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Development of cellular service in Alaska

Relevance Score: 5.028    2009-04-06 23:14:58

On Monday, March 30, Globecomm Systems Inc. announced that it has started providing callular service for rural villages across Alaska. General Communications Inc., an integrated communications provider, and Globecomm will allow to acces the cellular network for residents of 200 villages, by deploying a 250-site network connected to the GCI’s ...

Ball Aerospace Completes Integration for the DoD's STP-SIV

Relevance Score: 4.640    2009-04-09 17:53:36

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully completed space vehicle integration for the Department of Defense (DoD) Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV) program.   Space vehicle integration will be followed by a series of rigorous environmental and operational tests continuing through August, 2009. In February 2010 is expected launch Spacecraft.   Ball ...

Satellite vehicles and launch services

Relevance Score: 4.565    2000-04-06 15:00:41

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Village Cellular Network in Alaska by Globecomm Systems Inc.

Relevance Score: 4.328    2009-04-02 21:56:41

Alaska rural villages’ cellular service will be served by Globecomm Systems Inc. in cooperation with General Communications Inc., an integrated communications provider. Under previously announced contracts of amount $30 million, 250-site network, which connects 200 villages to GCI's core Ericsson network based in Anchorage, is deployed by Globecomm. As of March ...

Globalstar Extends Simplex Satellite Coverage to Alaska, Arctic Maritime Region

Relevance Score: 4.233    2009-04-03 09:45:42

Globalstar, has expanded its Simplex satellite data services. The company now provides coverage to the entire region of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands as well as the neighbouring regions such as the Gulf of Alaska and sections of both the north Pacific and south Arctic Oceans.   The installation of applique hardware ...

China Telecom acquires China Satcom

Relevance Score: 4.158    2009-04-01 22:57:26

Starting April 1st, 2009 China Telecommunications Corporation is to commence providing for their clients consultation, inquiry, and charge payment services at their outlets as well as through their hotline.   Meanwhile, the hotline and outlets of China Satcom will terminate the related business. On March 30th, China Telecom merged the infrastructure business ...

Details on $25 million wireless grant application nearly blacked out

Relevance Score: 4.094    2009-12-19 15:03:20

A joint venture between a Colorado telecommunications company and an  Alaska Native village corporation from Hooper Bay is getting a $25.3 million grant from federal stimulus funds to provide fourth-generation high-speed broadband internet service to 53 villages.   The project would serve about 30,000 people over 90,000 square miles in what the ...

Industry Canada Produces Funding For SADI Initiative And PCI Geomatics Involvement.

Relevance Score: 4.015    2009-09-23 23:48:04

Bob Dechert, Member of the Canadian Parliament for Mississauga–Erindale, on behalf of the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, has confirmed $200 million in funding for the Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative (SADI) and informed a $7.6-million repayable investment in support of a research and development (R&D) project being undertaken ...

Aerojet And NEC To Develop Ion Propulsion Systems For Satellites

Relevance Score: 3.841    2009-08-14 03:25:06

Arerojet and NEC Corporation have informed that the companies will jointly explore the feasibility of jointly supplying low power ion propulsion systems for the U.S. and Japanese aerospace markets.   Ion propulsion systems can be used for geosynchronous satellite propulsion systems and deep space missions delivering significant advantages over traditional chemical ...

Ball Aerospace Selected by Thales for Iridium NEXT Integration Role.

Relevance Score: 3.824    2009-11-18 01:33:02

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and Thales Alenia Space have agreed to work jointly on the next-generation satellite constellation Iridium NEXT program. Ball Aerospace’s possible roles and responsibilities would be assembly, integration and test (AI&T) for the Iridium satellites.   Under the current agreement, Ball Aerospace will apply its payload ...

Aerojet and NEC Cooperate to Explore Low Power Ion Propulsion Systems for Satellites.

Relevance Score: 3.798    2009-08-12 21:47:03

Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE : GY) company, and NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) informed that the companies will explore the feasibility of jointly supplying low power ion propulsion systems for the U.S. and Japanese aerospace markets. Ion propulsion systems can be used for geosynchronous satellite propulsion systems and deep space missions ...

Bursting With Pride, Sunburst Electronics To Achieve ISO AS9100 Certification.

Relevance Score: 3.788    2009-08-12 18:20:50

Sunburst Electronics, a contract manufacturer of electronic controls in Erie, Pennsylvania, is slated to achieve ISO AS9100 certification by the fourth quarter of 2009 in order to extend its existing service to the aerospace, avionics, satellite and defense markets. The certification advances Sunburst's long-term goal of attaining quality management system. ...

EchoStar Delivers ViP-TV To Ketchikan, Alaska.

Relevance Score: 3.702    2009-06-11 01:52:25

EchoStar Satellite Services, a division of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), is now allowed to provide its ViP-TV™ video transport service to the city of Ketchikan’s KPU Telecommunications, a provider of telecommunications and video services to a city of approximately 14,000 residents in Ketchikan, Alaska.   Taking advantage of EchoStar’s IP-Prime Conversion ...

Globecomm Systems Inc. will provide services in Alaska

Relevance Score: 3.656    2009-03-30 18:59:56

Globecomm Systems Inc. , a leading provider of satellite-based communications on a global basis, published today the launch of cellular service for isolated villages across Alaska served by General Communications Inc. (GCI),communications provider leading in Alaska. Under previously revealed contracts totaling $30 million, Globecomm is deploying a 250-site network connecting ...

Ball Aerospace Selected by Thales for Iridium NEXT Integration Role.

Relevance Score: 3.560    2009-10-29 02:21:27

BOULDER, Colo. | Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and Thales Alenia Space have agreed to work jointly on the next-generation satellite constellation Iridium NEXT program. Ball Aerospace's possible roles and responsibilities would be assembly, integration and test (AI&T) for the Iridium satellites.   Under the current agreement, Ball Aerospace will apply ...

GenCorp Announces Appointment of President and CEO

Relevance Score: 3.551    2010-01-06 23:08:03

GenCorp Inc. (NYSE: GY) informed that effective today, J. Scott Neish resigned from his positions as Interim President and Interim Chief Executive Officer of GenCorp Inc. ("the Company") and President of Aerojet-General Corporation.   Also effective, January 6, 2010, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Scott Seymour to ...

General Dynamics To Support U.S Air Force Air Defense Communications Service 2.

Relevance Score: 3.431    2009-07-23 22:20:50

General Dynamics Information Technology has been awarded a contract by the Defense Information Technology Contracting Office to support the U.S. Air Force Air Defense Communications Service 2 program.   The agreement covers one base year with four option years and has a total potential value of $67.7 million if all options are ...

EADS Forms Japan Subsidiary To Strengthen Group Presence In Country

Relevance Score: 3.316    2009-08-14 03:21:40

EADS, the European aerospace and defence company, has established a new subsidiary in Japan to help coordinate and support the Group’s marketing campaigns and industrial partnerships there. From its office in Tokyo, EADS Japan K.K. will aim to strengthen EADS’ presence in the country and forge further long-term business relationships ...

Ball Aerospace, DigitalGlobe Complete WorldView-2 Environmental Tests.

Relevance Score: 3.312    2009-08-17 23:22:58

Boulder, Colorado-based Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. informed the successful completion of environmental testing for DigitalGlobe's WorldView-2 remote sensing satellite. Longmont-based DigitalGlobe now moves one step closer to its planned launch of WorldView-2 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on October 6, 2009. WorldView-2, the third commercial remote-sensing satellite Ball ...

Nicomatic Aims for EN 9100

Relevance Score: 3.308    2009-06-16 22:08:23

Nicomatic announces its policy to achieve the EN 9100 certificate by the end of 2009. Indeed, one of the company's priorities is to further develop their interconnect solutions for the avionics and space field. Olivier Nicollin, Nicomatic's CEO, said: "One of the few existing methods to reach a strong long-term ...

Iridium Awarded U.S. Navy Contract

Relevance Score: 3.294    2009-06-29 10:32:40

Iridium Satellite LLC announces that the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren has awarded one of its subsidiaries a $21,688,808 indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity cost-type contract to support development and delivery of the Distributed Tactical Communications System (DTCS). DTCS will provide over-the-horizon, on-the-move, beyond line-of-sight netted voice and data communications over the ...

Lynx Model Takes On USAF Windiness.

Relevance Score: 3.181    2009-08-07 15:29:43

XCOR Aerospace, Inc. has finished a series of wind tunnel tests of the aerodynamic design of its Lynx suborbital launch vehicle.   The tests took place at the U.S. Air Force test facility situated at Wright-Patterson Air Base near Dayton, OH, using an all-metal 1/16th scale model of the Lynx. “Ever ...

WorldView-2 Testing Moves Onwards And Upwards Ball.

Relevance Score: 3.149    2009-08-17 23:35:30

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully completed environmental testing for the WorldView-2 remote sensing satellite built for DigitalGlobe and has begun post-environmental performance testing.   WorldView-2 is the third satellite Ball Aerospace has built for DigitalGlobe’s constellation of commercial remote sensing satellites. The satellite is planned to launch October 6, ...

WorldView-2 Testing Moves Onwards

Relevance Score: 3.136    2009-08-21 18:30:31

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully completed environmental testing for the WorldView-2 remote sensing satellite built for DigitalGlobe and has begun post-environmental performance testing.   WorldView-2 is the third satellite Ball Aerospace has crafted for DigitalGlobe’s constellation of commercial remote sensing satellites. The satellite is planned to launch October 6, ...

Thales Alenia Space Taking Ball To Iridium NEXT.

Relevance Score: 3.114    2009-11-04 18:54:33

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and Thales Alenia Space have agreed to work jointly on the nexgenn satellite constellation Iridium NEXT program.   Ball Aerospace's possible roles and responsibilities would be assembly, integration and test (AI&T) for the Iridium satellites.   Under the current agreement, Ball Aerospace will apply its payload accommodation ...

DoD Space Projects Will Receive The Ball Boost With STPSat-2.

Relevance Score: 3.074    2009-10-22 18:12:31

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully completed a comprehensive pre-shipment review for STPSat-2, the first spacecraft for the Department of Defense (DoD) Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV) program. Launch of the vehicle is planned for the second quarter of 2010 on a Minotaur IV rocket from Alaska's ...

Canada Supports Space Industry With CAD Investments.

Relevance Score: 2.973    2009-11-24 16:49:41

The Honorable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry and the Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), informed an investment of more than CAD$8 million in 26 research and development contracts. This investment ensures the timely development of priority technologies that are required for the implementation of specific potential future ...

Upgraded Block C Solid Rocket Motor Case for Atlas V Successfully Tested By Aerojet.

Relevance Score: 2.958    2009-06-19 09:02:16

Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, informed that it has performed a successful burst test and re-qualification of the upgraded Atlas V Solid Rocket Motor composite case. The test took place at Aerojet's test facility in Rancho Cordova, Calif.   The Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I) motor case design upgrade qualifies an ...

2 International Leaders Receive Caltech Aerospace Award.

Relevance Score: 2.880    2009-09-29 18:07:51

Two distinguished aerospace leaders are the recipients of the 25th annual International von Kármán Wings Award. Receiving the honor this year are Abdul Kalam, the 11th president of India and distinguished professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, and Yannick d'Escatha, chairman and chief executive officer of the Centre National ...

PCI Geomatics Has A New CEO.

Relevance Score: 2.864    2009-10-29 01:09:01

PCI Geomatics has appointed Michael Hollis to the position of President and CEO of PCI Geomatics Corporation (USA).   Mr. Hollis brings more than 30 years of experience in the aerospace and information technology industries. Prior to joining PCI Geomatics, he worked as a Naval Aviator and acquisition professional, and ...

 

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