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Surrey Satellite Technology Limited in the United Kingdom has been awarded a contract from Canadian company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) to deliver a satellite platform as part of the Sapphire space object surveillance program.
Read MoreICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited [NASDAQ:ICOG] and Alcatel-Lucent [Euronext Paris and NYSE:ALU] will demo North America’s first video broadcast based on the DVB-SH (Digital Video Broadcasting—Satellite services to Handhelds) mobile broadcasting standard at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next month in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Read MoreThe third demo of their nexgen processor/router (NGPR) for the Transformational Satellite Communications Satellite Communications System (TSAT SS) has been successfully accomplished by Boeing [NYSE: BA].
Read MoreChelton Inc., a subsidiary of Cobham plc, has received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Technical Standard Order (TSO) C132 for its HGA-7001 High Gain Satcom antenna. And there's more from Chelton in the antenna biz... the company has also received FAA DO-178B Level D Software certification for their HGA-7001 High Gain Satcom antenna.
Read MoreAndrews Space has released details of the company's Andrews Cargo Module. This is a cargo logistics system capable of addressing NASA's International Space Station (ISS) cargo logistics requirements, as well as the needs of emerging customers such as Bigelow Aerospace and the Department of Defense.
Read MoreA new single-channel, multi-format, hi-def (HD) satellite receiver chip that allows manufacturers to develop low cost satellite set-top boxes (STBs) has debuted from Broadcom Corporation [NASDAQ:BRCM].
Read MoreOpticks has debuted from Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Read MoreMFG Galileo Composites now has the funding for a second Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) assignment to advance technology for ground-based radomes.
Read MoreBAE Systems has produced a radiation-hardened, single-chip SpaceWire interface that performs the functions of multiple chips at a fraction of the size.
Read MoreIn May of this year, the first STSS (Space Tracking and Surveillance Systems) space vehicle completed thermal vacuum testing, Now, prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation [NYSE:NOC] has reported the second of two STSS demo satellites being built for the Missile Defense Agency has also successfully completed thermal testing.
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