Comtech EF Data has received a $4.0 million contract award extension for additional Advanced Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) Interface Processor (ATIP) production terminals from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR).

This is the second of four anticipated production year awards on the ATIP contract. Comtech completed delivery of the initial year earlier this year to support the Navy’s initial fielding of this new capability. SPAWAR has funded $24.9 million of the $40.2 million total potential contract value.

Advantech Wireless, a global leader for Satellite broadband communications solutions, announced today the release of the Second Generation GaN Technology based 400W Ku-Band SapphireBluTM  SSPA/SSPB, Ultra HD, and DVB-S2X  ready.

Globecast supplied distribution services for ten broadcasters covering the recent SEA (South East Asian) Games. Globecast was contracted by HBS, the Production Partner of MediaCorp, official media partner and host broadcaster to provide distribution.

The 28th occurrence of the Games saw this major sporting event return to Singapore after a 22-year gap. 36 sports and 402 events featured in the eleven-day spectacle including more unusual sports like wushu, sepak takraw and wakeboarding.

Narda Safety Test Solutions has expanded the features of its Interference and Direction Analyzer: Spectrograms with a time resolution of as fine as 1 µs now allow insights into signal structures that were otherwise only possible with large scale lab equipment. This means that interference and hidden transmitters with rapidly changing frequencies can also be analyzed and then localized with subsequent operating steps.

Advantech Wireless, a global leader for Satellite broadband communications solutions, announced today the release of the Second Generation SapphireBluTM  GaN Technology based 400W C-Band SSPA/SSPB designed for Broadcasting Applications.

SapphireBluTM SSPA/SSPB from Advantech Wireless offers very High Linearity in a compact single package. These systems are designed for Ultra HD transmission broadcasting and are DVB-S2X ready. The increased linearity comes at the same time with no additional increase in size, weight and energy consumption.

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (TSXV: CMI), a leading global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, announced today that it has authorized its integrator NJ Albert to resell its ViaSat approved Ka-Band iNetVu®antenna systems across Canada.

Advantech Wireless, a global leader for Satellite broadband communications solutions, announced today the release of the Second Generation Super Compact TT Series GaN Technology based 300W C-Band BUC.

The second generation 300W C-band GaN SSPA/SSPB from Advantech Wireless offers an impressive 60% RF Linear Power increase, while reducing the energy consumption by 30%, and reducing the weight and overall size by 45%. In terms of linear power, the 300W unit is the equivalent of a previous 500W SSPA, and of a 750W TWT.

ITC Global, a leading provider of satellite communications to remote and challenging environments, announced that it has completed installation and commissioning of communications systems for 35 rigs in the Shelf Drilling, Ltd. fleet. Shelf Drilling is the world’s second largest contractor of independent-leg cantilever jack-up rigs. 

Headquartered in Dubai, Shelf Drilling has rig operations in 12 countries across four core operating regions – Southeast Asia, India, West Africa and MENAM (Middle East, North Africa and the Mediterranean). 

The Agencia Boliviana Espacial (ABE) the  Bolivian Space Agency and Newtec, a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications, today announced the successful completion of a trial campaign – which transmitted more than 500Mbps over 120MHz on Ka-band.

Globecast today announced that it has been selected by Bright Lights Media to provide a comprehensive suite of services for the launch of Simply Money, a new High Definition pay-TV channel in Southeast Asia. Producing locally relevant, high-quality personal finance-lifestyle content, Simply Money will also acquire premium world class programming from around the world, carefully selected for viewers in Southeast Asia.