Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed an amendment to its CO2M contract worth €169 million with project prime contractor OHB for the development and qualification of the payloads for the first two satellites in the CO2M mission, part of Europe’s Copernicus program. Copernicus is the core satellite […]
Contracts
ESA Contracts Airbus For Further Development Of The Agency’s LISA Mission
Airbus has been awarded a contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to further develop the implementation of LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna), one of the most ambitious science missions ESA has planned to date. With Phase B1 now underway, the detailed mission design and final technology development activities for the gravitational wave observatory are […]
A Major NATO Airborne Contract Goes To Horizon Technologies For Their Flying Fish™ Airborne SIGINT System
Horizon Technologies has been assigned a £2 million contract by a NATO customer for the company’s FlyingFish™ airborne SIGINT system. This follows a number of 1Q 2022 orders from a variety of customers around the world seeking to upgrade their ISR capabilities. Horizon Technologies’ FlyingFish™ system is currently involved in NATO operations along the Ukrainian […]
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace Enlists NanoAvionics For Three Surveillance Satellites
In combination with advanced data analysis, the surveillance capacity will contribute to defense operations and Norway’s important role in surveillance of the High North. Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (Kongsberg) has placed an order for three microsatellites with Lithuanian mission integrator NanoAvionics for a space-based maritime surveillance mission covering the North Sea area. All three […]
NASA Selects Firms For NOAA Atmospheric Composition Instrument Study
On behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA has selected two firms for the Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Atmospheric Composition (ACX) instrument Phase A Study. These firms will provide services to help meet the objectives of NOAA’s GeoXO program. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colorado, and Raytheon Intelligence & Space […]
L3Harris’ $297 Million Tactical Radio Contract Ceiling Increase From U.S. Special Operations Command
L3Harris Technologies received a $297 million IDIQ contract increase for its Falcon® IV AN/PRC-167 radio systems from the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). USSOCOM increased the initial IDIQ ceiling from $255 million to $552 million. This follows two orders in Q4 2021 totalling $36 million, the latest in a series of full-rate production orders in support […]
ABS Receives A Multi-Year Multi-Link Contract With Seanet Technologies Myanmar For O&G Comms Services
ABS has secured a multi-year, multi-link contract with Seanet Technologies Myanmar Co. Ltd. (SEANET), a VSAT service provider to expand its oil and gas communications services — this deal will deliver satellite connectivity to the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea around Myanmar via ABS-2. ABS offers a high-performance VSAT solution catered specifically to […]
SBCs For JPL’s SunRISE Mission Delivered By Voyager Space’s Space Micro
Space Micro Inc., powered by Voyager Space, recently delivered a total of seven (7), flight-level, Single Board Computers (SBCs) to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of Pasadena, California, for the Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE). Slated for a 2024-2025 launch, SunRISE will collect data obtained by a smallsat array to help scientists better understand […]
iDirect To Provide Significant Evolution Platform Upgrade To InterSAT Communications Services
ST Engineering iDirect will provide InterSAT Communication Services FZCO with a significant technology upgrade, enabling them to deliver enhanced services to their customers across the African continent — this upgrade to their existing Evolution® platform will allow InterSAT to leverage new technologies and efficiencies to remain competitive in an increasingly challenging market. One of the […]
SpaceBridge Receives A Multi-Million$$ Satellite Network Infrastructure Order From Hellas Sat
Hellas Sat has awarded SpaceBridge an end-to-end VSAT project that will consist of two VSAT platforms to provide a fully encrypted, SATCOM hybrid platform that will simultaneously support Star & Mesh network topologies. SpaceBridge will provide two, fully redundant Teleports and User Terminals to serve important and critical locations for Hellas Sat end customers. “We […]