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Defense spending will plummet if either Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, or Sen. Barak Obama of Illinois, who seeks the Democratic presidential nomination, enters the […]

The Ames Research Center has created a lightweight heat shield that nonetheless can stand up to temperatures of 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit, NASA announced. As the weight of a spacecraft heat […]

But Huge Number Of Aging Workers Poised For Retirement; Engineers, Scientists, Mathematicians Needed Even as the U.S. economy slows, with some economists saying it is in a recession, employment in […]

NASA Clears Astronaut To Spend Months On Space Station, Rejecting Concerns About Russian Soyuz Vehicle As Emergency Escape Space Shuttle Discovery Gets Clean Review For Launch From Kennedy At 5:02 […]

An overseas defense contractor announced it will buy outright a U.S. defense-related company, even as a friendly nation vetoed a plan for just a portion of one of its defense- […]

U.S. controls on exports of products with militarily sensitive technology were written in the Cold War era and should be revised, perhaps by saying that a prohibition on export of […]

[Satellite Today – 5-19-08] The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) exercised an option for SpaceDev to continue work on the High Delta-V satellite program, the company announced May […]

[Satellite Today – 5-19-08] RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd. will distribute AXN SCI-FI, a science fiction channel from Sony Pictures Television International, into Russia, RRSat announced May 19. The agreement […]

[Satellite Today – 5-19-08] Integral Systems Inc. completed the initial phase of activities to integrate the Loral Skynet and Telesat Canada satellite fleet operations under Telesat, Integral announced May 19. […]

 

[Satellite Today – 5-19-08] Comtech EF Data Corp. initiated high-volume production of its CDM-625 Advanced Satellite modem, the company announced May 19. The new platform, which combines combine the low-density […]

[Satellite Today – 5-16-08] The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched its fifth European Satellite Navigation Competition, the agency announced May 15.     The competition, run by the  Technology Transfer […]

[Satellite Today – 5-16-08] The Missouri Department of Transportation has deployed a number of iNetVu mobile antenna system developed by C-Com Satellite Systems Inc., the company announced May 13.     […]

[Satellite Today – 5-16-08] SkyTerra Communications Inc. has extended the expiration date for its offer to issue options for shares of SkyTerra common stock in replacement of options to purchase […]

[Satellite Today – 5-16-08] WorldSpace Satellite Radio reported flat revenue and a decline in subscribers in the first quarter of 2008, the company announced May 15.      WorldSpace reported revenues […]

[Satellite Today – 5-16-08] United Launch Alliance has been awarded a contract modification to launch the U.S. Air Force’s Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) Geo-2 satellite, the company announced May […]

[Satellite Today – 5-16-08] Lockheed Martin was awarded the contract to develop the GPS 3 constellation, the U.S. Air Force announced May 15.     The system, which will be acquired […]

[Satellite Today – 5-15-08] Globalstar Inc. appointed Thomas Colby COO effective May 19, the company announced May 15.     Colby, who has more than 30 years of experience in the […]

[Satellite Today – 5-15-08] ViaSat Inc. authorized Infrastruktura TK to become an authorized repair center for satellite communication system service, repairs and spares in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent […]

[Satellite Today – 5-15-08] Dish Network Corp. won its lawsuit against NDS Group over conditional access card technology, Dish announced May 15.     The U.S. District Court for the Central […]