Spacenet Names CFO
Spacenet Inc. has named Michael Hughes CFO, the company announced July 23. A certified public accountant, Hughes previously has served as a senior manager for FinSol LLC, senior vice president...
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Orbital To Outfit Nashville Public School Bus Fleet With Tracking System
Orbital Sciences Corp. has been awarded a $9 million contract to install a vehicle management system for tracking the fleet of buses operated by Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, Orbital announced...
EMS Completes AEHF Anti-Jamming Deliveries
EMS Technologies Inc. has completed delivery of anti-jamming hardware to Northrop Grumman for installation on the payloads for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) satellites, EMS announced July 23. EMS...
SBIRS Payload Passes Environmental Test
The payload for Lockheed Martin’s first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO) spacecraft has completed thermal vacuum testing, the company announced July 23. The test, performed by payload subcontractor Northrop...
XM And Sirius Promise A La Carte Programming
Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio are pledging to offer a pair of a la carte programming options as well as six other plans if their merger is allowed...
Bentley Walker Buys Hughes European Satellite System
Bentley Walker, a U.K.-based satellite solutions provider, has purchased an HX System Network Operations Center as a compact satellite solution for smaller networks, Hughes Networks Systems announced July 23. The...
Sea Launch Moving Closer To Return Flight
In preparation for an October launch of the Thuraya 3 satellite, Sea Launch is awaiting delivery of the replacement for a gas, or flame, deflector for its Odyssey Launch Platform,...
Soundtrack Channel Expanding To North America Via RRSat
RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd. will broadcast the Soundtrack Channel to the United States, RRSat announced July 19. The content will be delivered over the RRSat Global Network using Intelsat’s...
Irdeto Introduces Prepaid Solution
Conditional access and middleware vendor Irdeto is offering a prepaid solution to its customers under a partnership with Brand-ID Europe, Irdeto announced July 20. The companies have integrated Irdeto’s content...
EMC Plans Dedicated IP Trunking Service In Africa
Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) will launch an Internet Protocol (IP) trunking DVB-S2 platform service in September for the African market, the company announced July 20. EMC will provide the service...