KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) has announced that leading Greek shipmanager A.M. Nomikos has selected KVH AgilePlans® to provide VSAT connectivity for crew welfare and vessel operations. The expert technical team at Nova Electronics, KVH’s service partner in Greece, has installed TracPhone® V7-HTS antennas on three Nomikos vessels to date and is expected to continue […]
Contracts
Carillon Technologies Receives Million$ Contract For HOBS Tech From DARPA
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Carillon Technologies a $6.4 million contract to prototype next generation satellite-to-satellite communication systems derived from cutting edge, commercial, Holographic Optical Beam Steering (HOBS) technology. “Lightweight and affordable satellite-to-satellite optical communication is a breakthrough technology, not only for commercial and defense communication constellations currently being deployed, but […]
SOCOM Awards Space Micro $1.65+ Million For Space ISR Payload
Space Micro Inc. was selected by the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida for the development of an Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) space payload for future SOCOM missions. The award is for over $1.65M and covers an 18-month performance period. Product deliverables include both an Engineering Model […]
Two ArianeGroup Contracts Go To Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace For Ariane 6 Launcher Tech
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) has signed two contracts with ArianeGroup to deliver technology to Europe’s new Ariane 6 launcher, managed and funded by the European Space Agency (ESA). KONGSBERG will deliver the forward booster attachment and release mechanism (UPPA), the Optical Safety Barrier (OSB) and the Level Conditioner for the next-generation launcher. The contract […]
Rocket Lab Receives An Astroscale Contract To Launch The ADRAS-J Smallsat
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”) has signed a dedicated launch contract with Astroscale Japan Inc. (“Astroscale Japan”), a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”). Scheduled for lift-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in 2023, the Electron rocket will launch the Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) satellite, which […]
Viasat Receives Two DoD Contracts For Battlespace 5G Implementation
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has received two awards from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) through the Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP) to conduct research that will examine the use and implementation of 5G networks on the battlespace. These awards are part of the DoD $600 million 5G research initiative announced last year to explore […]
Northrop Grumman’s LEO Satellite Payload For DARPA’s PNT
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Blackjack program has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) a contract for Phase 2 development of an advanced, software-defined positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) payload, with options to build units destined for space flight. Northrop Grumman’s advanced, software-enabled PNT payload has been developed to keep forces on target […]
JAXA Awards MMX Mission Flight Units Contract To MDA
MDA Ltd. (TSX:MDA) has been awarded the full contract from MELCO (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation) in Japan to provide a Laser Rangefinder (LRF) altimeter for the JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) MMX (Martian Moons eXploration) mission. MDA will be providing two redundant flight units (laser range finder – LRF) altimeters and one engineering development unit (EDU) […]
NASA Selects SpaceX To Launch GOES-U
NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U) mission. GOES-U will provide advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s weather, oceans, and environment, as well as real-time mapping of total lightning activity and improved monitoring of solar activity and space weather. The […]
U.S. Space Force’s $476 Million Contract To ManTech To Support A Digital Engineering Ecosystem
The U.S. Space Force has exhibited its confidence in ManTech (Nasdaq: MANT), provider of technologies and solutions for mission-critical national security programs, with a $476 million contract. ManTech will provide U.S. Space Force with systems engineering solutions for the agency’s Space and Missile Center — redesignated as Space Systems Command (SSC). With this 10-year […]