Technology

[Via Satellite 05-22-2014] Cobham has purchased Aeroflex to expand its wireless and connectivity business. The acquisition is for $10.50 per share in cash, with a total transaction value of approximately $1.46 billion, including the assumption of Aeroflex’s $540 million net debt as of March 31, 2014. “This all-cash, premium transaction provides significant and immediate value...

[Via Satellite 05-21-2014] Thales Alenia Space is confident that there is room to grow its business in the United Kingdom. News of the company’s decision to establish a subsidiary in the U.K. came directly after the British government outlined its Space Growth Action Plan, which aims to more than quadruple space industry revenue between now...

[Via Satellite 05-21-2014] Thaicom authorized Orbital Sciences to begin production and integration testing for the Thaicom 8 commercial satellite, the second satellite Orbital will build for the company. The first satellite, Thaicom 6, was launched and completed in-orbit testing in January 2014. Thaicom 8 will use Orbital’s GeoStar product line and will be manufactured in...

[Via Satellite 05-21-2014] Inverto Digital Labs has chosen Entropic’s EN5520 digital Channel Stacking Switch (dCSS) to power its Unicable 2 Multi-switch and Low Noise Block (LNB) products. The dCSS solution provides 24 user bands to support more tuners and demodulators as Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) operators shift toward gateway/client architectures. The solution is a single-chip...

[Via Satellite 05-20-2014] Following the disintegration of a deal to collaboratively build 300-kg hyperspectral sounders, weather and analytics company GeoMetWatch filed suit against Utah State University and its subsidiary the Advanced Weather Systems Foundation. GeoMetWatch was building Sounding and Tracking Observatory for Regional Meteorology (STORM) hosted payloads with the university, the first of which was...

[Via Satellite 05-19-2014] ATK reported revenue from its fourth quarter and Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14), which ended on March 31, 2014. The company had an operating profit of $170 million in the fourth quarter, a $49 million increase from the same period of the previous year. Adjusted operating profit, excluding the Radford Army Ammunition Plant...

[Via Satellite 05-15-2014] Dauria Aerospace and Elecnor Deimos have entered a partnership to develop Deimos Perseus, a new Earth observation constellation comprised of satellites from both companies. The satellites will have multispectral sensors to provide automated identification of features such as crop types, their robustness and the stage in the growing cycle. “By 2016, Deimos...

[Via Satellite 05-15-2014] CPI International announced financial results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2014, ending on April 4. The company reported increased net income, higher sales and backlog and a greater adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) in the second quarter compared to the same quarter of 2013. “On the...

[Via Satellite 05-14-2014] The Malibu division of CPI was awarded $6 million in orders of advanced antenna products from an international customer. CPI will supply this customer with single-axis and dual-axis Ku-band ground and airborne data links for supporting multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platforms. The award funds a combination of auto-tracking capabilities from CPI’s...

[Via Satellite 05-13-2014] The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) unveiled results from its Super Resolution Tool, developed by engineer Saeed Al Mansoori. The tool improved resolution of satellite imagery by 2.5 feet, including images taken by the DubaiSat 2 satellite. “The development of the new tool was in response to the growing...