Kepler Communications recently successfully validated optical inter-satellite links (OISLs) between two data relay satellites in LEO. During a commissioning and early operations phase, Kepler established optical inter-satellite links between two […]
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Videosoft Global and Viasat use AI-powered video streaming to provide real-time industrial monitoring
Videosoft Global, a Viasat ELEVATE partner, and Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), provider of satellite communications, agree to integrate Videosoft’s video streaming technology into INTELIE — Viasat’s operational AI platform. The agreement […]
Lockheed Martin: Smallsat rapid development facility opens + also completes the CDR for SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has opened a facility that streamlines small satellite (smallsat) processing to enable high-rate delivery. The multi-million dollar facility will house the company’s Space Development Agency (SDA) […]
Raytheon Technologies + SpiderOak collaborate to secure SATCOM in pLEO
Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) BBN division and SpiderOak have announced a strategic partnership to develop and field a new generation of zero-trust security systems for SATCOM in proliferated Low Earth […]
Cubic awarded U.S.A.F. contract for Halo™ -Enabled Resilient Mesh (HERMes) System
Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions (CMPS) was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Air Force Research & Development (R&D) program for Halo-Enabled Resilient Mesh (HERMes) software and a hardware […]
Lockheed Martin and Innoflight are strategic space avionics suppliers of 42 space vehicles on SDA T1TL program
After teaming with Innoflight on T0TL, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Terran Orbital (NYSE: LLAP) are teaming again with Innoflight as a strategic avionics supplier for the SDA (Space Development […]
Space Development Agency’s layered network of military satellites is now the “Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture”
As of last month, the Space Development Agency’s resilient layered network of military satellites and supporting elements is now the “Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture” or PWSA This architecture, formerly known […]
Follow-up win for ND SATCOM with Poland’s MOD
On the heels of a significant SKYWAN modem deal earlier this year, ND SATCOM has received a follow-up order worth 1.5 million euros from its Polish partner, GISS Sp.z o.o. […]
Lockheed Martin taking space-augmented JADO (Joint All-Domain Operations) from concept to orbit in 2023
To date, limited experiments on Earth show how space could potentially enhance Joint All-Domain Operations (JADO) — but that’s about to change quite significantly. In 2023, Lockheed Martin will launch […]
Northrop Grumman selects Airbus U.S. Space — Defense Inc. to supply 42 satellite bus platforms
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) (NYSE: NOC) has selected Airbus U.S. Space & Defense Inc. as the commercial provider of satellite platforms for NGC’s proliferated-LEO constellation. Under the terms of the […]