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Archive for July, 2008

Raytheon submits proposal for U.S. Air Force C2 contract

July 31st, 2008 by

Raytheon Company said it has partnered with The Boeing Company to bid for the U.S. Air Force’s Counterspace Command and Control Sustainment contract.

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EMS Technologies buys Sky Connect

July 31st, 2008 by

EMS Technologies, Inc., announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sky Connect LLC. for approximately US$15.5 million, subject to customary closing conditions.

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EMS Technologies, Inc. results Q2 2008

July 31st, 2008 by

EMS Technologies, Inc. reported financial results for the second quarter 2008.

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EADS (Astrium) results H1 2008

July 31st, 2008 by

The European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co. reported its financial results for the first half of 2008.

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TAS selects e2v CCD image sensors for Sentinel-3

July 31st, 2008 by

e2v has been selected by Thales Alenia Space to provide the high performance CCD image sensors to be used in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Sentinel-3 Earth observation satellite.

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Ekspress-AM44 tests completed

July 31st, 2008 by

Testing of Ekspress-AM44, started in April by the team of the JSC Information Satellite Systems – Reshetnev Company (formerly NPO-PM) and Thales Alenia Space specialists, has successfully been completed.

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Lincoln Lab successfully tests WGS-1 in orbit

July 30th, 2008 by

MIT Lincoln Laboratory completed its portion of in-orbit testing of the first Wideband Global Satellite Communications (WGS) system last March, according to a statement released recently.

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MBCo pulls plug on satellite multimedia service

July 30th, 2008 by

Mobile Broadcasting Corp. (MBCo), a subsidiary of Japan’s Toshiba Corp., said that it will cease satellite digital multimedia broadcasting.

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