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[Satellite TODAY 01-04-12] Comtech Mobile Datacom has received multiple orders totaling $16.6 million to support the U.S. Army’s Movement Tracking System (MTS) and Blue-Force Tracking-1 (BFT-1) programs, parent company Comtech...

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-12] Gilat Satellite Networks won a $16 million, nine-month extension of a Colombian government contract to provide rural communications satellite communications services in the country, Gilat announced Jan....

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-12] The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will award about $36 million in contracts to companies interested in building system components for its Phoenix program, which...

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-12] Thales Group expects their acquisition of privately held RF and microwave developer Tampa Microwave to close in early 2012 following regulatory approvals, the company confirmed Jan. 3....

[Satellite TODAY 01-03-12] UAE telecoms operator Etisalat has entered into an agreement to establish uplink services on YahLive’s Y1A satellite for HD broadcasts across the Middle East and North Africa,...

[Satellite TODAY 01-03-12] Globalstar’s Europe Satellite Services subsidiary has signed an authorized distribution agreement with TS2 Satellite Technologies to act as its distributor for mobile satellite voice and duplex data...

[Satellite TODAY 01-03-12] LightSquared has hired telecommunications industry veteran Marc Montagner to serve at its new CFO, the 4G LTE wholesale network operator announced Jan. 3.    Montagner will report...

[Satellite TODAY 01-03-12] SiriusXM Radio has introduced the SiriusXM Lynx Portable Radio – the first to support the operator’s 2.0 radio platform with new features and an expanded channel lineup...

Eutelsat W3C Enters Full Service; Total TV Expands Capacity Lease Eutelsat has commenced full commercial operations on the W3C satellite at the 16 degrees East orbital slot. The operator activated...

GlobeCast Appoints Brackett to vice president, WorldTV GlobeCast has appointed Emma Brackett as its new vice president, WorldTV. Brackett will be responsible for driving development of the company’s WorldTV DTH...