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View a video of the The 2013 Vision Awards Ceremony and interviews with key executives at SATCON and MILCOM 2013 including: David Hershberg,, CEO, Globecomm Systems;  Mohamed Youssif, COO, ABS; David Anhalt, VP & GM, Iridium PRIME; Jamie Smith, Director of Marketing and Sales EM Solutions.  To view the videos click here.

View videos of the pre-launch briefing of the SES-8 satellite with Spacex Chief Designer and CEO Elon Musk  in Cape Canaveral, Florida as well as interviews with SES executives  Martin Halliwell, CTO;  Deepak Mathur, SVP-Asia, Pacific and the Middle East; and Elias Zaccack, SVP-Americas.  To view the videos, click here.

Herndon, VA, December 30, 2013 – Andrew Ruszkowski has been named Chief Commercial Officer at XTAR, LLC, a provider of satellite capacity to U.S. and Allied governments in the X-band frequency. In the newly created position, Ruszkowski will continue to support XTAR’s fleet development to sustain current and anticipated government and military requirements, including working with the Department of Defense to assist its acquisition and procurement of commercial satellite communications.

Dulles, Virginia, December 23, 2014--Orbital Sciences Corporation today announced that Mr. Tom McCabe will join the company as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, effective January 6, 2014.

Bethesda, Md.,  December 18, 2013-- Lockheed Martin has appointed Lt. Gen. (Ret) Michael A. Hamel as President of Commercial Ventures, a major line of business within Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC). Hamel reports to Rick F. Ambrose, Executive Vice President of LMSSC. 

El Segundo, Calif., December 9, 2013--Boeing announced the re-assignment to new positions of four executives in its Space & Intelligence Systems (S&IS) business.  Jim Simpson replaces Steve O’Neill, who is retiring, as vice president of Commercial Satellite Systems, president of Boeing Satellite Systems International, and president of Boeing Commercial Satellite Services. He will oversee all Boeing commercial satellites, ground systems, and services.

Framingham, MA, Dec. 2, 2013 — International Datacasting has announced the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer, Steven Archambault and Vice President of Products, Steeve Huin. The company said it also restructured its global sales force to increase IDC's responsiveness to opportunities in rapidly-growing emerging markets.

Wiesbaden, Germany, Nov. 19, 2013 — The German-based broadcast equipment manufacturer L-S-B has launched a new office in the U.S. with the establishment of L-S-B USA, which commenced operations on November 1, 2013. Appointed Director of Sales and head of the subsidiary is Mark Whitman.

Westford, MA, Nov. 7, 2013 — Artel Video Systems has appointed Philip Dubs to the newly created position of Director of Broadcast Sales. Dubs joins Artel after more than 30 years of experience in sales, operational, and management roles in the broadcast industry.

Melville, NY, Nov. 5, 2013 — Larry Konopelko, President of Comtech PST Corp., will be retiring effective January 31, 2014. Larry joined Comtech PST in 2001, as General Manager, and was promoted to President in 2002.