Madrid,Spain, July 1, 2014 Spanish satellite telecommunications operator HISPASAT has chosen Space Systems/Loral (SSL) to buil Hispasat 1F satellite, to be located at orbital position 30º West. Hispasat 1F will serve as a replacement for the Hispasat 1D and will give the group additional Ku band capacity, in the Andean region and in Brazil.
St. Louis, Mo., June 27, 2014 – Boeing has acquired Ventura Solutions Inc., a hardware and software engineering company that provides custom solutions for government customers.
Madrid, Spain, June 26, 2014--HISPASAT, the Spanish satellite communications operator, held their Shareholder’s Annual Meeting,where the annual accounts for the 2013 tax year were unanimously approved. The Group has continued to grow, despite the adverse economic climate, and has earned a net profit of 54.3 million euros, 5.5% more than it reached in 2012.
Singapore, June 18, 2014 – SpeedCast, today announced the acquisition of Oceanic Broadband, an integrator and solutions provider in the Oceania region. The acquisition will strengthen SpeedCast’s growing leadership position in Australasia servicing the natural resource sector, a market which Oceanic has been successfully developing for several years.
Friedrichshafen, Germany, June 17, 2014 – Vislink today announced it has entered into a cooperation with ND SatCom the satellite communication solutions supplier. The agreement gives the companies access to each other’s product portfolios, and the ability to offer suitable products to customers in their respective broadcast and surveillance markets.
Mountain View, Calif., June 13, 2014--Google has entered into an agreement to buy Skybox Imaging for US$ 500 million in cash, subject to adjustments Skybox’s satellites will help keep Google Maps accurate with up-to-date imagery.
Ottawa, Canada, June 10, 2014-- International Datacasting Corporation today announced its financial results for the first quarter of Fiscal 2015 ended April 30th, 2014. Revenues totaled CDN$ 2.8 million for the first quarter of Fiscal 2015, 47% lower than the prior year's first quarter.
Melville, N.Y., June 5, 2014--Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ:CMTL) today reported its operating results for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2014. Net sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2014 were US$ 88.9 million compared to US$ 69.9 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2013.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, June 5, 2014--Inmarsat and Arabsat subsiary company Hellas-sat today announce that they have signed an agreement together to launch a joint satellite into 390 E orbital location. The satellite will carry two missions; first, the S-band payload (designated ‘EuropaSat’), which represents Inmarsat’s commitment to deploy an integrated telecommunications network to deliver aviation passenger connectivity services on a EU-wide basis and a 44 Ku-band transponders payload designated ‘Hellas-sat 3’ for Hellas-sat, that will replace the existing Hellas-sat 2 satellite.
Montreal, Canada, June 2, 2014–Advantech Wireless Inc., a privately-held Canadian corporation and manufacturer of Satellite, RF Equipment and Microwave Systems, announced today that its sales for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2014 were increased by 22% over previous year results. The April 30th 2014 year end is the 4th consecutive year of profitability for the company.