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California’s Lieutenant Governor, John Garamendi, will address the attendees of the Transforming Space 2007 Conference on November 8 in Los Angeles. As Chairman of California’s Commission for Economic Development (CED), Garamendi will highlight the need for California to invest in developing the workforce of the future.
Read MoreOnly one week away is the third annual DoD Commercial SATCOM Users Workshop, which will be held at the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, from November 13th through 15th.
Read MoreA thorough report has been released by Northern Sky Research (NSR) entitled Government and Military Demand on Commercial Satellites, 4th Edition. This study determines the net effects on demand should a pullout from Iraq and Afghanistan occur with that of new programs and initiatives outside the Pentagon and outside U.S. borders.
Read MoreAndrew Corporation has reached agreement for the sale of their Satellite Communications business to Resilience Capital Partners, a Cleveland, Ohio-based private equity firm. Under the agreement, Andrew will receive up to $39 million in total potential cash consideration as well as an ownership stake in the new satellite communications company Resilience will establish with the acquired Andrew assets.
Read MoreThe Director-General of EUMETSAT, Dr. Lars Prahm, and the Director of Operations and Infrastructure of the European Space Agency (ESA), Gaele Winters, have signed the contract for the Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) service for the last two Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellites.
Read MoreXTAR, LLC is a joint venture between Loral Space & Communications [NASDAQ: LORL] and HISDESAT. The company has announced the reception of a contract from the U.S. General Services Administration, Federal Acquisition Service for Information Technology Equipment, Software, and Services (FSC Group 70).
Read MoreA $2.9 million award has been given to DataPath, Inc. to upgrade and enhance the flexibility of DataPath Satellite Transportable Terminals (STTs) used in the U.S. Marine Corps' Support Wide Area Network (SWAN) programs.
Read MoreHarris Corporation [NYSE: HRS] reported their revenue for the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 increased 30 percent to $1.2 billion, compared to $947 million in the prior- year quarter.
Read MoreThe Space and Missile Systems Center commander, Lt. Gen. Michael Hamel, has received the California State University Dominguez Hills Alumni of the Year Award.
Read MoreGVF and UK-EMP, organizers of the 3rd West Africa Satellite Communications Summit (WASCS3), taking place in Lagos, Nigeria, 20th to 21st November 2007, have announced a further increase in the level of sponsorship support for the Summit from the communications solutions sector.
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