deployable boom structures for satellites, SpaceDev announced June 21. The $750,000, 24-month […]

ICO North America Inc. completed the thermal vacuum test milestone for its 2 gigahertz (GHz) mobile satellite service (MSS) communications satellite, ICO announced June 22. The test, which is designed […]

Arianespace has ordered 35 Ariane 5 launchers in a follow-on agreement with Astrium, Arianespace announced June 23. The production order extends beyond a 2004 purchase order for 30 Ariane 5 […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA signed an agreement on June 18 to cooperate on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Pathfinder […]

Boeing Co. has appointed Jeff Trauberman as vice president of business development for its Network and Space Systems (N&SS). Trauberman will be responsible for customer engagement, campaigns, advocacy efforts and […]

ST Electronics has rolled out its Agilis 1.2m stabilized C-band VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) antenna. The antenna is advertised as the smallest stabilized C-band antenna currently on the market, […]

All this week, SatelliteToday.com has featured the latest news from CommunicAsia 2007. Be sure to check out the blog at www.SatelliteToday.com/blog to read and react about the goings-on in Singapore.

Modulus Video Inc. has introduced several new configurations of its MRE2000 series receiver encoder for MPEG-4 AVC video for IPTV, the company announced June 18. With configurations to support both […]

Envivio Inc. announced June 19 that its 4Caster M2 encoders were selected by Dream Satellite TV, a brand of Philippine Multimedia Systems Inc. (PMSI), for the first commercial deployment of […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) has named Gary Sharpe as vice president for investor relations and corporate communications, MSV announced June 21. Sharpe served as a past president or director […]

Boeing Co. and Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) have signed a memorandum of agreement for the Republic of Korea’s E-X 737 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) program, the parties […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Thales Alenia Space to develop an advanced S-band onboard satellite mobile broadcast repeater and to develop and qualify its key equipment, Thales announced […]

Stratos Global Corp. has struck a partnership with Japan Digital Communications (JDC) to introduce Inmarsat BGAN mobile satellite service to Japan, Stratos announced June 20. BGAN is now available in […]

GE International Holdings Inc., a holding company for General Electric Co.’s satellite businesses, is now doing business under the name of Sat-GE. Using the GE-23 (formerly AMC-23) satellite at 172° […]

Intelsat Ltd. has launched a new Network Broadband Global Maritime service among its GlobalConnex portfolio of services, and signed a multi-year distribution agreement with Schlumberger, Intelsat announced June 19. Utilizing […]

The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Department of Defense’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) of next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications has completed a series of reviews with the U.S. […]

Imagery and geospatial information provider DigitalGlobe plans to collect more than 106,500 square miles of U.S. aerial imagery during the second half of 2007, the company announced June 19. Ready-to-purchase […]

All this week, SatelliteToday.com will feature the latest news from CommunicAsia 2007. Be sure to check out the live Blog at www.SatelliteToday.com/blog for updates on the goings-on in Singapore.

Advantech has named Jack Buechler as its director of sales for Advantech Satellite Networks in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the company announced June 20. He previously worked in […]