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WildBlue’s $50 Million in Green Funding

September 4, 2008 / Funding & Venture Capital

WildBlue Communications, Inc., a provider of broadband Internet over satellite service throughout rural America, today announced it has completed a $50 million equity financing to support its continued growth. The financing was led by Liberty Media [Nasdaq: LCAPA/B, LINTA/B and LMDIA/B], Intelsat, the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative and the private equity firm of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers, however, terms of the financing were not disclosed.

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UAS Development Does Mean To Stare

August 22, 2008 / Funding & Venture Capital

AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV) announces the receipt of $4.6 million in funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) capable of performing “hover/perch and stare” missions. The Stealthy, Persistent, Perch and Stare (SP2S) UAS is based on AV’s small Wasp UAS, a one-pound, 29-inch wingspan battery-powered air vehicle that is being procured and deployed by the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Financially Speaking… SkyTerra Communications…

May 1, 2008 / Funding & Venture Capital

SkyTerra Communications, Inc. (OTCBB: SKYT) has further extended the expiration date for its previously announced offer (the "Offer") to issue options to purchase shares of common stock of SkyTerra, in replacement of and upon termination of options to purchase limited partnership units of Mobile Satellite Ventures L.P. ("MSV").

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Financially Speaking… SkyTerra Communications…

April 18, 2008 / Funding & Venture Capital

SkyTerra Communications, Inc.</b> (OTCBB : SKYT) announced it has extended the expiration date for its previously announced offer (the "Offer") to issue options to purchase shares of common stock of SkyTerra, in replacement of and upon termination of options to purchase limited partnership units of Mobile Satellite Ventures L.P.

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