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Iridium Satellite has contracted with seven partners in the initial phase of designing and developing its next-generation Iridium Next satellite constellation, the company announced Aug. 7. The first partners —...

Lockheed Martin has received a $23 million contract from Northrop Grumman to support the upgrade of satellite communications systems used aboard the U.S. Air Force B-2 stealth bomber, Lockheed Martin...

Integral Systems Inc. achieved record results for the fiscal third quarter of 2007, the company announced Aug. 7. Revenues for the quarter were $35.9 million, up $8.5 million from the...

Measat signed a new deal with Solar Entertainment as the broadcaster looks to boost revenues from international markets, the companies announced August 3. With more than 600 cable headends currently...

Iridium Satellite has sold satellite communications equipment for use in relief efforts by two International Red Cross members, Magen David Adom in Israel and The New Zealand Red Cross, Iridium...

Stratos Global Corp. has signed three separate strategic agreements to provide remote communications solutions to global offshore oil and gas industry clients, Stratos announced Aug. 6. The agreements are with...

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. will provide several hundred additional SkyEdge VSATs for JSC Kazakhtelecom (KT), Gilat announced Aug. 6. With the new deployment, KT will operate four Gilat satellite hubs...

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) has launched its Satellite Mutual Aid Radio Talkgroup (SMART) system on the company’s nationwide push-to-talk satellite network for the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal...

Space-Communication Ltd. (Spacecom) will provide DRS Technologies with Ku-band capacity for use by the U.S. Department of Defense, Spacecom announced Aug. 6. The capacity will be used by DRS Technologies’...

German pay-TV operator Premiere has been seeing strong demand for its new Bundesliga (German soccer) packages in Germany. The company announced August 2 that it had sold 45,000 subscriptions in...