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Policies coming out of the USAF's C4 and infrastructure capabilities office are "critical" to addressing unwieldy U.S. military SATCOMs procurement says Philip Harlow, XTAR president and COO
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XTAR president & CEO Philip Harlow discusses the airborne ISR market, demand for X-band services and more
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XTAR Plans Expansion Beyond the U.S. and Europe as African and Asian Hot Spots Drive Change
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Satellite Industry Delving Further into Ka Band
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XTAR's Infrastructure Facelift Gives X-band a Brand New Identity
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XTAR Wins $8 Million in New Business, Capturing Significant Segment of Airborne ISR Market
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XTAR has been named to Defense Systems Magazine "Super 75" which ranks the most successful and agile companies operating in the net-centric battlespace. XTAR's inclusion indicates the strength and importance of commercial satcom.
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XTAR Global Sales & Marketing VP Andrew Ruszkowski discusses importance of spacecraft spacing and non-preemptible service for government users of commercial X-band in Military Information Technology magazine.
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XTAR provides much needed coverage and technology not yet certified for use on WGS, asserts Andrew Ruszkowski, XTAR VP, Global Sales and Marketing, in Digital Battlespace.
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XTAR President & COO Philip Harlow comments on WSG in Space News op-ed, asserts the DoD is competing on an uneven playing field with the commercial sector.
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XTAR President & COO Philip Harlow Remarks on Government Procurement of Commercial Milsatcom at the Washington Space Business Roundtable.
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XTAR consultant Ret. USAF Lt. Gen. William J. Donahue weighs in on Transforming DoD Satcom Procurement, Space News, Feb 13.
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2011

XTAR Receives DISA/GSA FCSA Schedule 70 SIN for Transponder Services; Award Enables XTAR Expansion of X-band Capacity to U.S. Government Users.
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Philip Harlow explains what makes XTAR successful when it comes to working with the military and government. read more »

Andrew Ruszkowski speaks out at Hosted Payload Summit. read more »

Philip Harlow speaks out on military satcon acquisition, "one size does not fit all". read more »

Philip Harlow featured in Q&A with Satellite Evolution Asia editor. read more »

XTAR Awarded Bandwidth Contract from Intelsat General; X-Band Fulfills On-Going Demand in Middle East for High-Throughput. read more »

XTAR Launches New Brand Identity. read more »

XTAR Awarded Bandwidth Contract from Intelsat General; X-Band Capacity to Support Manpack Terminals. read more »

2010

Andrew Ruszkowski Takes Reins as XTAR Global Sales & Marketing Vice President. read more »

Philip Harlow Takes the Reins as New XTAR President & COO; Denis Curtin to Retire. read more »

XTAR Partners with DRS Technical Services, Intelsat General and others, to provide X-Band Satellite Connectivity in Southwest Asia. read more »

2009

XTAR: Meeting Military Demands. read more »

Denis Curtin and Bill Schmidt talk about how DoD is looking to commercial X-band satellite communications to supplement the Milsatcom Fleet. read more »

Dr. Curtin Profiled in Satellite Executive Briefing, June 2009. read more »

Hear XTAR's COO Denis Curtin and VP of Government Markets Bill Schmidt discuss TSAT cancellation and how commercial satellite providers can help take up the bandwidth slack for military and government users. read more »

SWE-DISH Suitcase® CCT120 Satellite Terminal Approved for XTAR System Operation. read more »

Arrowhead Leverages XTAR Partnership for Major U.S. Government Awards Utilizing Over 200 MHz of X-Band Frequency. read more »

2008

November 2008 Signal Magazine Feature: XTAR Enables Tactical Communications for More Advanced Military Operations. read more »

2007

XTAR awarded a GSA schedule contract for information technology services. read more »

XTAR names William R. Schmidt Vice President, Government Services. read more »

XTAR COO Curtin Discusses X-Band Market with Editor of MilSatMagazine.com. read more »

XTAR Supports Comtech EF Data Corp & L-3 Comms. with Operational Testing for JITC. read more »

2006

HISDESAT awarded multi-year contract to provide communications services to the Belgium MoD using the XTAR-EUR and SPAINSAT satellites. read more »

XTAR's Curtin Discusses the Advantages and Value of Commercially Leased X-Band Services with the Editor of Satellite Evolution Global. read more »

Curtin Named 2006 Recipient of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aerospace Communications Award. read more »

XTAR Begins Commercial Service on XTAR-LANT. Combined XTAR Footprint Includes the Americas, Atlantic Ocean Region and Expanded Coverage in Europe and the Middle East. read more »

Arrowhead Global Solution Signs Master Sales Agreement, Adds XTAR To Its Government Communications Portfolio. read more »

SPAINSAT Launched Successfully March 11. XTAR to provide dedicated X-band services to U.S. and Allied governments when satellite goes into service at 30 degrees West in the second quarter. read more »

Americom Government Services to Market XTAR. read more »

Master Service Agreements with Key Government Service Organizations to Simplify Government Leasing of XTAR Service. read more »

Denmark to Use XTAR's Dual-Polarization X-Band Service Through Agreement with HISDESAT. read more »

2005

"Robust Satellite Capacity Grows" Signal Magazine, December 2005. read more »

Harris Corp's Feed Prototype Achieves Astounding 105 MBPS Data Rate Operating Over XTAR-EUR Satellite. read more »

Harris Corp's New Large Aperture Multiband Deployable Antenna (LAMDA) Operates with XTAR's X-BAND Satellites. read more »

SATMAGAZINE.COM – A Unique Satellite System Aces its Demonstration Tests. read more »

SPACENEWS – Taking a risk on X-Band. read more »

XTAR Awarded Multi-Year Contract to Provide Diplomatic Communications Services for the U.S. Department of State. read more »

XTAR Achieves Overwhelming Success in First Trials of X-Band System with the U.S. Army's 7th Signal Brigade. read more »

XTAR-EUR Enters Full Commercial Service, Beginning a New Era of Military Satellite Communications. read more »

2004

XTAR-EUR Satellite Arrives in French Guiana. read more »

SPACENEWS – XTAR Continues Quest for U.S., European Military Customers. read more »

2003

XTAR Selects Arianespace to Launch the XTAR-EUR Satellite. read more »

SPACENEWS – U.S. Defense Agency Eyes Capacity on XTAR Satellite. read more »

2002

XTAR Completes Satellite Ground Control Architecture. read more »

XTAR to Provide X-Band Services to Spanish Ministry of Defense. read more »

2001

Space Systems/Loral Receives Firm Orders for XTAR-EUR and SPAINSAT Satellites. read more »

XTAR Names Miguel Valverde President for European and Latin American Operations, XTAR Services. read more »

Bill Wright Named President of XTAR. read more »

Loral and HISPASAT Form New X-Band Services Companies; Space Systems/Loral to Build Satellites. read more »