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US Army Funds TeleCommunication Systems’ SNAP 3T Systems TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has received $2.8 million in incremental funding from the U.S. Army for Secret Internet Protocol Router and Non-secure Internet […]

Raytheon’s Defense Course in Brazil Graduates its First Class Raytheon graduated 17 Brazilian students from a 4-week course focused on the defense industry in the United States. The program, “Science […]

Arianespace Orbits Eutelsat 25B/Es’hail 1 and GSAT 7 Arianespace completed its fourth Ariane 5 launch in 2013, making it the vehicle’s 57th successful launch in a row. The launcher carried […]

ISRO Cancels GSLV D5 Liftoff Due to Second Stage Leak The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has cancelled the launch of the GSAT 14 advanced communication satellite after a leak […]

Analysis: Es’hailSat, Arabsat Partnership Arabsat and Es’hailSat, the Qatar-based satellite company, have announced a strategic partnership that will promote closer cooperation between the two companies and strengthen the reach and […]

[Via Satellite 09-04-13] Thuraya Telecommunications Company, a mobile satellite services (MSS) operator, launched a new edition of the Thuraya SatSleeve, the satellite adaptor for the iPhone. The new release not […]

SES and MNC Sky Vision Form DTH Partnership SES 7’s South Asia Ku-band beam spans from the Middle east to Asia. Credit: SES SES and MNC Sky Vision have reached […]

RRsat Global Communications Partners with 21st Century Fox for Africa Distribution RRsat’s Emek HaEla Teleport features more than 80 satellite dishes. Credit: RRSat Israel-based RRsat Global Communications Network has signed […]

SES Expands Ka-Band Service in France SES’s Astra 2F satellite ©ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE/Photo Optique Vidéo CSG. NordNet has developed a new on-demand satellite broadband offering, for which it contracted additional Ka-band capacity […]

Eutelsat Acquires Satmex, Orders New Satellite from SSL Satmex’s control center in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, will soon be acquired by Eutelsat. Credit: Satmex Eutelsat will pay more than $1.1 billion […]

Dish, Southwest Airlines Announce Free Live and On-Demand TV Dish is launching “TV Flies Free,” marking the first time TV entertainment is free for passengers aboard Southwest Airlines. Southwest customers […]

The Guitammer Company, a broadcast technology provider, announced second quarter 2013 revenue rose to $428,183, which is an increase of 25 percent compared to second quarter of 2012.

SES and Newtec Boost Satellite Efficiency in Africa Mobile 3G networks in Africa are set to benefit from the new-generation Newtec modems, which include S2 Extensions technology that boost the […]

Axesat of Colombia Signs Capacity Deal on Telesat’s Anik G1 Satellite Telesat has announced that Axesat, a provider of VSAT services in South America, has signed a long-term contract for […]

SKY Perfect JSAT, SSL Sign New Satellite Deal SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation has entered into an agreement with Space Systems/Loral (SSL) for the construction of its new communications satellite JCSAT […]

SES Appoints Karim Michel Sabbagh as New CEO and President SES announced that the company’s President and CEO Romain Bausch plans to step down from his position at the next […]

Arianespace Successfully launches ESA’s Fourth ATV Thales Alenia Space has announced the successful liftoff of the European Space Agency’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), named after famous scientist Albert Einstein. […]

MDA Signs Space-Based Surveillance Deal With Canada’s Department of National Defense MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), a global communications and information company has signed a CA$10.8 million ($10.4 million) contract […]

SES, Inverto, Abilis and MaxLinear Partner to Develop IP-LNB for Satellite TV Home Distribution SES, Inverto, Abilis and MaxLinear have been jointly designing the first low-noise block down-converter (LNB) that […]

Gilat Wins Israeli Military Deal The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has selected Gilat Satellite Networks’ SatTrooper-1000 military Manpack terminal for advanced tactical field communications. The SatTrooper-1000 will provide Israeli soldiers […]

SpeedCast Announces Buyout of Pactel International SpeedCast has boosted its position in Asia by acquiring Pactel International, a satellite communications service provider based in Australia. Pactel provides satellite communications solutions […]

Newtec Makes Asia Appointment Newtec has appointed Mario Querner as its new vice president of Asia. Prior to joining Newtec, Querner worked as Head for South-East Asia at ECI Telecom, […]

ATK Wins Contract to Support DARPA SeeMe Program The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a contract to ATK to support the agency’s Space Enabled Effects for […]

Blue Sky Network’s HawkEye 5300 Receives Homologation Certification in Brazil Blue Sky Network, a supplier of satellite tracking and communication solutions for aviation, land and maritime, has announced that its […]

Royal Caribbean International (RCI) is one of the world’s largest cruise ship brands. The company is in the middle of a highly aggressive program upgrading the communications and entertainment experience […]

The hosted payload market has kicked into life in spectacular fashion this year with a number of contracts being announced. With speculation always abound about potential deals to come, 2013 […]

AsiaSat Signs Landmark Hosted Payload Deal AsiaSat and GeoMetWatch have announced a strategic partnership to host the first of six Sounding & Tracking Observatory for Regional Meteorology (STORMTM) instruments on […]

Arianespace Appoints Le Gall Replacement Arianespace has appointed Stéphane Israël as its new chairman and CEO. Israël replaces Jean-Yves Le Gall, who is the new president of French space agency […]

Elara Comunicaciones Helps Rural Towns In Southeast Mexico Benefit from New Satellite Project Elara Comunicaciones has begun implementing a large-scale satellite network to bring voice and data service to 2,717 […]

Hispasat Expands Satellite Broadband Network Gilat Satellite Networks and Hispasat have signed a deal to expand the Spanish satellite operator’s broadband satellite-based network with an additional SkyEdge II system. The […]