Technology

Lockheed Martin Overhauls Flagship Satellite Bus, Plans International Expansion to Engage Commercial Space Market

By Caleb Henry, Katie Kriz | April 17, 2014

[Via Satellite 04-17-2014] Engineering giant Lockheed Martin is making progress on its plans to reengage the commercial satellite market. At the core of this plan is the complete renovation of...

Connectivity

ExactEarth and SRT Release New Tracking Technology for Small Vessels

By Rachel Scharmann | April 17, 2014

[Via Satellite 04-17-2014] ExactEarth and SRT have partnered to develop a new technology called ABSEA to enable global tracking for low-power Automatic Identification System (AIS) transceivers aboard small commercial and...

Technology

RigNet and CPN Offer Combined SCADA Solution for Oilfield Service Companies

By Rachel Scharmann | April 17, 2014

[Via Satellite 04-17-2014] RigNet and CPN introduced a new packaged Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) solution for oilfield service companies. The service combines a Hughes 9502 BGAN M2M terminal...

Technology

Boeing Upgrades Geospatial Data Management Software, Includes Live Video-tagging

By Rachel Scharmann | April 17, 2014

[Via Satellite 04-17-2014] Boeing has improved its geospatial data management software, DataMaster, to include real-time text-tagging video streaming capabilities. The company hopes to achieve faster cataloging and data retrieval with...

Technology

GaN to be Dominant RF Technology of the Future, Says Advantech Wireless CEO

By Caleb Henry | April 17, 2014

In a video interview at SATELLITE 2014, David Gelerman, CEO of Advantech Wireless told Mark Holmes, editorial director of Via Satellite, that he expects Gallium Nitride (GaN) to be the...

Technology

DMCii CEO: Comfortable Level of EO Satellites at Least Five Years Away

By Caleb Henry | April 16, 2014

[Via Satellite 04-15-2014] With the number of Earth observation (EO) satellites planned on the rise, the planet is nearing a point of regular photographic coverage. A powerful application for such...

Government/Military

Exelis Finds Renewed Interest in Geo-Hyperspectral Sounder with GeoMetWatch

By Caleb Henry | April 14, 2014

[Via Satellite 04-14-2014] With an impending gap in meteorological satellite coverage looming over the United States, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is being pushed to make greater use...

Connectivity

NTT Plala Designates ViXS XCode SoC for Ultra-HD Services

By Rachel Scharmann | April 14, 2014

[Via Satellite 04-14-2014] NTT Plala, a major Japanese IPTV service provider, has chosen the ViXS XCode 6400 System on Chip (SoC) to power the company’s new Ultra-HD set-top box (STB)....

Technology

iDirect has High Hopes for HTS, Announces New Product Line

By Caleb Henry | April 14, 2014

Greg Quiggle, vice president of product management at iDirect said his company sees a lot of potential in High Throughput Satellites (HTS) and they will soon have more products to...

Technology

IZT Provides SCEs to SSL for Transmission Testing

By Rachel Scharmann | April 11, 2014

[Via Satellite 04-11-2014] IZT developed and sent two Satellite Channel Emulators (SCEs) to Space Systems/Loral (SSL) to be used to test overall system performance by SSL’s end customers. The SCEs...