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International Communications Group (ICG) has announced Dassault Falcon has selected ICG to provide Iridium satellite communication systems and handsets as optional equipment for the entire Falcon family of aircraft. Products available for installation include the ICS-100, ICS-200 and the CIS-100 Iridium Communications Systems transceivers.
Read MoreGlobecomm Systems Inc. [NASDAQ: GCOM-News] has been awarded a $2.5 million contract to provide tracking telemetry and control (TT&C) infrastructure in Asia. Globecomm will provide the customer with turnkey satellite infrastructure at two locations in Asia supporting the overall TT&C system.
Read MoreOrbital Data Net today has been awarded the satellite broadband contract for the State of Missouri. Under this agreement, Orbital Data Net, a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for WildBlue Enterprise Solutions and Encore Networks, will provide WildBlue high-speed Internet via satellite service and Encore Networks VSR family of VPN security routers to agencies throughout the State of Missouri.
Read MoreArqiva has been awarded a contract by the BBC to help bring Freesat, the free-to-air digital TV platform, to air by March 2008. Arqiva will support the creation of the new service, which will complement existing digital TV platforms. Such will ensure that viewers across the entire United Kingdom can gain access to digital television without the need for a subscription, at and prior to Digital Switch Over.
Read MoreKVH Industries, Inc. [NASDAQ: KVHI] has Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc., one of the largest RV manufacturers in the United States, extending their exclusive use of KVH's TracVision mobile satellite TV systems by offering the all-new 12-inch TracVision SlimLine series of products on a selection of its 2008 motor homes. These systems offer RV owners the highest signal gain and reception with DIRECTV's standard and high-definition programming plus automatic satellite switching via the remote control.
Read MoreHoneywell Technology Solutions, Inc. [HTSI] has awarded a new contract to RT Logic for the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) K-Band Upgrade Project (TKUP). Honeywell is the prime contractor working on National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s Near Earth Networks Services (NENS) Contract.
Read MoreSES Global South America Holdings, S.L., an SES company [Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG] has just announced an agreement with AR-SAT, Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales, S.A. The recently formed satellite operator is based in Buenos Aires.
Read MoreSatamatics has signed a long-term contract with Belgium’s data terminal manufacturer Dilupe and both companies will promote each other’s products. Satamatics will have exclusive rights to the DMT-70, a new data terminal designed by Dilupe, to integrate into Satamatics’ range of Inmarsat D+ and IsatM2M (Machine-to-Machine) satellite terminals.
Read MoreA new sales agreement authorized by Spacenet Inc. is signed with TESSCO Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of TESSCO Technologies Incorporated, (NASDAQ: TESS). The Spacenet agent program enables qualified telecommunications providers and value-added resellers to offer Spacenet’s Connexstar voice, data and video satellite communications services.
Read MoreGigaSat has just announced BBC World Service has awarded a tender to the company for the manufacture, integration and supply of four FA-180 flyaway satellite earth stations. The systems will be operated from four separate key locations in the Middle East and are designed specifically to withstand the harsh climatic conditions of the region and to be quickly deployed for transmission on any choice of satellite.
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