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The President of the State of Israel, Mr. Shimon Peres, visited Elta Systems, a Group and Subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) on September 19, 2007. The President's entourage toured the facilities and received briefings on IAI's systems and products that provide solutions to the operational needs of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Read MoreSkyPort Global Communications has named two veteran satellite industry executives to key positions on its business development team.
Read MoreNovAtel Inc. [NASDAQ: NGPS] has acquired privately-held Antcom Corporation, a communication company specializing in the design, development and manufacturing of antenna and microwave products for commercial and military customers in the space, ground and avionics telecommunications markets.
Read MoreThe French Ministry of Defense has selected Vizada to provide mobile satellite communications over the next three years (2008-2010). The company has put in place an Inmarsat BGAN-based solution for the French military health department (Service de Santé des Armées).
Read MoreThere are several, major new appointments being announced by Intelsat, Ltd.
Read MoreAsia and the South Pacific have Iridium Satellite enjoying a a dance of joy, as there have been significant increases in regional traffic as well as the addition of new partners. All of this good news is attendant with across-the-board growth through the Iridium quarterly financial results posted last July.
Read MoreAs most system architects are already aware, test-system creation and revision are made more difficult by typical star-shaped architectures in which every system connection and protocol conversion must be uniquely programmed. As a result, a change in one system element requires changes in every other connected element.
Read MoreLockheed Martin has been selected by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Space Development and Test Wing (SDTW) to provide the enterprise management framework, mission management, and infrastructure for current and future missions of the Multi-Mission Satellite Operations Center (MMSOC). The Responsive Satellite Command and Control Division of the SDTW manages the MMSOC program providing ground system support to both the satellite research and development and the operational satellite control communities in multiple locations.
Read MoreTeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) [NasdaqGM: TSYS] announced it has been awarded a $2.25 million contract to support a Department of Defense (DoD) joint program with SwiftLink deployable networking systems for command and control operations. The TCS SwiftLink provides a Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) certified, integrated, rapidly deployable Command and Control (C2) system to Geographic Combatant Commanders.
Read MoreThe U.S. government and many other governments around the world are building thousands of small boats designed to support coastal, harbor and in-land operations. There is a high demand for small boats that can be deployed quickly to mitigate and respond to security threats. Now contracted to assist the U.S Navy in their small craft endeavors, OSI Geospatial Inc. [TSX: OSI; OTCBB: OSIIF] has announced their U.S. Systems Operations division has signed a contract valued at approximately US$550,000 to provide ECPINS military navigation software.
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