15 April 2007
Satcoms
Hughes Supplies Galaxy
Broadband with Industry Leading Broadband Satellite System
Intelsat Works With Sri Lankan Authorities to Halt
Unauthorised Use of Its Satellite
Orbcomm
Adds More Than 25,000 Billable Subscriber Communicators in the First Quarter of
2007
Six Northrop Grumman-Built TDRS
System Satellites Set New Standard for Long Life and Reliability
Teal
Group Projects Up Cycle in Satellite Market, Led by Commercial Communications
and US Military Satellites Worth Nearly US$ 150 Billion
Wegener to Demonstrate Network Control of HD/SD
Video Multicasts for VSAT Networks at NAB 2007
Broadcast
Mid-Atlantic Sports Network Launches on DISH
Network
PBS Deploys Harmonic's Digital
Video Solutions for Next Generation Satellite Distribution System
RRSat Partners With Asia Broadcast Satellite to
Expand Three Angel Broadcasting Network's Coverage (3ABN) Into Asia
SES Americom Launches HD SNG Neighbourhood
UDcast at NAB 2007: Open Standard for Statistical
Multiplexing to Optimise Mobile TV Systems
Earth Observation
Australian Bureau of Meteorology Installs First NOAA
DART II Tsunami Buoy
Australia to Launch
its First NOAA DART II Tsunami Buoy
Commercial Satellite Imagery Companies Partner with
the US Geological Survey in Support of International Charter "Space and Major
Disasters"
Harris Corporation to Bid as
Prime Contractor for Ground Segment of Next Generation Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellite
NOAA,
NASA Restore Climate Sensor to Upcoming NPP Satellite
Raytheon Receives Approval for Precision Placement
of NPOESS Antennae in Antarctica
Satellite
Images Aid Implementation of Agricultural Reforms
Military Space
Harris Corporation Forms Team to
Pursue US$ 455 Million U.S. Air Force Network and Space Operations and
Maintenance Program
Intelsat to Test
Internet Routing In Space for the US Military
NGC, Israeli Aerospace Industries to Offer Rapid
Response, Operational Surveillance Satellites
NGC Selected for Alternative Satellite Research and
Development Effort
Raytheon Awarded US$
84.6 Million to Upgrade Satellite Communication Terminals
Raytheon Offers a Spectrum of Innovative
Technologies to Solve Tactical Space Needs
Raytheon Submits Two Strategic Space program
Proposals
ViaSat Awarded Contract for Blue
Force Tracking Network Upgrades
Astronomy
NASA's GLAST Mission One Step Closer To
Launch
Stars
Dust Clouds in Cosmic Cycle
Featherweight Celestial Pair Has Uncertain Future
Together
Galaxies
Mystery Spiral Arms
Explained?
Black
Holes
Chandra Sees Remarkable Eclipse of Black
Hole
Venus
One Year at Venus, and
Going Strong
Earth
Cluster Sees Tsunamis in Space
NASA Aims to Clear Up Mystery of Elusive Clouds at
Edge of Space
Mars
Report Reveals Likely Causes of Mars Spacecraft
Loss
Extra-Solar
Planets
Feather-Light Touch All That's Needed For Darwin's
Frictionless Optics
Exobiology
NASA Predicts Non-Green Plants On Other
Planets
NASA Shows Future Space Telescopes
Could Detect Earth Twin
Some Earth-like
Worlds May Have Foliage of Colours Other Than Green, Researchers Say
Water Identified in Extrasolar Planet
Atmosphere
Microgravity
Spacehab to Focus on Space Based
Manufacturing
Manned
Space
Boeing Submits Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle Upper
Stage Production Proposal
International
Space Station Status Report: SS07-18
International Space Station Status Report:
SS07-19
NASA Extends Contract with Russia's
Federal Space Agency
NASA Targets June
Launch For Space Shuttle Atlantis
Orbital
to Provide Abort Test Booster for NASA Testing
Space Tourism
Space Adventures' Orbital Client,
Charles Simonyi, Successfully Launches, Bound for the International Space
Station
Technology
AeroAstro Awarded NASA Contract for Reconfigurable
Communications Electronics
Ball
Aerospace's NextSat Delivers First-Rate Performance
United Space Alliance Brings New Innovations to
Future Space Operations
Launch
Services
Air Force Awards RLV Design Contract to XCOR
Aerospace
Ariane 5 Transferred To Final
Assembly Building
Dawn Arrives In Florida
- A Little After Dawn
ILS Proton
Successfully Launches Anik F3 Satellite
SpaceX Completes Primary Structure of the Falcon 9
First Stage Tank
In
Orbit
Harris Corporation Donates OS/COMET Telemetry
Tracking and Control Product Licenses to US Air Force Academy for Use in
FalconSAT Program
Shared Satellite
Architecture Enables More Efficient Mission Control
Launches
Soyuz TMA-10 ISS 14S
Anik 3
Haiyang-1B
Compass
Launch
Schedule
Business
Alcatel-Lucent Cleared by EU to Transfer Space
Assets to Thales
Creation of a New Space
Alliance Between Thales and Finmeccanica
Products and Services
SkyRAY Light Antenna Subsystem
Unveiled at NAB 2007
WebTech and Iridium
to Provide Intelligent Dual-ModeCellular and Satellite Telematics
Solution
Wegener to Offer Product Preview
of COMPEL II Network Control System at NAB2007
Events
Scientists Meet To Review Envisat Results After 5
Years Of Operations
People
Arrowhead Global Solutions Names Bruce Crandall
Senior VP of Business Development
Raytheon
Names Travis Slocumb Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, Space
and Airborne Systems
Stratos Government
Services President Named Chairman of Mobile Satellite Users
Association
Wegener Appoints Leffingwell
New Sales Director
Satcoms
Hughes Supplies Galaxy
Broadband with Industry Leading Broadband Satellite System
(11 April
2007) Hughes Network Systems, LLC, the global leader in broadband satellite
network solutions and services, today announced that it has supplied a Hughes
broadband satellite system to its authorised service provider Galaxy Broadband
Communications, Inc. of Ontario, Canada. The system's Network Operations Center
is installed at a teleport in Hamilton, Ontario.
Intelsat Works With Sri Lankan Authorities to Halt
Unauthorised Use of Its Satellite
(11 April 2007) Intelsat, the
leading provider of global satellite communications, today issued a statement
with regard to the unauthorised use of one of its satellites by the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a Sri Lanka-based terrorist group.
Orbcomm Adds More Than 25,000 Billable Subscriber
Communicators in the First Quarter of 2007
(9 April 2007) Orbcomm
Inc., a global satellite data communications company focused on two-way
Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, today announced that it had net
additions of more than 25,000 billable subscriber communicators on its data
communications system for the first quarter of 2007, giving the company a total
subscriber communicator base of more than 250,000 as of March 31,
2007.
Six Northrop Grumman-Built TDRS
System Satellites Set New Standard for Long Life and Reliability
(10
April 2007) Six Northrop Grumman Corporation communication satellites in the
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) have set a new standard for
long life and reliability, enhancing earth-to-space communications for nearly a
quarter of a century.
Teal Group Projects
Up Cycle in Satellite Market, Led by Commercial Communications and US Military
Satellites Worth Nearly US$ 150 Billion
(10 April 2007) Teal Group
released highlights of its study "Prospects for Growth in the Satellite Market"
at the Space Foundation's 23rd National Space Symposium. The overview
emphasises those segments within the world satellite market that offer the most
significant opportunities for growth during the next 5-10 years.
Wegener to Demonstrate Network Control of HD/SD
Video Multicasts for VSAT Networks at NAB 2007
(12 April 2007)
Wegener Corporation, a leading provider of equipment for television, audio and
data distribution networks world-wide, today announced its plans to showcase
the COMPEL network control system in a live VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal)
network at the National Association of Broadcasters 2007
Convention.
Broadcast
Mid-Atlantic Sports Network Launches on DISH
Network
(6 April 2007) EchoStar Communications Corporation and its
DISH Network satellite TV service announced today the launch of the
Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), the television home of the Washington
Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles.
PBS
Deploys Harmonic's Digital Video Solutions for Next Generation Satellite
Distribution System
(12 April 2007) Harmonic Inc. today announced
that the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the largest digital satellite
television distributor in the United States serving stations that reach more
than 75 million viewers nation-wide, has deployed Harmonic's market-leading
MPEG-2 digital video solutions for its Next Generation Interconnection System
(NGIS).
RRSat Partners With Asia Broadcast
Satellite to Expand Three Angel Broadcasting Network's Coverage (3ABN) Into
Asia
(11 April 2007) RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd., a
rapidly growing provider of comprehensive content management and global
distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industries,
announced today that it has entered a 3 year partnership to broadcast the Three
Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN) on the Southern Ku-band beam of the ABS-1
satellite.
SES Americom Launches HD SNG
Neighbourhood
(10 April 2007) Positioned to meet the rising demand
for HD sports, news, and special events, SES Americom, an SES company, today
announced the industry's first HD SNG neighbourhood.
UDcast at NAB 2007: Open Standard for Statistical
Multiplexing to Optimise Mobile TV Systems
(11 April 2007) With the
introduction of the first products that support an open standard for
statistical multiplexing, UDcast is making it possible for broadcasters and
operators to increase the efficiency of their DVB-H Mobile TV service, leading
to an increase in revenues and customer satisfaction.
Earth Observation
Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Installs First NOAA DART II Tsunami Buoy
(13 April 2007) As part of
the A$ 68.9M Australian Tsunami Warning System (ATWS), the Australian Bureau of
Meteorology today increased its tsunami detection capability with the
deployment of the first Deep Ocean Tsunami Detection Buoy.
Australia to Launch its First NOAA DART II Tsunami
Buoy
(12 April 2007) Using technology developed by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology
will deploy its first Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART)
buoy station, further increasing its tsunami detection capability.
Commercial Satellite Imagery Companies Partner with
the US Geological Survey in Support of International Charter "Space and Major
Disasters"
(12 April 2007) For people caught in the throes of
natural or technological disasters, rapid and accurate assessments of
conditions on the ground are critical to saving lives and protecting
property.
Harris Corporation to Bid as
Prime Contractor for Ground Segment of Next Generation Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellite
(10 April 2007) Harris
Corporation, an international communications and information technology
company, is bidding as prime contractor and systems integrator for the ground
segment of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellite - Series R (GOES-R) program.
NOAA, NASA Restore Climate Sensor to Upcoming NPP
Satellite
(11 April 2007) NASA and NOAA Wednesday announced a plan
to restore a key ozone layer climate sensor to the National Polar-orbiting
Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program.
Raytheon Receives Approval for Precision Placement
of NPOESS Antennae in Antarctica
(12 April 2007) Raytheon Company
received approval of its environmental assessment from the National Science
Foundation (NSF) for precision placement of two National Polar-orbiting
Operational Environment Satellite System (NPOESS) Safety Net data-receipt
antennae at the McMurdo Bay research station in Antarctica.
Satellite Images Aid Implementation of Agricultural
Reforms
(13 April 2007) An ESA-backed project has demonstrated how
Earth observation satellites can assist in the cross compliance measures - a
set of environmental and animal welfare standards that farmers have to respect
to receive full funding from the European Union - included in the 2003 reforms
of the Common Agricultural Policy.
Military Space
Harris Corporation Forms Team to Pursue US$ 455
Million U.S. Air Force Network and Space Operations and Maintenance
Program
(10 April 2007) Harris Corporation, an international
communications and information technology company, has formed a team to compete
for a six-and-a- half-year, US$ 455 million contract to provide operations and
maintenance support to the 50th Space Wing's Air Force Satellite Control
Network at locations around the world.
Intelsat to Test Internet Routing In Space for the
US Military
(11 April 2007) Intelsat General Corp., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Intelsat Ltd, today announced that it has been selected for an
industry-government collaboration to demonstrate the viability of conducting
military communications through an Internet router in space.
NGC, Israeli Aerospace Industries to Offer Rapid
Response, Operational Surveillance Satellites
(11 April 2007)
Northrop Grumman Corporation and Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) have teamed
to build and launch operational surveillance satellites in a responsive
production cycle to provide U.S. government users with unique, all-weather,
day/night imaging capabilities.
NGC
Selected for Alternative Satellite Research and Development
Effort
(12 April 2007) Northrop Grumman Corporation has been
selected by the U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center for a
contract worth up to US$ 21.9 million for the Alternative Infrared Satellite
System (AIRSS) Program Research and Development Announcement (PRDA)
effort.
Raytheon Awarded US$ 84.6 Million
to Upgrade Satellite Communication Terminals
(12 April 2007)
Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) has been awarded an US$ 84.6 million contract to
produce upgrade kits for its Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical Terminal,
or SMART-T, for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, and Canada and the Netherlands.
The Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) kits expand by a factor of four
times the data rate of existing SMART-T systems.
Raytheon Offers a Spectrum of Innovative
Technologies to Solve Tactical Space Needs
(10 April 2007) Raytheon
Company today announced a new emphasis on providing a spectrum of innovative
technologies to address demands in the emerging Responsive Space
"launch-on-demand" market.
Raytheon Submits
Two Strategic Space program Proposals
(11 April 2007) Raytheon
Company has submitted two strategic proposals for key Department of Defense
space programs.
ViaSat Awarded Contract for
Blue Force Tracking Network Upgrades
(11 April 2007) ViaSat, Inc.
has been selected to develop the satellite ground equipment for the follow-on
Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below - Blue Force Tracking (FBCB2-BFT)
satellite network upgrade.
Astronomy
NASA's GLAST Mission One Step Closer To
Launch
(11 April 2007) NASA's next major space observatory, the
Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), is one step closer to unveiling
the mysteries of the high-energy universe.
Stars
Dust Clouds in Cosmic Cycle
(8 April 2007)
It has been a mystery for astronomers how certain dying stars have their
colossal quantities of material blown out into the universe and shrink into
objects called "white dwarves".
Featherweight Celestial Pair Has Uncertain Future
Together
(11 April 2007) Astronomers have serendipitously discovered
a record-breaking pair of low-mass stars with an extreme orbital
separation.
Galaxies
Mystery Spiral Arms Explained?
(10 April
2007) Using a trio of space observatories, astronomers may have cracked a
45-year old mystery surrounding two ghostly spiral arms in the galaxy M106 (NGC
4258).
Black
Holes
Chandra Sees Remarkable Eclipse of Black
Hole
(12 April 2007) A remarkable eclipse of a supermassive black
hole and the hot gas disk around it has been observed with NASA's Chandra X-ray
Observatory.
Venus
One Year at Venus, and Going Strong
(11
April 2007) One year has passed since 11 April 2006, when Venus Express,
Europe's first mission to Venus and the only spacecraft now in orbit around the
planet, reached its destination.
Earth
Cluster Sees Tsunamis in Space
(12 April
2007) Cluster is providing new insights into the working of a 'space tsunami'
that plays a role in disrupting the calm and beautiful aurora, or Northern
Lights, creating patterns of auroral dances in the sky.
NASA Aims to Clear Up Mystery of Elusive Clouds at
Edge of Space
(11 April 2007) NASA is preparing to launch the
Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) spacecraft, the first mission dedicated
to exploration of mysterious ice clouds that dot the edge of space in Earth's
polar regions.
Mars
Report Reveals Likely Causes of Mars Spacecraft
Loss
(13 April 2007) After studying Mars four times as long as
originally planned, NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter appears to have
succumbed to battery failure caused by a complex sequence of events involving
the onboard computer memory and ground commands.
Extra-Solar Planets
Feather-Light Touch All That's
Needed For Darwin's Frictionless Optics
(12 April 2007) ESA's Darwin
mission will look for extrasolar planets and signs of life. The Agency's
Technology Research Programme has sponsored the development of critical optical
components whose frictionless mechanism can respond to the touch of a
feather.
Exobiology
NASA Predicts Non-Green Plants On
Other Planets
(11 April 2007) NASA scientists believe they have
found a way to predict the colour of plants on planets in other solar
systems.
NASA Shows Future Space Telescopes
Could Detect Earth Twin
(11 April 2007) For the first time ever,
NASA researchers have successfully demonstrated in the laboratory that a space
telescope rigged with special masks and mirrors could snap a photo of an
Earth-like planet orbiting a nearby star.
Some Earth-like Worlds May Have Foliage of Colours
Other Than Green, Researchers Say
(11 April 2007) In the next
decade, when scientists are able to study Earth-sized worlds around other
stars, they may find that foliage on some of the planets is predominantly
yellow - or orange, or red.
Water
Identified in Extrasolar Planet Atmosphere
(10 April 2007) For the
first time, water has been identified in the atmosphere of an extrasolar
planet.
Microgravity
Spacehab to Focus on Space Based
Manufacturing
(11 April 2007) Spacehab, Incorporated, a leading
provider of commercial space services, today announced plans to develop a new
company division that will focus on manufacturing pharmaceuticals and materials
in space for distribution into the commercial marketplace.
Manned Space
Boeing Submits Ares I Crew Launch
Vehicle Upper Stage Production Proposal
(13 April 2007) Boeing today
submitted its final cost volume bid to NASA for production of the Ares I crew
launch vehicle upper stage.
International
Space Station Status Report: SS07-18
(7 April 2007) Two Russian
cosmonauts and a space flight participant launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft
from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 12:31 p.m. CDT Saturday for a
two-day flight to the International Space Station.
International Space Station Status Report:
SS07-19
(9 April 2007) Two Expedition 15 cosmonauts and a
spaceflight participant aboard a Soyuz spacecraft docked with the Earth-facing
port on the International Space Station's Zarya module at 2:10 p.m. CDT
Monday.
NASA Extends Contract with Russia's
Federal Space Agency
(9 April 2007) NASA has signed a US$ 719
million modification to the current International Space Station contract with
Russia's Federal Space Agency in Moscow for crew and cargo services through
2011.
NASA Targets June Launch For Space
Shuttle Atlantis
(10 April 2007) NASA is targeting June 8 as the
next possible launch opportunity for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-117 mission to
the International Space Station.
Orbital to
Provide Abort Test Booster for NASA Testing
(11 April 2007) Orbital
Sciences Corporation today announced that it has been selected by the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Air Force Space
Development and Test Wing (SDTW) to design and build the next-generation NASA
Orion Abort Test Booster (ATB).
Space Tourism
Space Adventures' Orbital Client, Charles Simonyi,
Successfully Launches, Bound for the International Space Station
(7
April 2007) Space Adventures, Ltd., the world's leading space experiences
company, announced today that their orbital client, Charles Simonyi, Ph.D., and
his crew successfully launched aboard a Soyuz TMA spacecraft from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan bound for the International Space Station
(ISS).
Technology
AeroAstro Awarded NASA Contract
for Reconfigurable Communications Electronics
(10 April 2007)
AeroAstro, Inc., a leading provider of small satellites and related technology
products, today announced the award of a contract to continue development of a
modular, Fault-Tolerant Electronics Supporting Space Exploration
(FTESSE).
Ball Aerospace's NextSat Delivers
First-Rate Performance
(10 April 2007) The Ball Aerospace Next
Generation Satellite and Commodities Spacecraft (NextSat/CSC) has shown
excellent performance during pre-separation servicing demonstrations in the
first weeks following its March 8 launch with the Boeing Company's Autonomous
Space Transfer and Robotic Orbiter (ASTRO).
United Space Alliance Brings New Innovations to
Future Space Operations
(9 April 2007) Transitioning essential
knowledge and experience from the Space Shuttle and the International Space
Station to the Constellation Program will be one of the keys to the efficiency,
reliability, safety and overall success of the new program.
Launch Services
Air Force Awards RLV Design
Contract to XCOR Aerospace
(11 April 2007) The U.S. Air Force (USAF)
announced at the 23rd National Space Symposium that it has awarded XCOR
Aerospace a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase 1 contract to
design and analyse a rocket-powered vehicle, which will reach 200,000 feet
altitude and supersonic speeds.
Ariane 5
Transferred To Final Assembly Building
(10 April 2007) The Ariane 5
for Arianespace's second heavy-lift flight of 2007 has moved to the Final
Assembly Building at Europe's Spaceport, where it is ready to be fitted with
the mission's dual-satellite payload.
Dawn
Arrives In Florida - A Little After Dawn
(10 April 2007) The Dawn
spacecraft arrived at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., at 9 a.m.
EDT today.
ILS Proton Successfully Launches
Anik F3 Satellite
(10 April 2007) International Launch Services
(ILS) successfully placed the Anik F3 satellite into orbit today with a Russian
Khrunichev-built Proton Breeze M rocket.
SpaceX Completes Primary Structure of the Falcon 9
First Stage Tank
(12 April 2007) SpaceX completed the primary
structure for the Falcon 9 first stage tank. This tank will be shipped to our
Texas Test Facility for proof testing, integration of the propulsion system,
and a full stage firing to occur later this year. Production of the second unit
will begin early next month.
In
Orbit
Harris Corporation Donates OS/COMET Telemetry
Tracking and Control Product Licenses to US Air Force Academy for Use in
FalconSAT Program
(11 April 2007) U.S. Air Force Academy cadets will
be able to train for and execute space communications assignments using the
most advanced technology available today, thanks to a donation from Harris
Corporation, an international communications and information technology
company.)
Shared Satellite Architecture
Enables More Efficient Mission Control
(11 April 2007) Flight
Control Teams for Mars Express and Venus Express now work side-by-side for key
aspects of their routine activities. The close co-operation supports team
spirit, cross-training and improved efficiency.
Launches
Soyuz TMA-10 ISS 14S
Anik 3
Haiyang-1B
Compass
Launch
Schedule
Business
Alcatel-Lucent Cleared by EU to Transfer Space
Assets to Thales
(10 April 2007) Following the unconditional
clearance decision of the European Commission, Alcatel-Lucent announced the
transfer of its shareholdings in two space joint venture companies, Alcatel
Alenia Space (67%) and Telespazio (33%), to Thales.
Creation of a New Space Alliance Between Thales and
Finmeccanica
(10 April 2007) On April 4 2007, the European
Commission approved the transfer to Thales of Alcatel-Lucent's shareholdings in
the two space sector joint venture companies Alcatel Alenia Space (67% Thales -
33% Finmeccanica) and Telespazio (67% Finmeccanica - 33%
Thales).
Products and
Services
SkyRAY Light Antenna Subsystem Unveiled at NAB
2007
(12 April 2007) The demand for mobility, light weight, ease of
use and fast deployment were key drivers in the development of ND SatCom's new
SkyRAY Light antenna subsystem, which will be introduced at NAB 2007 from April
16-19.
WebTech and Iridium to Provide
Intelligent Dual-ModeCellular and Satellite Telematics Solution
(10
April 2007) WebTech Wireless Inc., a provider of location-based and fleet
telematics services, and Iridium Satellite, the global provider of mobile
satellite voice and data communications, today announced the introduction in
Europe of a new dual-mode cellular and satellite asset tracking and management
solution for the transportation industry.
Wegener to Offer Product Preview of COMPEL II
Network Control System at NAB2007
(11 April 2007) Wegener
Corporation, a leading provider of equipment for television, audio and data
distribution networks world-wide, today announced it will preview its COMPEL II
Network Control System at the National Association of Broadcasters 2007
Convention.
Events
Scientists Meet To Review Envisat Results After 5
Years Of Operations
(11 April 2007) From 23 to 27 April in Montreux,
Switzerland, over 900 scientists from around the world will attend the Envisat
Symposium 2007 to review and present results of ESA's Earth Observation
satellites and in particular Envisat.
People
Arrowhead Global Solutions Names Bruce Crandall
Senior VP of Business Development
(9 April 2007) Arrowhead Global
Solutions, Inc. (Arrowhead), a premier provider of integrated communication
network solutions, today announced that it has named Bruce Crandall Senior Vice
President of business development. Crandall is a veteran of nearly 30 years in
business development, systems engineering and project management.
Raytheon
Names Travis Slocumb Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, Space
and Airborne Systems
(13 April 2007) Raytheon Company's Space and
Airborne Systems (SAS) business has named Travis H. Slocumb III vice president
for Strategy and Business Development. Slocumb will report to Jon Jones,
Raytheon Company vice president and president of SAS.
Stratos Government Services President Named Chairman
of Mobile Satellite Users Association
(9 April 2007) Stratos
Government Services, Inc. (SGSI), a global integrator of commercial satellite
solutions for the U.S. Dept. of Defense and federal and state government
agencies, today announced that its President Bob Roe has been named chairman of
the Mobile Satellite Users Association (MSUA).
Wegener Appoints Leffingwell New Sales
Director
(12 April 2007) Wegener Corporation, a leading provider of
equipment for television, audio and data distribution networks world-wide,
today announced the promotion of Ken Leffingwell to Director of
Sales.
