Satellite News

Boeing Co., General Dynamics and four small businesses won the U.S. Army’s five-year, $5 billion worldwide satellite systems contract. DataPath of Duluth, Ga.; D&SCI of Eatontown, N.J.; Globecomm Systems of Hauppauge, N.Y….

The French Finance Ministry has approved the combination of French satellite pay-TV platforms CanalSat and TPS after the companies agreed to measures aimed at addressing competition concerns.

Several members of the Lockheed Martin led team that won NASA’s Orion contract issued statements describing their roles in the project.

Nera SatCom has signed a contract with Telenor Satellite Services for the upgrade of Telenor’s aeronautical satellite Ground Earth Stations at Eik, Norway and Santa Paula, California in the United States.

Eutelsat Communications has retained Alcatel Alenia Space for the design, manufacturing, assembling, tests and on-ground delivery of the W2A satellite.

SES Global has been awarded”Satellite Operator of the Year: Growth and Profits 2006″ by Euroconsult, a Paris-based consultancy and research organisation specialising in broadcasting and space communication.

Andrew Corporation has introduced a 2.4 meter vehicle mounted antenna to serve the high performance requirements of military and large commercial customers.

Nearly two months of tests conducted by Northrop Grumman Corporation showed that Milstar terminals operated by the U.S. Army and Air Force can send and receive data through the next-generation Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite (EHF) military satellite communications system.