New COO To Guide AeroAstro
Jeffrey Hill
[Satellite News 07-23-08] Paul Lithgow was appointed COO of AeroAstro, a business unit of Radyne, in June.     Lithgow will oversee current programs and new business development for AeroAstro, which is celebrating 20 years of operations, and... read more 

RUAG Looks to Expand Space Business with Saab Acquisition
Mark Holmes
[Satellite News – 07-23-08] Swiss defence company Ruag has been part of the space landscape in Europe for around 30 years, but is looking to play a larger role in the space sector with its acquisition of Saab Space, a supplier of space equipment with... read more 

FCC Touts Incentives To Establish Broadband, Digital Technology Core In Pittsburgh
Jeffrey Hill
[Satellite News 07-22-08] For years, economists and politicians have racked the brains of think tanks to develop a solution to revive the lackluster industrial output of the Rust Belt, a cluster of cities along the Great Lakes that include former production... read more 

Investor Group Focuses on Space, Aviation Start-Ups
Jeffrey Hill
[Satellite News 07-22-08] The aerospace industry has been dominated by the federal government investments, but Space Angels Network principal and co-founder Burton Lee aims to bring seed- and early-stage financing infrastructure found in the semiconductors... read more 

VFCT Confident Microsatellite Platform Will Rise Above Competition
Jeffrey Hill
[Satellite News 07-21-08] Louis Brothers, founder and president of Valley Forge Composite Technologies (VFCT), is so confident that his company’s new small satellite platform will be a revolution for the industry that he invites critics and... read more 

BSkyB Exec Highlights Broadband Importance
Mark Holmes
[Satellite News – 07-18-08] BSkyB, which serves around 1.4 million broadband subscribers in the United Kingdom, hopes to use that infrastructure to provide the next generation of content services to its subscriber base, a company official said... read more 

NSR Report Reveals Unimpressive Chinese Satellite Market
Jeffrey Hill
[Satellite News 07-17-08]  A lack of diverse content, desire for a commercial-driven direct-to-home (DTH) market and an ingrained political fear of change will result in slow growth and underperforming Chinese satellite markets, according to the latest... read more 

Lockheed Martin Completes Propulsion Module for Third AEHF Satellite

NORSAT Launches Vehicle-Mounted Satellite Terminal

Canal Digital Posts Mixed Results

Astra Platform Services Selects Harmonic for Digital Headend Upgrade

Measat-3a Delivered to Baikonur

Kayser-Threse Wins TET-1 Contract from DLR

Integral Systems Posts Promising Third Quarter Results

Orbiting Wall Street
MDA Denies Reports Of Divesting Space Assets MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., has denied press reports that the company is looking to sell its surveillance and space assets. "In response to [June 14] articles in the Wall Street Journal and the... read more 

Orbiting Wall Street
Morgan Stanley Commits $250 Million Term Loan to Sirius Sirius Satellite Radio has obtained a $250 million senior secured term loan commitment from Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc., Sirius announced June 5. The facility will mature in five and one-half... read more 

Orbiting Wall Street
Norsat Norsat International Inc. made a final payment on its $1 million short-term debt, the company announced May 31, marking the first time since 1983 that the company had been debt free. "This is a significant milestone in the company's renewal... read more