Avanti Communications (Avanti), has contributed technology to provide remote and off grid refugee settlements in Uganda with the delivery and installation of free solar powered satellite broadband connectivity and laptops to seven UNHCR, (the UN Refugee Agency) sites.ing its satellite technology to support refugees, host communities and humanitarian organizations in the region, through providing access […]
Archives for May 2021
Viasat’s IFC System Heading Into 230 Additional Delta Domestic Mainline Aircraft
Delta Air Lines has selected Viasat‘s (NASDAQ: VSAT) in-flight connectivity (IFC) solution for an additional 230+ domestic mainline, narrow-body aircraft, expanding the future scale of Delta’s next-generation onboard experience. Under this expansion, select aircraft from Delta Air Lines’ Airbus 321neo, Airbus 220-300, Boeing 737-800, Airbus 320ceo and Airbus 319 fleets will be retrofitted with Viasat’s […]
Multi-$$$ SSA Contract Awarded By SMC/SPG To Parsons
Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) has been awarded a task order contract by the Space and Missile Systems Center Special Programs Directorate (SMC/SPG) for Integrated Solutions for Situational Awareness (ISSA) support, potentially worth up to $185 million. The cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF) contract has a one-year base period with four one-year options. It will provide SMC/SPG and its […]
Kleos Space Engages ISISPACE To Build The Company’s Third Satellite Cluster
Kleos Space S.A (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1, Kleos or Company), a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) company, has signed a contract with Innovative Solutions in Space B.V. (ISISPACE) to build and support the firm’s third satellite cluster of four satellites, the Polar Patrol Mission (KSF2), scheduled to launch at the end of 2021 onboard […]
FCC Filing Completed By Lynk—Global Mobile Connectivity Service Via “Cell Towers In Space” To Be Initiated In 2022
Lynk Global Inc. has filed for a commercial operator’s license with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Commercial service is expected to begin around the world starting next year upon FCC approval. The startup’s patented technology will eventually allow anyone with an existing cell phone to stay connected, anywhere in the world, at all times. Most […]
Astroscale Will Work With OneWeb To Innovate Space Debris Removal
Astroscale UK has announced a funding award from partners OneWeb to mature their technology and capability toward a commercial service offering by 2024. This latest £2.5 million award forms part of a larger, beam-hopping, satellite program, totaling more than £32 million, granted from the UK Space Agency, via the European Space Agency’s Sunrise Program to […]
Multiple C-COM 1.2 Meter Vehicle Mounted iNetVu™ Antennas Deployed In Pakistan
C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (TSXV: CMI and OTCQB: CYSNF) has announced that their Karachi-based integrator has deployed multiple C-COM 1.2 meter vehicle mounted iNetVu® antenna systems for the Punjab Land Record Authority. NETSAT, Pakistan’s leading service provider and system integrator of satellite equipment, has been awarded a contract by Punjab Land Record Authority (PLRA) for […]
Mynaric + Cloud Constellation Sign MoU To Connect Smallsats To OISLs
Mynaric and Cloud Constellation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to use Mynaric’s laser communication products to connect Cloud Constellation’s LEO satellites via highly secure, high-performing Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs). Cloud Constellation is developing an LEO constellation known as SpaceBelt to provide Data-Security-as-a-Service (DSaaS) and further secure cloud storage and management services, while leveraging […]
EXOS Aerospace Signs An MoU With Financial Expertise Consortium For Series A Action
EXOS Aerospace & Technologies Inc., has executed an MOU with a consortium of Whitefield International Ltd., based in London, England, and I & J International, LLC, based in Atlanta, Georgia, to lead the company’s $200 million Series A raise. The next phase of the Exos Business Plan is to develop, fabricate and fly the Jaguar […]
Strategic Investment By Iridium Into DDK Positioning For Enhanced GNSS Accuracy Solutions
Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) has made a strategic investment in DDK Positioning (DDK), an Aberdeen, Scotland based provider of enhanced Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) accuracy solutions. DDK uses the Iridium® network to provide global precision positioning services that can augment GNSS constellations, including GPS and Galileo, to significantly enhance their accuracy for critical industrial applications. DDK is also developing similar services for other GNSS […]