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Business — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Aeroflex Microelectronic Solutions now have a strategic alliance to deliver industry-leading RF and microwave components and Multi-Chip Module solutions for aerospace, satellite and military applications using Agilent’s MMICs (Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit).

Moving On Up — Cobham Satcom has appointed Jose A. Perez as Vice President of Global Business Development for its SATCOM Business Unit. His duties will include the development and implementation of a plan designed to enhance the Company’s market coverage and increase the worldwide market share enjoyed by Patriot Antenna Systems and its related business unit companies. Mr. Perez’s background includes more than 30 years of successful sales and marketing management assignments in highly competitive markets for satellite communication and other wireless products and systems. His career includes years of service with multi-national organizations such as Andrew Corporation/ASC Signal, Voicemail International and Bell & Howell Company, where he managed multiple aspects of the marketing discipline in the USA and abroad.

BUSINESS — DigitalGlobe has signed an agreement with Microsoft Corp. for a multi-year contract under which DigitalGlobe will provide Microsoft’s Virtual Earth with its premium, high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery. Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will have access to DigitalGlobe’s vast ImageLibrary, which contains over 460 million square kilometers of premium earth imagery, as well as new images being collected every day by its growing constellation of satellites. DigitalGlobe’s high-resolution satellite constellation and aerial program collect nearly 1 million square kilometers of earth imagery each day, with much of this imagery available via its online services.

BUSINESS — Frequency Electronics has received an authorization to proceed on a new contract, valued at approximately US$4 million, to provide satellite payload products for a military space program. The products consist of timing and frequency generator systems to be delivered over the next 18 months. Frequency is selected as a mission-critical supplier to important space programs because of its level of technical competence and capability and a long history of successful performance. Small companies, such as Frequency, must also demonstrate financial responsibility and have the resources to ensure timely support of such space programs. Frequency’s strong financial position and extensive production capacity meet these essential requirements. Frequency’s products are used in commercial, government and military systems, including satellite payloads, missiles, UAVs, aircraft, GPS, secure radios, SCADA, energy exploration and wireline and wireless communication networks.

BUSINESS — Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) will host the PacStar (Pacific Star Communications) Unified Communications platform as part of its Harris offerings at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2008 Annual Meeting and Exposition. AUSA will take place October 6-8 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. Harris announced in September that it added key products from PacStar to its solutions under the U.S. Air Force Network Centric Solutions (NETCENTS) contract. NETCENTS is a five-year, US$9 billion acquisition initiative to provide the U.S. Air Force, Department of Defense, and other federal agencies with a complete range of IT, networking, telephony, security services and solutions. Harris is the only NETCENTS contract holder offering PacStar solutions. PacStar is a technology-based provider of communications solutions to the military and government.

DELIVERY — Tesacom, Stratos Global Corp. and Addvalue Communications have joined forces to successfully deploy a 1,200-site BGAN mobile satellite network to support the first round of Brazil’s municipal elections on October 5th. Tesacom, a StratosELITE Partner, is South America’s leading provider of remote telecommunications solutions. Addvalue, based in Singapore, designs and supplies BGAN terminals. Tesacom was selected by the Brazilian Electoral Superior Court (TSE) to deploy the BGAN network at voting precincts in rural communities nationwide. TSE’s selection of Tesacom represents the world’s largest single contract for the purchase of the BGAN service.

DELIVERY — ViaSat Inc. is nearly doubling the coverage area for its mobile broadband network with the announcement of coverage over the North Pacific Ocean region. Consistent with a network expansion agreement announced last July between ViaSat and KVH Industries Inc., KVH has signed an agreement to lease satellite capacity on the GE-23 satellite over the North Pacific. In November, ViaSat will install an ArcLight® hub in a teleport in Hawaii and commercial service is expected to begin in the region in December. This significant expansion opens up the region to the rapidly growing fleet of aircraft equipped with ViaSat in-flight mobile broadband systems and vessels using the growing KVH mini-VSAT Broadband maritime satellite communication system. The new coverage area will include Alaska, the west coasts of Canada, and the United States, Hawaii, and extending into north eastern Asia. Along with the continued successful launch of KVH maritime service, the large number of business jets already flying the ViaSat ArcLight system, as well as airliners and government aircraft, will be able to immediately tap into the network in that region.

Delivery — Vizada announced Iridium sales have spiked 70 percent due to the new batch activation capability now available for Iridium subscribers using The Source®, Vizada’s Web-based account management tool. The batch activation feature speeds response times in provisioning satellite equipment and service for hurricane relief efforts by enabling bulk activation of Iridium SIM cards in a matter of minutes, allowing large quantities of phones to be activated at one time. Vizada developed and implemented this important new tool in time for the beginning of hurricane season.

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