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NASA officials signed a memorandum of understanding with Virgin Galactic LLC Feb. 20 to explore potential space technology development cooperation, NASA announced. NASA Ames Research Center and Virgin Galactic LLC, a U.S. subsidiary of Virgin Group, will explore possible joint work on space suits, heat shields for spaceships, hybrid rocket motors and hypersonic vehicles. The...

KVH Industries Inc.’s has added Lazydays RV SuperCenter, a recreational vehicle (RV) dealership, to KVH’s independent dealer network, KVH announced Feb. 22. Network members ooffer KVH’s TracVision mobile satellite TV antennas and TracNet mobile Internet system as part of KVH’s strategy to enhance its national network by providing customers with sales, installation and support.

China Mobile Broadcasting Satellite Ltd., a Hong Kong-based affiliate of EchoStar Communications Corp. will provide S-band satellite capacity for a mobile video project in China slated to launch prior to the 2008 Olympics, the company announced Feb. 22. The contract was awarded by China Satellite Mobile Broadcast Ltd., a company held under Wireless Bureau of...

Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. has signed a joint technology development agreement with Thrane & Thrane A/S to develop next-generation mobile satellite solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense and other military customers, the companies announced Feb. 21. Under the agreement, Thrane & Thrane and Comtech will develop a dual mode satellite terminal for the Pentagon...

Gilat has won a key VSAT deal in one of Africa’s major markets by signing a deal with Nigerian ISP Hyperia, which will see it supply its SkyEdge broadband satellite hub and 700 VSAT terminals to the operator. The VSAT network will enable Hyperia to expand its services in West Africa and to provide multiple...

ViaSat is acquiring privately held Intelligent Compression Technologies (ICT), ViaSat announced Feb. 21. ICT provides corporations, Internet service providers (ISPs), and satellite/wireless carriers with patented data-compression techniques, advanced transport protocols, and application optimization to substantially increase the speeds of either narrowband or broadband terrestrial, wireless, or satellite services.

Artel, a global provider of information technology and managed network services, announced Feb. 21 that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has competitively awarded the company two task orders to provide satellite services to the U.S. Central Command in support of U.S. warfighters in the Middle East and Southwest Asia. The awards are worth more...

Batelco, a telco in Bahrain, has signed a deal to offer satellite services to customers in the Middle East. Its memorandum of understanding with SpeedCast for the development of satellite services in the Middle East details their mutual cooperation in jointly developing, marketing and distributing advanced satellite services. Batelco intends to attract customer applications including...

EchoStar, the U.S. pay-TV operator on Feb. 21 announced both a satellite launch and a major international investment. The company plans to launch with International Launch Services (ILS) a satellite in 2008 on a Proton Breeze-M vehicle built by ILS partner Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center of Russia. Financial terms of the deal...

Avail Media signed a contract to offer Intelsat’s MPEG-4 content aggregation and delivery service – Intelsat IPTV – beginning in the second quarter, Intelsat announced Feb. 20. Intelsat IPTV combines PanAmSat’s satellite fleet with Intelsat’s IPTV expertise. Avail Media will use the Intelsat IPTV service to provide telco operators, fiber-to-the-home providers and independent cable operators...