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New Legislation Key to Advancing U.S. Leadership in Commercial Space Sector

DigitalGlobe®, a leading provider of high-resolution commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information products, today applauded this week’s introduction of legislation designed to boost the U.S. Government’s commercial space advocacy activities. H.R.6935 and S.3504 were submitted simultaneously by Colorado Congressman Mark Udall (D-CO) and Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO), respectively. Congressman Tom Feeney (R-FL) also co-sponsored the legislation.

21 September 2008: DigitalGlobe

 

Iridium Meets Busy Hurricane Season Demand

Iridium Satellite LLC reports that its mobile satellite communications service has been providing peak levels of reliable, critical lifelines to first responders in the Gulf Coast Region since news of hurricanes Gustav, Hanna and Ike started to appear.

11 September 2008: Iridium

 

Cavotec secures US, Canadian certification for new radio system

Global engineering group, Cavotec MSL, is pleased to announce its new MC-CD radio is now approved for use in the United States and Canada, after gaining certification from the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) and Industry Canada (IC).

09 September 2008: Cavotec UK

 

Arqiva begins build of next phase of BBC DAB transmitters

Arqiva has begun phase three of its contract with the BBC to build and operate additional transmitters to expand the coverage of the BBC's DAB digital radio network.

27 August 2008: Arqiva

 

Rockwell Collins HGS® selected by Croatia Airlines

Croatia Airlines has selected Rockwell Collins to provide its HGS® Head-up Guidance System for installation on Croatia's fleet of four Bombardier Q400 regional aircraft plus two aircraft options.

21 August 2008: Rockwell Collins

 

Boeing Awarded Contract for GPS Enhancement Demonstration

Boeing has been awarded a $153.5 million U.S. Naval Research Laboratory contract to demonstrate High Integrity Global Positioning System (GPS) technology concepts. The contract is expected to run through 2010.

06 August 2008: Boeing

 

DigitalGlobe Announces ImageAtlas 4.0

Enables Businesses and Consumers to Quickly, Affordably Access the World’s Largest Online Digital Earth Imagery Directory

06 August 2008: DigitalGlobe

 

SAIC Awarded $19 Million Experimental Space Sensor Contract

Company to Deliver Sensor for Geo-Synchronous Satellite

06 August 2008: SAIC

 

Chelton - Satellite Calls May Now Be Placed On Inmarsat Or Iridium Equipment

International Communications Group (ICG) announced this week its AeroCom 3000, AeroCom 1100 and NxtLink 400 Iridium transceivers have been successfully tested and integrated with Chelton's high speed data systems for both voice and data communications.

27 July 2008: Chelton

 

General Dynamics - Mobile User Objective System (MUOS)

General Dynamics has recently mounted three 18.4-meter satellite antennas on 53-foot-tall pedestals in Wahiawa, Hawaii, as part of the preparations to deploy the new Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), the U.S. military's next-generation narrowband global mobile satellite communications system. General Dynamics, under contract to Lockheed Martin, has overall responsibility for the ground-based segment of the MUOS system.

24 July 2008: General Dynamics

 

Rockwell Collins selected by Xiamen Airlines for avionics for Boeing aircraft

Xiamen Airlines has selected a suite of Rockwell Collins avionics for 12 Boeing 737NG aircraft, with an option for an additional 25 aircraft. Delivery begins in 2009 and continues through 2013..

06 July 2008: Rockwell Collins

 

DigitalGlobe Releases CitySphere 2.0 Worldwide Image Coverage

Expanded World City Image Offering Adds Never-Before-Offered Views

03 July 2008: DigitalGlobe

 

Boeing - GPS IIF Tests

Boeing has completed environmental tests of the first of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites, which confirm the mechanical integrity of the spacecraft. The program is on track to deliver the first satellite to the U.S. Air Force this year.

02 July 2008: Boeing

 

MPEG-4 delivers prime-time TV to British forces overseas

· BFBS chooses Arqiva to provide MPEG-4 coding to increase number of TV channels to Falklands, Belize and Royal Navy ships · Prime-time TV time-shifted for locations across the globe · Full spread of broadcast services provided on co-located site

30 June 2008: Arqiva

 

Chelton Receives Antenna Supplier of the Year Award From Rockwell Collins

Chelton Receives Antenna Supplier of the Year Award From Rockwell Collins At its annual suppliers conference held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Rockwell Collins, Inc. awarded its Antenna Supplier of the Year award to Cobham plc subsidiary, Chelton, Inc. Chelton, Inc. provides antennas and other RF solutions to Rockwell Collins for use in both its Government Systems and Commercial Systems business units.

22 June 2008: Chelton

 

COM DEV Announces Micro-Satellite Capability

Spacecraft will offer solutions to safety, security and surveillance needs

18 June 2008: Com Dev

 

Bombardier's Learjet 85 to feature Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion™

Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion integrated avionics have been selected for Bombardier's* all-new Learjet* aircraft - the all-composite Learjet 85*jet. Pro Line Fusion is also key component in Bombardier's Global Vision* Flight Deck.

25 May 2008: Bombardier Aerospace

 

Jeppesen and Boeing Advanced Navigation System for China Eastern Airlines

A China Eastern Airlines (CEA) Boeing Next-Generation 737-700 today completed a flight into China's Lijiang Airport to validate the capability and benefits of an advanced navigation method known as Required Navigation Performance (RNP).

21 May 2008: Jeppesen

 

AirRadio adds Digital Communications Service at Heathrow Airport

System heralds new dawn for private secure data applications. AirRadio has added a digital communications service dedicated to airports to our existing portfolio of systems at London Heathrow Airport.

17 May 2008: AirRadio

 

Chelton at AEA 2008

Chelton Satcom will be displaying its latest generation of Inmarsat SwiftBroadband (SBB) hardware at the upcoming AEA 2008 conference April 23 -26, 2008 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Washington D.C.

13 May 2008: Chelton

 

Secure Communications for Nordic Defense

To secure the Nordic Battlegroup's voice communications, the Swedish Defense Material Administration (FMV) has ordered crypto products from Sectra that protect telecommunication and tactical radio communication.

13 May 2008: Sectra

 

Tiger System Works with Satellite System

Sectra’s Tiger system for secure voice communications has been extended with support for the Iridium satellite system. Iridium is the largest commercial satellite system and is used by government and defense organizations worldwide.

13 May 2008: Sectra

 

Take to the Sky with WiFi

Partnership With Azur Helicoptere Gives Customers Premium Hotspot Access During the Cannes Film Festival and Monaco Grand Prix

07 May 2008: Trustive

 

Harris Corporation - Satellite Antenna Deployed

An antenna reflector built by Harris for the geosynchronous ICO G1 global communications satellite was successfully deployed on orbit Saturday, April 26, and will play a key role in providing next-generation mobile communications services across North America.

30 April 2008: Harris Corporation

 

Boeing Completes Hardware Installation for SBSS Satellite Operations Center

Boeing has announced that it has finished installing the hardware for its Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system's Satellite Operations Center (SOC). The SOC now has the necessary security certification to allow the SBSS program to begin integrated testing.

27 April 2008: Boeing

 
 
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