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ViaSat Inc. has been awarded an $8.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Cryptographic Support Group (CPSG) for system design and development of the next generation Telemetry, Tracking, and Control (TT&C) cryptographic unit. The system is designed to replace legacy equipment used in satellite ground stations.
Read MoreScience Applications International Corporation [NYSE: SAI] announced their subsidiary, Benham Companies LLC, has been awarded a $51.4 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The contract calls for Benham to design, engineer and build two testing facilities.
Read MoreLong time company executive Mike Turner will be stepping down as the Chief Executive Officer of BAE Systems, as well as leaving the Board of Directors, at the end of August 2008.
Read MoreNewTek, Inc. has announced Ralph Messana is the company’s newly named Director of Latin American Sales.
Read MoreSkyBitz has announced the board of directors has elected Dr. Homaira Akbari as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
Read MoreThe Third Annual DoD Commercial SATCOM Users Workshop will be conducted at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington D.C. from November 13th through the 15th. Leaders from DoD Combatant Commands, services and agencies, along with satellite operators, service providers, resellers, ground equipment suppliers and manufacturers, will be in attendance.
Read MoreBoeing Chairman, President and CEO Jim McNerney has named Shephard W. Hill president, Boeing International, replacing Laurette Koellner, who is retiring. At the same time, he named Michael J. Cave to replace Hill as senior vice president, Business Development and Strategy at Boeing Corporate Offices. Cave moves from Boeing Commercial Airplanes, where he led Business Strategy and Marketing.
Read MoreC-COM Satellite Systems Inc. [TSXV: CMI] has received a $475,000 order for its iNetVu Mobile units from one of its European resellers. The iNetVu mobile systems have been delivered, installed, and commissioned by this reseller and are now in use by one of the armed forces of a NATO member country.
Read MoreOmniGlobe Networks, Inc. has signed a 10 year contract with a total value of $5.48 million with the Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach’s Internet Service Provider (ISP) Naskapi Imuun, Inc. Under the terms of the contract, OmniGlobe will provide Naskapi Imuun with increased satellite bandwidth.
Read MoreOmniGlobe Networks, Inc. has signed a 10 year contract with a total value of $5.48 million with the Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach’s Internet Service Provider (ISP) Naskapi Imuun, Inc. Under the terms of the contract, OmniGlobe will provide Naskapi Imuun with increased satellite bandwidth.
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