Airbus Defence and Space, formerly Astrium Services, reports that its SkyFile Mail software passed the milestone of carrying more than 50 million e-mails in 2013 - a new record for the company.

Astrium Services has announced that it will operate, with immediate effect, under its new name Airbus Defence and Space, a division of Airbus Group.

Christmas has come a week early for Inmarsat as the company has announced that it is to acquire distribution partner Globe Wireless for $45 million, while also confirming the signing of a deal to make its largest maritime partner Astrium Services a distributor for Global Xpress.

Astrium Services has been announced as the new Global Sponsor of the 2014 Digital Ship conference and exhibition series, beginning with the next event in Hamburg in February.

PRONAUTAS has announced two new contracts for communications and navigation systems respectively, having agreed to equip the whole CFL fleet with Ku-band VSAT while also signing a separate contract to install Transas ECDIS on Jan De Nul Group vessels.

Astrium Services has signed two new separate Ku-band capacity agreements with Eutelsat and SES, which it says will improve its performance in Europe, the Middle East and North America.

Astrium Services has announced that it is expanding its VSAT coverage with 100MHz of Ku-band capacity on the Intelsat 907 satellite, to serve customers in the North Sea and across European waterways.

Evert Dudok, chief executive officer of Astrium Services, has revealed some significant details about the form a deal between his company and Inmarsat on the Ka-band Global Xpress service might take, at an event in Paris.

Thuraya and Astrium Services have agreed a deal to strengthen their relationship by adding Thuraya's IP+, SatSleeve and Maritime Broadband (MBB) products to the Astrium Services portfolio.

Astrium Services has upgraded its SkyFile Mail software, which is now available for all types of FleetBroadband terminals and compatible with tablets and smartphones.