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Ericsson and Inmarsat sign a strategic agreement that will transform the future of the connected ship

November 19th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

19 November 2015 – Inmarsat and Ericsson have signed a strategic maritime agreement that is intended to facilitate the sharing of cargo, logistics and vessel operational data to help streamline the maritime supply chain.

Airbus Defence and Space signs contract with ESA for C/D phase of NEOSAT programme

November 17th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

17 November 2015 – Through a contract signed today with the European Space Agency (ESA), Airbus Defence and Space continues to develop Eurostar Neo, its new generation of platforms for geostationary telecommunication satellites.

Airbus Defence and Space delivers first ACES Ground Terminal

November 13th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

13 November 2015 – Airbus Defence and Space has delivered the first ACES Ground Terminal to the German National Metrology Institute (PhysikalischTechnische Bundesanstalt, PTB) in Braunschweig (Germany).

Ariane 5 launch: another double success for Airbus Defence and Space

November 11th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

11 November 2015 – Ariane 5 has been flawlessly launched from Kourou, French Guiana, for the 69th consecutive time, placing in orbit ARABSAT-6B (BADR-7), a satellite developed by Airbus Defence and Space with Thales Alenia Space for Arabsat, ...

Airbus Defence and Space delivery for Orion spacecraft brings crewed flight into deep space one step closer

November 9th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

9 November 2015 – Airbus Defence and Space delivered the first structural test model (STA) of the Orion service module, to NASA’s Plum Brook Station test centre in Sandusky, Ohio (USA). The hardware is the first of a series of service modules...

Singapore Airlines to adopt GX Aviation to deliver high-speed connectivity for long-haul passengers

November 9th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

9 November 2015 – Inmarsat, the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, today confirmed that Singapore Airlines is to deploy its GX Aviation high-speed connectivity service for passengers on-board its long-haul fl...

Airbus Defence and Space launches XEBRA – Military satellite communications service with world’s smallest and lightest X-band terminal

November 3rd, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

3 November 2015 – Airbus Defence and Space has launched its new XEBRA (Zee-brah) X-band milsatcom service using the world’s most compact X-band terminals and the Skynet satellite network. The XEBRA service provides superior global communicati...

Out of the World Success for OSS

November 2nd, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

2 November 2015 – Success for Harwell-based Oxford Space Systems (OSS) continues with the winning of two national awards at the National British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs) 2015, which took place in London on 29 October.

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