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New Skies Satellites has signed a framework agreement with the Netherlands Ministry of Defense to provide capacity aboard the NSS-7 and NSS-703 satellites for use by the Netherlands Armed Forces, […]

News Corp. reported third quarter earnings of $820 million, more than double the same period a year ago, as a strong performance from the company’s satellite TV operations around the […]

Shin Satellite Plc lost in the 2006 first quarter despite a jump in revenues, the company announced May 10. Shin Satellite, which operates the IPstar broadband satellite, lost 58 million […]

Seamobile Inc. has acquired Maritime Telecommunications Network Inc., a provider of satellite-based broadband communications and networking services for the maritime industry, Seamobile announced May 11. Terms of the agreement were […]

Integral Systems Inc. announced May 10 that it received a $21.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to the Command and Control System- Consolidated (CCS-C) effort. The modification, […]

Intelsat Ltd. reported revenues of $280.4 million in the first quarter of 2006, down from $293.2 million in the 2005 first quarter, the satellite operator announced May 10. Intelsat lost […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC introduced its next-generation platform, dubbed HN System, which will support the DVB-S2 industry standard with adaptive coding and modulation. The system also is compliant with Internet […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. reported a profit of $1.2 million on revenues of $58.6 million in the 2006 first quarter, Gilat announced May 10. In the first quarter of 2005, […]

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced May 9 that its subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., received a $1.7 million order for satellite communications equipment from Datapath that will support a major U.S. […]

Harris Corp. has achieved site acceptance of the first satellite communications site as part of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) program. The Key West, Fla.-based satellite […]

Iridium Satellite has been selected by Argo Tracker Corp. to provide long-range data links for Argo Tracker’s global asset tracking system. Argo Tracker will incorporate the Iridium 9601 short-burst data […]

Inmarsat has appointed Kathleen Flaherty as an additional independent non-executive director. She joins the board of Inmarsat plc, and will be a member of the Remuneration Committee. Inmarsat already has […]

Middle East satellite pay-TV operator Showtime has appointed Rob Ovens senior vice president of finance. Ovens previously was at Granada Sky Broadcasting, where he held the position of managing director […]

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (Asiasat) signed a contract with Sea Launch to loft the Asiasat 5 satellite into orbit aboard a Land Launch rocket in the second half of […]

Worldspace Inc. reported revenues of $3.5 million in the first quarter of 2006, up 35 percent from revenues of $2.6 million in the 2005 first quarter due to increased subscriber […]

Loral Space & Communications Inc. cuts its net loss to $15.8 million in the first quarter of 2006, as revenues improved 30 percent to $172 million, the company announced May […]

Motient Corp. and Skyterra Communications Inc. signed definitive agreements to consolidate the ownership and control of a pair of companies that provide Mobile Satellite Services, the companies announced May 8. […]

NDS won a contract to provide an end-to-end system for a new direct-to-home platform in Romania, NDS said. The technology vendor will provide its Videoguard conditional access system, as well […]

AT&T will market’s broadband satellite Internet access provided by Wildblue Communications Inc. under a non-exclusive agreement, Wildblue announced May 9. Wildblue will provide equipment management, installation and distribution services for […]

LogicaCMG will develop facilities that will help provide security for Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation program, the company announced May 8. Under three development contracts valued at a combined 20 million […]

SES Global reported revenues of 329 million euros ($418.8 million) in the first quarter of 2006, up 13 percent from revenues of 290 million euros ($369.2 million) in the first […]

Gilat Satellite Networks won a key remote education contract in Latin America, as the VSAT provider was selected by Integradores de Tecnologia to provide an 8,500-site Skyedge network that will […]

Lockheed Martin received one of four contracts from the U.S. Air Force to develop concepts for a hybrid launch vehicle with a reusable first-stage booster and an expendable upper state, […]

The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) granted full certification to the SC-9a X-band satellite communications thermal manufactured by Globecomm Systems Inc., the company announced May 5.

Sea Launch Co. revealed that it signed a contract in November to place the Echostar 11 satellite in orbit for Echostar Communications Corp. The satellite, being manufactured by Space Systems/Loral, […]

The Navy gave Raytheon Co. a $142 million contract to produce Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) assets. Raytheon will provide 75 Block IIIB missiles, 80 Block IIIB conversion kits, telemeters, spare parts, […]

The space shuttle Discovery will be moved out of its hangar at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Friday, NASA announced. This move comes as Discovery is poised to launch on […]

Sea Launch signed a firm launch contract with Intelsat to loft a satellite into orbit next year. The company will loft the Intelsat Americas-9 (IA-9) spacecraft sometime between October-December 2007, […]

Sea Launch Co. has signed a firm contract to launch the the EchoStar XI Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) in 2007, The Boeing Co. announced. That contract, signed with EchoStar Communications […]

The board of Raytheon Co., one of the top missile makers on the planet and the fifth-largest defense contractor, criticized its chairman and CEO, William Swanson, over his role in […]