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Lockheed Adds GPS Partners

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] announced that Raytheon [NYSE: RTN], ITT [NYSE: ITT] and General Dynamics [NYSE: GD] have joined its team to develop the GPS III, the U.S. Air Force’s...

Merrimac Gets Boeing GPS Order

Merrimac Industries [AMEX: MRM] has signed a deal with Boeing [NYSE: BA] that could reach a value of $4.4 million to supply its Beamforming Networks and RF/Microwave signal processing components...

New Skies Closes Share Buy Back

New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK], the Netherlands-based global satellite communications company, has completed its share repurchase program, acquiring a total of 13,057,024 ordinary shares at a cost of approximately $54.0...

Gilat Inks Deal With Valero

Spacenet, a U.S. subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF], has signed a deal with Valero Energy [NYSE: VLO] to provide a broadband satellite communications network for the company’s 4,000...

Remote Sensing Policy Stirs Debate

Commercial remote sensing companies would benefit from modifications to a new White House policy intended to aid federal civil agencies in acquiring data and imagery from space, industry representatives said....

Integral Systems Acquires Unit

Satellite ground systems provider Integral Systems [Nasdaq: ISYS] signed a pact to buy the intellectual property rights, inventory and other assets of the former Jackson & Tull Satellite Ground Systems...

EchoStar Uses DVRs To Gain Edge

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] is raising the stakes in its bid to entice new subscribers by becoming the first pay-TV services provider to offer digital video recorders (DVRs) at no...

Canadian Government Goes After Pirates

The Canadian government is working on legislation that would clamp down on individuals and companies who steal satellite TV signals as well as those who make devices designed to illegally...

'Survival of the Fittest' Webinar

The battle for video and high-speed Internet access is here. Find out who is likely to win, who has the greatest challenges, and what opportunities that knowledge will open up...