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An Airbus Group subisidiary has won a potential five-year, $32.6 million blanket purchase agreement to deliver L-band satellite airtime services to the United States Special Operations Command. Airbus Defense and Space will provide USSOCOM satellite communication services through Inmarsat‘s Broadband Global Area Network as well as FleetBroadba...
Robert Kehler, a retired four-star Air Force general and former head of U.S. Strategic Command, has been appointed to the board of directors at Inmarsat. The 38-year military veteran will officially take his board role on May 6 and become a member of the British telecommunications contractor’s remuneration committee, Inmarsat said Thursday. &a...
An Inmarsat Plc subsidiary will act as a value added reseller of the parent company’s Global Xpress satellite communications offering to U.S. government customers. Inmarsat Government will build and maintain that technology and provide bandwidth leases on the GX system, Inmarsat said Thursday. Susan Miller, Inmarsat Government president and...
Inmarsat Plc has completed its $45 million acquisition of Globe Wireless LLC, a provider of shipping communications services. Inmarsat worked to comply with regulatory approvals and other conditions in order to close the transaction, the company said Friday. The mobile satellite communications provider acquires the business and all assets of the Flo...
Inmarsat has acquired all assets of Globe Wireless LLC, a Palm Bay, Fla.-based provider of maritime communications services to shipping customers, for $45 million. Inmarsat will finance the transaction from available liquidity and the acquisition is scheduled to close in January 2014, pending regulatory approvals, Inmarsat said Tuesday. Rupert Pea...
Susan Miller, a two-decade U.S. government and commercial sector veteran, has been appointed president and CEO of Inmarsat Government, the British satellite telecommunications firm’s subsidiary responsible for direct U.S. government business. She will lead the overall business strategy and direction of the subsidiary, which operates under a...
Abe Peled and Simon Bax have been appointed non-executive directors to Inmarsat‘s board, effective immediately. Peled becomes a member of the nominations committee while Bax joins the remuneration committee, Inmarsat said Tuesday. Peled currently serves as senior vice president of Cisco‘s (NASDAQ: CSCO) video and collaboration group and...
Inmarsat Government has won a potential five-year contract to provide mobile satellite services to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for first responders to communicate in the event of disasters. Since 2008, the British telecommunications firm’s subsidiary has provided satellite products and services to FEMA such as communication devices...
Harris CapRock (NYSE: HRS) has won a position on a potential $65.75 million contract to provide mobile satellite services to the Defense Department’s commands, services and agencies. The Pentagon said other federal agencies can acquire the services under the potential two-year contract, which could run from June 6, 2012 through June 5, 2014. A...
Inmarsat has appointed David Helfgott president and CEO of its U.S. government business, the company announced Tuesday. The 20-year technology and service sector veteran will be responsible for the overall strategy and direction of Inmarsat Government. He joined the company in April 2011 as president of Inmarsat Inc., the British satellite telecomm...
