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Loral Space & Communications saw revenues increase by 17 percent in the second quarter, and 22 percent for the first half of the year, the company announced Aug. 8. For...

When SES Global this week announced its half-year results to the end of June, the company’s status was greeted positively by analysts who believe that the stock represents an attractive...

In a case stemming from more than a dozen years ago, Semtek International Inc. is proceeding against various Russian entities to collect a $381 million civil judgment awarded by a...

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) is one of six prime contractors in the U.S. Army’s $5 billion Worldwide Satellite Systems (WWSS) contract awarded in 2006. The contract provides users with a...

Boeing, Lockheed Martin Teams Lodge TSAT Production Proposals Teams from each Boeing and Lockheed Martin with their respective industrial partners have lodged proposals to the U.S. Air Force for the...

Anticipation has been running high since the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said July 31 it will be revising its 700 megahertz band plan and service rules “to promote the...

BSkyB is planning to spend 125 million British pounds ($253.5 million) to acquire British set-top box vendor Amstrad, the operator announced July 31. Two days later, BSkyB reported that Sky...

Northrop Grumman Corp. and three U.S. government agencies have completed a restructuring of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), the organizations announced July 30. As part of the...

On the strength of an investment in Eutelsat earlier this year costing more than 1 billion euros ($1.37 billion), the Spanish infrastructure company Abertis is now a major player in...

Fresh off a better-than-expected 2007 second quarter, Eutelsat has revealed plans to take its Ka-band strategy to the next level. The operator intends to launch a dedicated Ka-band satellite with...