MITCHEL FIELD, N.Y., May 3, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Frequency Electronics Inc. (Nasdaq:FEIM) has been awarded a multi-year development and production contract by Thales Alenia Space for the Iridium ...

Ground Control has launched its RockFLEET marine-grade antenna, which provides alternative navigation and timing data that doesn’t rely on GNSS. It addresses the problem of GPS jamming and spoofing ...

Helix Geospace has launched the world’s smallest Iridium antenna, which can operate safely near the human head with minimal performance degradation. The antenna can be used for mobile handsets, ...

Iridium Communications is coming back into view, like a comet returning from the far reaches of the solar system. Some feared the company might be lost forever after it wobbled into bankruptcy roughly ...

The Iridium NEXT satellites feature space grade Virtex-5QV FPGAs in the On Board Processor (OBP) hardware, described as the highest performance reconfigurable processor currently launched into space.

The rare and very expensive metal iridium, part of the platinum group, has tripled in price in recent months as tight supply in its main source South Africa runs into increasing demand. Iridium has ...