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Setanta Sports pulled off an upset of sorts on March 30 when it outbid BSkyB in an auction for soccer broadcasting rights in the United Kingdom. In a deal worth...

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. is providing a broadband satellite network including more than 3,000 VSATs for deployment at one of Europe’s large retail chains, Gilat announced. The network, based on...

DigitalGlobe, a commercial high-resolution satellite imagery and geospatial information products provider, has joined the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), NASA and the Medallion Foundation to launch a research...

Jean-Jacques Dordain, the director general of the European Space Agency (ESA), believes that space technologies can help reduce the digital divide in Europe, but that it is up to others...

Ascent Media Network Services Names Managing Director For Singapore Ascent Media Network Services has appointed Wee Way Kiat managing director of its Asian business, the company announced. Wee, who will...

Comtech, Thrane & Thrane To Develop BGAN-Based Mobile System For Pentagon Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. has signed a joint technology development agreement with Thrane & Thrane A/S to develop next-generation...

C-COM Announces New Service C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. has introduced a new class of satellite-based Internet service for its commercial/enterprise clients, the company announced. The service offers broadband airtime with...

AAE Systems Awarded Disaster Response Vehicular Communications System Contract AAE Systems Inc. (AAE) has won a contract to deliver up to 30 disaster response vehicles to a customer in the...

Bruce Melnick, vice president of Boeing Florida Operations, is retiring effective April 1, Boeing Co. announced March 29. Melnick, a former NASA astronaut and space shuttle flight engineer, led Boeing’s...

EMS Technologies Inc. has appointed Neil Mackay president of EMS Satcom and Gary Hebb vice president and general manager of EMS Satcom, EMS announced March 28. David Smith has been...