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Intelsat promoted David Meltzer to director of procurement in January; prior to his appointment Meltzer was assistant general counsel. Meltzer will report to Andrew Browne, Intel sat vice president and...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Hughes Space and Communications Co. [GMH] a $2.6 million contract to research the use of man-made diamonds in transistor packages to be...

Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] announced it will supply 1,600 VSAT terminals for use in Brazil’s national lottery. The contract was awarded by Racimec Informatica Brasilia SA, a subsidiary...

Next week, Washington law firm Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay will hold a one-and-a-half-day symposium on the legal, business and technical implications of orbital debris. The symposium will cover risk-minimization...

Middletown, R.I.-based KVH Inc. [KVHI] released last month a lighter, cheaper maritime phone designed for Inmarsat’s third-generation satellites. KVH’s system, Inmarsat Tracphone, is derived from similar hardware it builds for...

Abstracts for papers to be submitted to the International Astronautical Federation’s upcoming IAF Congress, in Turin, Italy, this October, are due to the organization by March 1. The IAF is...

Cambridge, Ontario-based Com Dev International Ltd. received a $5 million contract this month from Alcatel Espace to supply switches, multiplexers and related equipment for Alcatel’s Multimedia Asia (M2A) satellite payload...

HONOLULU–As long-awaited mobile satellite systems edge closer to enter- ing service and bringing telecommunica tions capabilities to even the most remote villages, a new challenge awaits: Combining local loop systems...

PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] broadcast the 32nd Annual Pediatric Postgraduate Course Teleconference from Miami to more than 60 sites around Latin America, from Jan. 21-23. PanAmSat has been working with the...

Calling all marketers: The Commerce Department invites U.S. companies to participate in its Aerospace Product Literature Center (APLC) to be located at the U.S. pavilion at this year’s Paris Air...