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[Satellite Today 09-12-08] Irdeto has expanded a set-top box license agreement with Cisco Systems, enabling Cisco to integrate Irdeto’s conditional access solution with its set-tops.     As result of this […]

[Satellite Today 09-12-08] The California State Office of Emergency Services (CA-OES) has established the Western Satellite Mutual Aid Radio Talkgroup (W-SMART) operating on the Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) satellite communications […]

[Satellite Today 09-12-08] Arqiva has expanded the services it provides to GTV to accommodate what it calls ‘its aggressive growth in the African direct-to-home pay TV market,’ the company said […]

In Talks With Navy, Raytheon Suggests Making New Zumwalt Destroyers Missile Defense Ships Raytheon Co. [RTN] is disappointed that lawmakers in Congress may cut funding needed to develop the Kinetic […]

Orion November Preliminary Design Review Delayed The Ares I rocket that will power the next-generation Orion crew capsule into space passed its preliminary design review (PDR) with only a few […]

The Airborne Laser last night began more tests of longer duration, according to briefers with The Boeing Co. [BA], Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] and Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT]. While "first […]

UAE May Buy $9 Billion U.S. Military Wares The United Arab Emirates may buy roughly $9 billion of U.S. military wares, including $8.25 billion of missile and missile/air defense systems […]

[Satellite News 09-11-08] The O3B in O3B Network‘s name stands for “the other three billion,” the target market for the company’s ambitious 16-satellite constellation. O3B wants to connect three billion […]

[Satellite News 09-11-08] How to finance all the planned mobile satellite services (MSS) systems remains a hot topic on the final day of World Satellite Business Week in Paris as […]

[Satellite Today 09-11-08] Actel Corp. released a business update for its third quarter 2008 financial report on Sept. 10 revealing that the company now believes quarter revenues will decline seven […]

 [Satellite Today 09-11-08]  In APT Satellite Holdings Ltd.’s unaudited interim first half 2008 financial reports, the company claimed that its turnover amounted to approximately HK$198 million ($25 million USD) compared […]

 [Satellite Today 09-11-08] Globecomm Systems Inc. has been awarded a managed network services contract from Indigo Wireless, Globecomm announced Sept. 11.       Under the agreement, Globecomm said it will provide […]

 [Satellite Today 09-11-08] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) demonstrated a ‘bundle’ protocol in space, carrying remote-sensing image data to NASA‘s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, via SSTL’s mission control […]

 [Satellite Today 09-11-08] Iridium Satellite LLC  shipped 5,000 phones to service providers for new subscribers in the past two weeks, with the majority going to partners serving the Gulf Coast, […]

 [Satellite Today 09-11-08] Norsat International Inc. will use a new repayable investment from the Canadian  government to invest in research and development activities to accelerate its product development timeline, the […]

 [Satellite Today 09-11-08]  As part of a new five-year contract supplying Sky Italia with a fleet of seven automated Satellite News Gathering (SNG) trucks, Arqiva said it will provide Sky […]

[Satellite Today 09-11-08] Stratos Global Corp. has signed an agreement with Thrane and Thrane to upgrade the Stratos land Earth stations, Stratos announced Sept. 11.     The MSS supplier said […]

[Satellite Today 09-11-08] Bentley Walker Satellite Services  purchased 1000 licenses of ViaSat‘s AcceleNet wide area network optimization software for the LinkStar satellite networking system and customers of its Star Nova […]

[Satellite News 09-10-08] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has been granted an operational license by the U.S. Air Force for the use of Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape […]

[Satellite Today 09-10-08] SpectraTime has been award a contract valued at approximately 4 million euros to supply Rubidium space clocks to the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS), SpectraTime announced […]

[Satellite Today 09-10-08] Northrop Grumman Corp. has signed a definitive merger agreement with 3001 International Inc. to acquire the company and expand its geospatial business, Northrop Grumman announced Sept. 10.  […]

[Satellite News 09-10-08] Regional operator growth strategies were one of the key themes today at World Satellite Business Week in Paris. Most regional operators, while naturally smaller than industry giants […]

[Satellite News – 09-10-08] Since Telesat president Dan Goldberg sat down with Satellite News in January 2008, certain events have altered the course for the Canadian FSS operate – some […]

[Satellite Today 09-10-08] Our Satellite Group team will be blogging live from the IBC conference in Amsterdam Sept. 12-16 in an effort to bring you the latest news from one […]

[Satellite Today 09-10-08] OmniGlobe Networks EMEA has become an authorized reseller of Comtech EF Data’s Vipersat network products, OmniGlobe announced Sept. 10.     Omniglobe said it will start promoting and […]

[Satellite Today 09-10-08] Newtec has selected Altera Corp.’s Cyclone II Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) to deliver broadband services to its Sat3Play broadband terminal, Newtec announced Sept. 10.     The Sat3Play […]

 [Satellite News 09-10-08] Hughes Network Systems LLC launched a new subscriber portal located at MyHughesNet.com, the company announced Sept. 10.     Synacor has been selected by Hughes to assist in […]

[Satellite News 09-10-08] INVAP and AR-SAT have signed a contract covering phases II to IV of the design and construction of the first Argentine geostationary communications satellite, ARSAT-1, the companies […]

[Satellite News 09-10-08] Global Satellite has launched ComCenter ‘Outdoor’, an Iridium voice and data satellite network, designed for maritime environments, Global Satellite announced.     The service provider claims that the […]

[Satellite News – 09-0908] CEOs of the globe’s largest commercial satellite operators says that despite the overall credit crunch, there are expecting good revenue growth over the next few years. […]