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Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and Vietnam Telecom International (VTI) have announced a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) has been signed by the firms to exchange capacity on the two satellites ABS-1 and VINASAT-1. The MOU serves a start for a joint cooperation for telecommunications and satellite services between the two companies.
Read MoreSES ASTRA, an SES company [Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG] announced the company has selected Global Communications, Invacom, and ERA Technology as the winners of the ASTRA INNOVATION CONTEST. Launched at IBC in 2006, this contest is aimed at stimulating research organisations and the satellite industry to develop innovative concepts to further increase the consumer attractiveness and features of direct-to-home (DTH) satellite reception.
Read MoreTeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) [NASDAQ: TSYS] has been awarded a five-year, $12.25 million, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to support the Department of Defense (DoD) with professional services to ensure communications interoperability and provide specialized testing.
Read MoreGlobecomm Systems Inc. [NASDAQ:GCOM] has been awarded two contracts from U.S. Government agencies for Auto-Explorer(R) portable satellite terminals valued at $4.0 million.
Read MoreGlobalstar, Inc. [NASDAQ:GSAT has signed an agreement with Radyne Corporation business unit AeroAstro to purchase AeroAstro’s SENS (Sensor Enabled Notification System) Appliqués. The technology will be used to further expand Globalstar’s Simplex data geographic coverage and grow its Simplex data customer capacity in Asia and Latin America.
Read MoreTeleCommunication Systems, Inc. [NasdaqGM: TSYS] reveals they have been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Lifecycle Management Command contracting authority at Ft. Monmouth, N.J., for satellite communications terminals and maintenance to support the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division. This contract is valued at US$2.4 million.
Read MoreThe third Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation (COSMO)-Skymed commercial satellite (comsat) contract has been awarded to The Boeing Company’s [NYSE: BA] commercial launch business for Thales Alenia Space Italia. They are the prime contractor of the Italian Space Agency.
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 MoreJean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Kiyoshi Isozaki, President and CEO of JSAT Corporation, signed a launch Service & Solutions contract for the JCSAT-12 satellite. This is the 24th Japanese contract for Arianespace.
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