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Globalstar, Inc. (Nasdaq:GSAT) now has signed an agreement with Globaltouch West Africa Limited (GWAL) based in Nigeria, wherein they will offer Globalstar satellite voice and data services to customers in Nigeria, the surrounding portions of Western Africa, as well as parts of the coastal Atlantic and Gulf of Guinea maritime region.
Read MoreTeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS) has been awarded orders valued at more than US$7.8 million to provide fixed satellite terminal sites and managed bandwidth services using the TCS teleport over 16 months that started in December 2008 to support U.S. government personnel.
Read MoreGlobecomm Systems Inc. [NASDAQ: GCOM], announced that the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Globecomm Services Maryland has received a contract from Peace Corps valued at $2.4 million. Globecomm provides satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions and services on a global basis.
Read MoreGilat Satellite Networks Ltd.'s lengthy negotiations with the Ministry of Communications in Colombia have led to signature of new agreements for the provision of services under the Compartel I, Compartel II and Telecentros projects, which were awarded to Gilat’s Colombian subsidiaries in 1999 and 2002.
Read MoreDataPath, Inc. has been awarded US$100 million by the U.S. Army to manufacture and integrate Ka-band conversion kits and provide spares kits that will enable DataPath Satellite Transportable Terminals (STTs) and other systems on the battlefield to operate using the Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) system.
Read MoreSpace Systems/Loral (SS/L) has finalized a previously announced satellite contract award to provide a new spacecraft to Intelsat.
Read MoreIsrael Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) and Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESLT) have announced that their respective subsidiaries, ELTA Systems Ltd. (ELTA) and Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop Ltd. (Elbit Systems Electro-Optics) have been awarded a $141 million contract ($54 million awarded to ELTA and $87 million awarded to Elbit Systems Electro-Optics) to supply the Turkish Air Force with combined airborne IMINT (Imagery Intelligence) systems.
Read MoreThe Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led team developing the U.S. Air Force's Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) has achieved major milestones on the second geosynchronous orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft with the completion and delivery of the remaining major spacecraft bus subsystems.
Read MoreAll ready to go and then — no go. Lockheed Martin was told by NASA to stop work on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) satellite, due to a protest filed by Boeing with the U.S. Government Accountability Office over the December 2, $1.09 billion satellite award.
Read MoreThe SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon spacecraft for the International Space Station (ISS) Cargo Resupply Services (CRS) has been selected by NASA with this important contract award, which is for a guaranteed minimum of 20,000 kg to be carried to the International Space Station.
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