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China is flexing its muscle with a huge naval transformation, including acquisition of strategic platforms that mean the most populous nation on Earth is becoming a blue-water navy, with power […]

[Satellite Today 06-15-09] Vislink appointed Chris Wilson general manager for the Asia-Pacific region, the company announced June 11.     Wilson will be based at Vislink’s regional headquarters in Singapore and […]

A Raytheon Co. [RTN] product, the Network Centric Airborne Defense Element (NCADE), could substitute for missile defense systems that President Obama has marked for extinction or severe downsizing, an analyst […]

[Satellite Today 06-15-09] EaglePicher Technologies named Rick Estus as vice president of operations, the company announced.     Estus will oversee all production operations across EaglePicher Technologies including manufacturing, engineering, supply […]

The Advanced Tactical Laser performed well in the first test firing of the high-powered laser in flight, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. During the test, ATL took off from Kirtland […]

[Satellite Today 06-15-09] M/A-CcomTechnology Solutions Inc. is introducing a family of surface mount broadband switches for test instrumentation, satellite and other wide frequency range applications, the company announced June 10. […]

NASA rescheduled the test launch today of the Max Launch Abort System, or MLAS, to no earlier than Saturday, because of bad weather and launch site preparation requirements at Wallops […]

[Satellite Today 06-15-09] Absolute Maritime Tracking Services (AMTS) is offering long-range identification and tracking through the Iridium satellite network, AMTS and Iridium Satellite LLC announced June 10.     AMTS, joint […]

Updated — June 13, 2009 – 1:10 a.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: To be determined Mission: STS-127 […]

[Satellite Today 06-15-09] Middle East communications consultancy Arab Advisors said the number of free-to-air (FTA) satellite TV channels in the Arab World has grown nearly 30 percent growth in 18 […]

The Office of Naval Research gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a 12-month contract to develop the preliminary design of a 100 kilowatt experimental Free Electron Laser for the Navy. This preliminary […]

Reps. Turner, Franks Assail Cuts As Harmful To U.S. National Security In a challenge to President Obama, some members of Congress will attempt to roll back at least some of […]

NASA gave Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tenn., a follow-on contract for Aerospace Testing and Facilities Operations and Maintenance, or ATOM, at Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif. The […]

New Shuttle Launch Seen 5:40 A.M. ET Wednesday, Launch Of Double Robotic Lunar Craft Delayed To Thursday At Earliest; Later Windows Examined Grueling 16-Day Mission To Station At Issue; Any […]

NASA gave DRI Commercial Corp. of Irvine, Calif., a contract to repair critical infrastructure facilities at Johnson Space Center in Houston damaged during Hurricane Ike in September. Funds will be […]

[Satellite Today 06-15-09] Measat’s Measat 3A satellite is now at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan in final preparations for launch, the company said June 12. The Measat-3A satellite will add an […]

NASA gave Sigma Space Corp. of Lanham, Md., a contract to provide hydrospheric and biospheric sciences support services. The total maximum ordering value of the cost-plus fixed fee contract will […]

[Satellite Today 06-15-09] Michel de Rosen will replace Giuliano Berretta as the new CEO of Eutelsat in November, the company confirmed June 11. De Rosen will initially join Eutelsat in […]

It has been a decade since the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) effected its first intercept of a target missile. On June 10, 1999, a THAAD missile successfully intercepted […]

Tracking Laser Overcomes Atmospheric Distortion Far Longer Than Required For High-Power Laser To Demolish An Enemy Missile The Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense system scored another success, ironically just as […]

NASA selected three new flight directors who will manage and carry out space shuttle flights and International Space Station expeditions. Dina Contella, Scott Stover and Ed Van Cise will join […]

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said U.S. missile defenses have a "high probability" of taking out any incoming North Korean missiles. "I have confidence that if North Korea launched a […]

Retired Air Force Gen. Bruce Carlson was named director of the National Reconnaissance Office. The Aerospace Industries Association praised the move as "an important step in establishing the leadership our […]

House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Republicans selected Rep. Howard P. McKeon of California as their top-ranked GOP member, and McKeon said he will fight to reverse missile defense cuts that […]

The Global Positioning System III, or GPS III, is moving into the critical design review phase, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. That move into the next phase began on schedule, […]

The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) is reported to have "an extraordinarily low" chance of success, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) said. That is "sobering," agreed Jane Lubchenco, administrator […]

[Satellite Today 06-12-09] Com Dev International Ltd. has established a subsidiary company, exactEarth Ltd., that will offer advanced space-based automatic identification system (AIS-S) data services to maritime authorities around the […]

[Satellite Today 06-12-09] BSkyB will launch Sky News HD in the United Kingdom early next year, the satellite pay-TV operator confirmed June 11.     BSkyB will upgrade studios, production facilities […]

[Satellite Today 06-12-09]  TeamCast will partner with the BBC on a new DVB-T2 modulator for professional applications, TeamCast announced June 10.      Under the collaboration agreement, TeamCast is licensed to […]

[Satellite News 06-12-09] Digi International CEO Joe Dunsmore is confident that the company can make a strong impact in the satellite market using the recently acquired assets of the U.S., […]