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Awarding Situations For SES ASTRA
SES 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 MoreGalileo SatNav Funding Draws Cold EU Block Shoulders
You may recall reading about the funding troubles plaguing the European Union’s (EU) Galileo satellite in previous issues of SatNews… processes for an implementation to pay for this positioning system space vehicle continue to have trouble. A week after the EU proposed to pay for the satellite using the bloc’s joint budget to come with the needed 2.4 billion euros.
Read MoreTCS Gets IDIQ Interoperability Work
TeleCommunication 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 Gets Government Goodies
Globecomm 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 MoreMoving On Up… At Integral
There’s a new Chief Financial Officer at Integral Systems [NASDAQ:ISYS] as of Tuesday of this week. William H. Bambarger, Jr., is the new CFO and he replaces William R. Lewis who resigned from his position as the interim CFO.
Read MoreMoving On Up… At W.B. Walton
From antenna engineer to SR engineer to project manager, Dave Neubauer has worked in companies such as Andrew, broadcast companies, and ESA after graduating with an degree in electronics.
Read MoreMoving On Up… At COM DEV Int’l
COM DEV International Ltd. [TSX: CDV] has announced Terry Reidel has been appointed to its Board of Directors, as well as the Board's Audit Committee and Human Resources and Compensation Committee. Mr. Reidel is a Fellow Chartered Accountant who had a 39-year career at Ernst & Young.
Read MoreDish Could Dish Out Dish-Sized Portions
EchoStar Communications Corporation’s [NASDAQ: DISH] Board of Directors has directed Management to pursue a possible separation of its businesses into two distinct ,publicly traded companies. EchoStar recently submitted a request to the Internal Revenue Service for a ruling as to the tax-free nature of the transaction. Under the proposed plan, EchoStar's U.S. consumer pay-TV business would continue to operate as the DISH Network.
Read MoreYou Bet Your Assets, Globalstar
Globalstar, 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.
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