Satellite News

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Coleman Aerospace from L3 Technologies, Inc. for US$15 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments.

Iridium Communications Inc. reported financial results for the fourth quarter of 2016.

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. is in talks to buy DigitalGlobe Inc. for about US$2 billion to US$3 billion, Dow Jones reported, citing sources.

ViaSat Inc. announced financial results for the fiscal third quarter ending 31 December 2016.

The Board of Directors of Eutelsat Communications reviewed the financial results for the half-year ending 31 December 2016.

UrtheCast Corp. and Land O’ Lakes, Inc., a U.S. agribusiness and food company, announced a long-term agreement for GEOSYS, a Land O’Lakes subsidiary, to purchase geospatial data from the UrtheDaily Constellation, UrtheCast’s planned constellation of Earth observation satellites.

Planet Labs has entered into an agreement with Alphabet/Google, wherein Planet will acquire the Terra Bella business including the SkySat constellation of satellites, and Google upon closing, will enter into a multi-year contract to purchase Earth-imaging data from Planet.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has signed three contract amendments with international customers to provide information collected by the Radarsat-2 satellite. The contracts total approximately C$8 million.