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Raytheon Co. [RTN] developed a design process that cuts costs for space customers, the company said. This involves a patented software tool called TopAct that enables space hardware manufacturers to […]

North Korea may be preparing to launch a long-range missile capable of striking targets in North America, according to Japanese news reports. However, the launch from a site in northeastern […]

Raytheon Co. [RTN] developed a variant of its airport protection shield that uses a Norwegian fire distribution center, the company announced. The Raytheon Vigilant Eagle Airport Protection System variant uses […]

A newly-released Mishap Investigation Board report details a collision between two spacecraft in April last year, finding that not one but an entire series of cascading design flaws combined to […]

Boeing Co. looks to have come to terms with the U.S. government on settling a pair of government investigations into the company’s business practices. But the deal did not receive […]

SIRI, XMSR XM Satellite Radio continues to make headlines for the wrong reasons, and the company’s woes are having an impact on the stock prices of both XM and rival […]

Telenor Satellite Services has received initial licensing approval to offer Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service throughout the United States, the company announced May 18. Telenor’s approval to offer the […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced the availability of a pair of new vehicle-mounted repeater products that operate with the MSAT-G2 Mobile Satellite Radio, MSV announced. These products are intended for […]

Intelsat announced May 18 senior management appointments to Intelsat’s finance organization. Anita Beier, will serve as senior vice president and controller. Beier previously held the position of senior vice president […]

Irdeto is teaming up with leading African direct-to-home platform operator Multichoice to trial a new digital video broadcasting – handheld (DVB-H) service in Africa. Irdeto’s mobile broadcast security solution has […]

Eric Cooney, CEO of Tandberg Television, believes the company’s recent acquisitions put it in a far stronger position to serve television operators globally. The company delivers advanced compression systems, as […]

Eutelsat Communications signed a contract with Arianespace for the launch of the W2M satellite in the second quarter of 2008, the companies announced May 18. W2M is being manufactured by […]

As broadband services and applications continue to gain strength within the U.S. market, service providers increasingly are looking toward the long-term sustainability for satellite-enabled offerings–offerings that are many times dictated […]

The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources signed a contract with MDA Geospatial Services to provide more than 120,000 square kilometers of Quickbird satellite imagery, Digitalglobe announced May 17. MDA is […]

Northrop Grumman Corp. announced May 18 that its board of directors elected Wes Bush president. Bush previous served as Northrop Grumman’s corporate vice president and chief financial officer and will […]

Lockheed Martin named Richard Ambrose to be lead executive of a newly formed Surveillance and Navigation Systems line of business within its Space Systems Co. Ambrose will serve as vice […]

Allied Defense Group Inc. received a pair of follow-on contracts from Bigelow Aerospace for tracking antennas, Allied announced May 18. Bigelow, a privately funded company developing commercial inflatable space habitats, […]

Inmarsat posted a profit of $14.8 million in its 2006 first quarter on revenues of $121.7 million, the company announced May 17. In the same period a year ago, the […]

The German Space Agency DLR and EADS Astrium will collaborate on a new radar imagery satellite that will help map the Earth, the organizations announced May 17. The spacecraft, dubbed […]

SES Astra signed a deal with Germany’s Anixe GmbH & Co. KG for the transmission of a high-definition (HD) TV channel. SES Astra will broadcast the Anixe HD channel from […]

EADS Space was the only division to post a revenue decline in the first quarter of 2006, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. reported May 16. The Space Division […]

Lockheed Martin completed development of the Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) Interim Operations software for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS), the company announced. SBIRS is designed to provide early warning […]

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) signed a memorandum of understanding with four specialty hospitals to further expand the space agency’s satellite-based telemedicine network. The network, launched in 2001 on […]

Boeing Co. has agreed to pay the U.S. government $615 million to settle charges of ethical misconduct surrounding the U.S. Air Force’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle 9 (EELV) competition and […]

Spacedev Inc. reported revenues of $7.2 million in the first quarter of 2006, up nearly 300 percent from the same period a year ago, primarily due to the acquisition of […]

Premiere has chosen NDS middleware to help power the German pay-TV operator’s new interactive platform in Germany and Austria. Premiere will deploy NDS Mediahighway middleware, which will enable Premiere to […]

The Australian government will extends its program for subsidizing the purchase of satellite phones for people living or working in remote parts of the country through 2009, the minister for […]

Telenor Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Telenor of Norway, has appointed Robert Baker president of Telenor Satellite Services’ operations and holdings companies in the United States, the company announced May […]

Swe-Dish Satellite Systems AB and Saab AB unveiled a demonstrator for an affordable satcom-on-the-move platform based combining the companies’ existing technologies and commercial -off-the-shelf components. The platform integrates Swe-Dish’s satellite […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Avanti Screenmedia Group PLC signed a contract to begin work on the Highly Flexible Satellite (Hylas) program, a Ka-/Ku-band satellite that will provide broadband […]