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[Via Satellite 10-03-13] Optus has signed a five-year contract with the State Government of Western Australia to deliver an enhanced satellite service through the Optus Aurora Digital Viewer Access Satellite...

[Via Satellite 10-04-2013] Eutelsat Communications has reached a new milestone in the drive to reduce the digital divide with satellite broadband installers now trained and certified to bring Eutelsat’s Tooway...

[Via Satellite 10-04-13] iDirect Government Technologies (iGT), a wholly owned subsidiary of VT iDirect (iDirect), has launched its Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) hardening scripts, an improved information assurance (IA)...

[Via Satellite 10-03-13] Lockheed Martin has powered on the system module of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite–R (GOES-R) satellite for the first time. The GOES-R series is NOAA‘s next geostationary...

[Via Satellite 10-03-2013] Raytheon has successfully completed software iteration 1.5 Critical Design Review (iCDR) for the Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX). The iteration 1.5 software...

[Via Satellite 10-03-13] UltiSat, a global provider of turnkey communication solutions, has been awarded multiple contracts to provide several nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) with global managed satellite network solutions. These programs...

[Via Satellite 10-03-13] Spirent Communications has introduced a carrier-approved Assisted Global Navigation Satellite System (A-GNSS) record and playback capabilities on its Hybrid Location Technology Solution (HLTS). This new A-GNSS record...

[Via Satellite 10-03-2013] Comtech EF Data Corporation has completed interoperability testing with a selection of Cobham SATCOM Maritime VSAT stabilized antenna systems and the ROSS Open Antenna Management (ROAM) protocol....

[Via Satellite 10-02-13] Orbcomm has completed the acquisition of Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation’s Sensor Enabled Notification System (SENS) operation, which includes satellite hardware, network technology and web platforms. The SENS...

[Via Satellite 10-02-2013] Pullmantur Cruises, a Royal Caribbean International brand, is renewing and extending its long-term relationship with MTN Communications. Pullmantur chose to increase the breadth of communications services and...