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On July 30, in Tel Aviv, a contract was signed between the JSC “Academician M.F. Reshetnev” Information Satellite Systems” and Israeli-based Space Communication Ltd. The deal finds the former set to build the geostationary satellite system AMOS-5, based on the Express-1000H platform.
Read MoreAndrews Space (Andrews) has been awarded a contract valued at more than $1.5M to develop plug and play spacecraft subsystems and demonstrate integrated spacecraft capability.?
Read MoreViaSat Inc. received a $9.3 million award from the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to continue the development of the UHF SATCOM Integrated Waveform Channel Controller. This second phase of the Integrated Waveform (IW) development enables demand assigned services on UHF SATCOM networks to support new applications that require better performance and higher channel throughput.
Read MoreDataPath, Inc. has been awarded $1.7 million to provide field services support for the Ramstein Air Base satellite communications teleport operated by the U.S. Air Force.
Read MoreBroadpoint, a full-service telecommunications and network solutions company, has extended its alliance with AT&T in the form of a long-term contract extending AT&T’s wireless voice and data capabilities further into the?Gulf of Mexico. This provides critical connectivity to AT&T’s business customers as Broadpoint’s coverage spans over 100,000 square miles in the?Gulf of Mexico.
Read MoreGlobecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM) has been awarded an infrastructure contract from General Communication Inc. (NASDAQ: GNCMA) a $9 million contract. General Communications is based in Alaska and provides voice, video and data communication services to residential, commercial and government customers.
Read MoreAl Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJsc (Yahsat), the UAE’s first nationally-owned satellite operator and wholly-owned subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala), received secured commitments for $1.2 billion US to finance the Middle East’s first hybrid satellite communications system.
Read MoreThe Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has completed a $10 million, 20,500-square-foot satellite Mission Control Center (MCC) in El Segundo, California. The MCC can manage up to four commercial or government satellite missions at the same time and replaces another Boeing facility in El Segundo that was smaller and had limited capacity.
Read MoreIridium Satellite LLC has announced the selection of two companies — Lockheed Martin and Thales Alenia Space — to participate in the final phase of its procurement process for the company’s next-generation satellite constellation, “Iridium NEXT.” Iridium selected Lockheed Martin and Thales Alenia Space as a result of their initial, innovative constellation design concepts; demonstrated understanding of performance requirements and capabilities; and preliminary cost estimates for the manufacture and launch of Iridium NEXT.
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