Author: JJ McCoy

Thuraya Slashes Prices
June 07, 2007
Thuraya plans to re-launch its mobile satellite services in a bid to gain customers while promising significant discounts to existing subscribers, the operator announced June 5. Branded ThurayaECO, the new...
DirecTV-10 Reaches Baikonur For Launch Preparation
June 07, 2007
DirecTV-10 has been delivered to a space center in Kazakhstan in preparation for a launch scheduled for early July, the RIA Novosti newspaper quoted a Russian space company on June...
Astrium To Build Amazonas-2 For Hispasat
June 07, 2007
Astrium has been contracted by Hispasat to design and build Amazonas-2, a powerful geostationary satellite to increase Hispasat’s offered capacity and meet demand on its American position, Astrium announced June...
Globecomm Awarded $20.7M For Alaskan Wireless Phone Service
June 06, 2007
Globecomm Systems Inc. has been awarded a $20.7 million contract from General Communication Inc., Globecomm announced June 5. General Communication provides voice, video and data communication services to residential, commercial...
Microspace Partners with Vista Satellite Communications
June 06, 2007
Microspace Communications (Microspace) has entered into a strategic partnership with Vista Satellite Communications Inc. to offer alternative uplinking services to Vista’s customer base, Microspace announced June 5.  
Navy Awards $15.6M Contract To ViaSat
June 06, 2007
The U.S. Navy awarded ViaSat an undefinitized, firm-fixed-price delivery order for multifunctional information distribution system-joint tactical radio system (MIDS-JTRS) production transition terminals (PTTs), the U.S. Department of Defense announced June...
Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics Gain Defense Contracts
June 06, 2007
Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corp. and General Dynamics C4 Systems have both been awarded multi-million, firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modifications, the U.S. Department of Defense announced June 4....