Maxar Technologies of Westminster, Colorado, announced on August 9th the firm had been selected by L3Harris Technologies for the design and production of 14 spacecraft platforms and associated support for their Tranche 1 Tracking Layer contract with the Space Development Agency (SDA). SDA selected L3Harris as a prime for its Tranche 1 Tracking Layer as […]
Contracts
HII awarded a million$$ USAF contract to support MAF Distributed Mission Ops
HII’s (NYSE: HII) Mission Technologies division has been awarded a Mobility Air Force Distributed Mission Operations (MAF DMO) task order under the U.S. Air Force’s Training Systems Acquisition III contract — the $79 million task order includes a base period and five one-year options. HII will support Air Mobility Command’s MAF DMO operations and integration […]
The largest smallsat constellation build contract to date received by Blue Canyon Technologies
Blue Canyon Technologies LLC (“BCT” or “Blue Canyon”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, has been selected to provide 18 cubesats for The Tomorrow Companies Inc. (“Tomorrow.io”) microwave sounding mission. In the company’s largest constellation delivery to date, Blue Canyon will provide 18, integrated cubesats and payload elements, support payload integration, conduct integrated space vehicle […]
D-Orbit has a multi-year launch + deployment contract with Astrocast
D-Orbit has signed a multiple launch and deployment contract with Astrocast — according to the agreement, D-Orbit will launch 20 of Astrocast’s satellites aboard ION Satellite Carrier, D-Orbit’s orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) designed to precisely deploy satellites and perform technology demonstrations of third-party payloads in orbit. The satellites, which will join Astrocast’s constellation of satellites […]
Iridium partner SKYTRAC SATCOM selected for French light helicopter armed forces program
Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) has shared that Airbus Helicopters is providing the Joint Light Helicopter (Hélicoptère Interarmées Léger – HIL) French Armed Forces Program with H160M’s that will be factory-equipped with Iridium partner SKYTRAC’s Iridium Certus Connected® SDL-700. A multifunctional system, the SDL-700 is a satellite communication terminal, data acquisition, and onboard server system that utilizes Iridium Certus broadband connectivity to […]
Spire Global’s Space services signs deal for HANCOM inSPACE satellite #2
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”) now has an agreement with HANCOM inSPACE (“Hancom”), initially a spin-off by Korea Aerospace Research Institute and now a part of HANCOM Group, for a second mission with Spire Space Services. Hancom will host an optical payload on a second Spire 6U smallsat named HANCOM-2 and […]
Pacific Carriers Limited (PCL) renews 5 more years with Satcom Global’s AuraNow maritime VSAT
Satcom Global announced that PCL has extended its agreement for AuraNow maritime VSAT services for 5 more years, giving its fleet access to unlimited data with truly flexible bandwidth. PCL uses the AuraNow customer portal to upgrade its Ku-band package immediately and for as little as 24 hours, facilitating video calls, crew training and remote […]
Sidus Space has selected AWS for their LizzieSat™ constellation
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU) has selected Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) to provide cloud storage of mission critical Satellite-as-a-Service operation and customer data for the upcoming LizzieSat™ constellation. The primary mission of LizzieSat is to enhance the collection and intelligent analysis of customers’ space-born data returning richer, more precise data down to Earth in less […]
Ovzon receives million$ order from the UK MoD
Ovzon has received an order for the renewal of the company’s SATCOM-as-a-Service from the UK MoD through the company’s partner, Airbus. The 18 month renewal, valued at $1.1 million, will start on September 1, 2022, and represents an extension of Ovzon’s services in specific regions of the world. This renewal does not include all critical […]
Multi-year fleet comms contract for Speedcast from Lindblad Expeditions
Speedcast has been awarded a multi-year contract with Lindblad Expeditions to expand their agreement to deliver significantly increased connectivity service and serve five additional ships. As part of the agreement, the ships will be upgraded with Speedcast’s Unified Global Platform (UGP) network solution. New York-based Lindblad Expeditions offers voyages in more than 40 geographies across […]