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L-3 Communications To Acquire GCS

Global Communications Solutions Inc. (GCS) has agreed to be acquired by L-3 Communications , GCS announced April 23. Based in Victor, N.Y., GCS manufactures fly-away VSAT satellite terminals and is...

BT to Acquire Comsat International

BT signed an agreement to acquire Comsat International, which provides network services throughout Latin America via a hybrid terrestrial and satellite network. "This acquisition will be an exciting milestone in...

ICG Earns GSA Schedule Contract

International Communications Group (ICG) has been awarded a General Services Administration (GSA) contract to cover 197 individual ICG products including CTUs, data routers, Iridium Communications Systems, ground tactical equipment and...

DMSP Satellite Completes Vacuum Test

A Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) spacecraft scheduled to be placed into orbit in April 2008 has completed thermal vacuum tests at Lockheed Martin’s Sunnyvale, Calif., facility, the U.S. Air...

China Prepares Oceanic Survey Satellite

China’s ocean monitoring satellite, Ocean-1B, has completed on-orbit testing, Xinhua reported April 20. The satellite, which monitors the color and temperature of the ocean, was placed into orbit April 11...

Symmetricom Debuts Hybrid Space Crystal Oscillators

Symmetricom Inc., a provider of precise-time and frequency technologies to accelerate deployment and enable management of next-generation networks, rolled out its 9900 series of hybrid space crystal oscillators comprised of...