<p>GROUP DIGITAL STRATEGIST & MANAGING EDITOR, AEROSPACE GROUP</p>
<p>Veronica Magan joined Access Intelligence’s Satellite Group in July 2012. As managing editor of Via Satellite, she is responsible for the development and production of the monthly print and digital magazine. As digital strategist, she is responsible for for the development, execution, and success of digital strategies on Via Satellite and Avionics Magazine. Prior to joining Access Intelligence, se was a graduate student at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications where she earned a Master’s Degree in Magazine, Newspaper and Online Journalism. She was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela.</p>
STMicroelectronics has announced that its Teseo II single-chip satellite-tracking ICs performed successfully in the first ground location test using Europe’s independent navigation system, Galileo.
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has signed a CA$8.3 million contract with Canada’s Department of National Defense (DND) to extend its operational support of DND’s Automated Airline Hosting and Aircraft Tasking System (AAHATS).
MEASAT Satellite Systems has announced an agreement with Martial Arts Networks to distribute the Martial Arts TV HD channel via the MEASAT-3a satellite.
The University of Hawaii is planning the first satellite launch from the islands of Hawaii using the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai. The military has used the facility to test missiles but never a satellite.
SkyStream FZ has renewed a multi-year deal on SES' NSS-6 satellite at 95 degrees east to provide reliable connectivity to its maritime, and oil & gas customers via secure VSAT networks.
Gilat Satellite Networks and Hispasat have signed a deal to expand the Spanish satellite operator’s broadband satellite-based network with an additional SkyEdge II system.
TV Integração, the first Brazilian affiliate of TV Globo, has deployed Thomson Video Networks' ViBE CP6000 contribution platform and RD5000 MPEG-2/4 receiver decoder to provide video contribution services to more than 5.4 million viewers.