Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) has announced that their Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., has been awarded a $2.0 million order for rugged, Ka-Band, high power, traveling wave tube amplifiers (“TWTAs”) for a U.S. military communications system that provides a secure internet connection to U.S. soldiers without the need for fixed infrastructure. […]
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Dunmore’s Aerospace Team Strengthened With The Addition Of New Members
Dunmore, a Steel Partners company, has expanded the company’s Aerospace team — new members of the aerospace division include business development team members and customer support staff. With the increased demands of the aerospace industry, Dunmore is committed to supporting current and future aerospace customers. Dunmore Aerospace manufactures thermal management materials for the space industry. […]
KVH’s Second Record Breaking Number of VSAT Units Shipped
KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) is no doubt celebrating after learning that they have shipped more than 500 VSAT satellite communications systems during the first three months of 2021, marking the second consecutive record quarter for VSAT shipments. The company also announced that it had shipped more than 12,500 aggregate VSAT units since first introducing […]
NewSpace Systems Opens Oceania Subsidiary
The incorporation of NewSpace Systems Limited (NSS NZ), a New Zealand based subsidiary of NewSpace Systems (Pty) Ltd., was officially concluded last month. According to Mr. James Barrington-Brown, CEO of the parent company, “geographical expansion is the next logical step as NewSpace Systems continues to grow its customer base and product line. Discussions with the […]
RUAG Keeps It Light, Builds Lightweight Structures For New Generation Of Weather Satellites
It’s a major accomplishment and a large one at that. Six meters high, weighing 1000 kilograms and assembled from over 24,000 parts: These are the dimensions of the second generation of European weather satellites, which in the future will collect weather data some 800 kilometers above us. The basic structure of the second flight model […]
Firefly Aerospace Now Valued @ $1B+ After Close Of Series A Financing
Firefly Aerospace has successfully completed their Series A financing. The $75 million Series A, which valued the company at greater than $1 billion, was led by DADA Holdings, with participation by Astera Institute, Canon Ball LLC, Reuben Brothers Limited, SMS Capital Investment LLC, Raven One Ventures, The XBTO Ventures and other investors. Interest in the […]
Cyber Hardened Intelligent BUCs Enter Market From Terrasat Communications
Terrasat Communications has released a line of Cyber Hardened Intelligent BUCs to increase satellite ground terminal security for industries that need optimized flexible protection. The new IBUCs effectively implement security management control with encrypted authentication, privacy, and access control to assure an end-to-end message transmission delivery by protecting against session hijacks, password attacks, and eavesdropping. […]
York Space Systems Engaged In Larger Smallsat Bus Production
York Space Systems is now producing a larger satellite platform with double the payload volume of the company’s current spacecraft bus in response to market demand. The new LX-CLASS is designed to have a total mass of more than 350 kilograms, up from 180 kilograms for its flight-proven S-CLASS satellite platform. The LX-CLASS will reuse […]
United Launch Alliance Honors Three Small Businesses For Their Support
United Launch Alliance recently honored three suppliers with a 2020 Small Business Excellence award for their support of the Vulcan Centaur program. The Vulcan Centaur is ULA’s next-generation rocket that will provide higher performance and greater affordability while continuing to deliver reliability and precision. This rocket will transform the future of space launch and will […]
The “Go Ahead” Given By ESA For The Second Scout Satellite Mission — HydroGNSS
Following the selection of the first Scout satellite mission last December, ESA has also given the greenlight to start negotiations with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. in the UK to lead the development of HydroGNSS. Complementing ESA’s series of Earth Explorer research missions, Scout missions are a new element in ESA’s Earth Observation FutureEO Program. The […]