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India-based executives Commodore Gyanendra Sharma, managing director India, and Joe Parsley, vice-president India and South Asia, met senior customers and industry partners at a reception held today in New Delhi to mark the company's expanding presence in India and the opening of its office there.
Read MoreWhen large quantities of data need to be transmitted rapidly back and forth between satellites, a team from Oerlikon Space had demo’d the feasibility of a laser link with an effective distance of 1.5 million kilometers—for the first time, ever. Links such as this will be able to transmit data across huge distances through the universe, and this data transmission will be done more rapidly and efficiently than is possible using conventional radio links in use today.
Read MoreThe Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has named Darryl Davis to the position of president, Advanced Systems, for Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (IDS).
Read MoreCalifornia’s Lieutenant Governor, John Garamendi, will address the attendees of the Transforming Space 2007 Conference on November 8 in Los Angeles. As Chairman of California’s Commission for Economic Development (CED), Garamendi will highlight the need for California to invest in developing the workforce of the future.
Read MoreSkyPort Global Communications has signed a contract with Cisco Systems Inc. to provide satellite connectivity for Cisco’s Emergency Response Networks (ERN) service. Cisco’s ERN service provides emergency voice, video, and Internet connectivity for first responders during disasters where terrestrial communication is unavailable or disrupted.
Read MoreOnly one week away is the third annual DoD Commercial SATCOM Users Workshop, which will be held at the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, from November 13th through 15th.
Read MoreNorthrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has named John R. Landon vice president of missiles, technology and space programs. In this position, Landon reports to Larry Lanzillotta, vice president of customer relations within the company's government relations organization
Read Moreda Vinci Systems — Microwave Radio Communications — OmniBus Systems — Utah Scientific
Read MoreNorsat International Inc. [TSX: NII and OTC BB: NSATF] unveiled their GLOBETrekker X-Band at the 9th annual Global MilSatCom Conference, Europe’s largest independent military satellite communications conference. The Norsat GLOBETrekker X-Band terminal is available as a highly integrated system.
Read MoreThe first pan-African telecommunications satellite Rascom 1 landed at Cayenne's Rochambeau International Airport aboard an Antonov An-125 cargo jetliner and has arrived at Europe's Spaceport in preparation for Arianespace's sixth Ariane 5 mission of 2007.
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