Satellite News

Raytheon Company said it successfully demonstrated that a traditional, transportable satellite communications terminal could be field configured to communicate without acquiring a satellite connection using Troposcatter.

Radyne Corporation announced that its Xicom Technology subsidiary received orders totalling US$4.0 million for power amplifiers for a follow on procurement for the Ground Multi-Band Terminal (GMT) and World-Wide Satellite Systems (WWSS) programmes.

Harris Corporation said it has successfully logged onto a Milstar satellite using an Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Navy Multiband Terminal prototype system onboard a platform that simulates submarine conditions.

General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics , has been selected by ND SatCom Defence GmbH of Friedrichshafen, Germany, to supply strategic and tactical antennas and radio support equipment to the German Armed Forces SATCOMBw Step 2 programme.

Telenor Satellite Services has received a modification to its existing U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Technology Service (FTS) contract expanding the variety and types of satellite services available to all United States government agencies and authorised government contractors.

Eutelsat said it was investigating the source of a mystery signal which temporarily jammed broadcasts by several television channels.

ESA and its partners have demonstrated a prototype of what the agency called “the multimedia car radio of the future,” a system that (unlike U.S. satellite radio) uses existing Ku-band satellites and requires no terrestrial repeaters.

Harris Corp. announced that it has become the first company to complete a point-to-point Milstar satellite call under full-motion dynamics that simulate high-sea shipboard conditions, using an Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Navy Multiband Terminal prototype system.