ATLAS Space Operations has announced that the Defense Innovation Unit awarded the company the Hybrid Space Architecture (HSA) contract to demonstrate a federated network. Leveraging its operational experience and prior development activity, the […]
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Globalstar’s SPOT Gen4 deployed by UK MOD for RAF Force Protection Training
Globalstar Europe Satellite Services Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Globalstar Inc. (NYSE American: GSAT), has announced that the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has deployed SPOT Gen4 satellite GPS […]
SEAKR Engineering successfully demos optical communications on DARPA’s Mandrake 2 satellites
Originally scheduled for a January 2021 launch, a pre-launch incident damaged both Able and Baker satellites… SEAKR Engineering, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, announced a successful demonstration of […]
Northrop Grumman to build multi-level space mesh networking prototype for DoD’s connected battlespace vision
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and Aeronix, Inc. have been selected to build a secure, connective, networking layer in space that will help enable the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) […]
NRL CIRCE spacecraft participate in Historic U.K. Launch
“The CIRCE spacecraft are the size of a shoebox and we’ve managed to sandwich five sensors in each of them…” A joint U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)/ U.K. Defense Science […]
Airbus awarded million€€€ Syracuse IV ground segment contract
Within the Syracuse IV program, Airbus has been awarded a 10-year framework agreement called Copernic for the construction and upgrading of part of the ground segment for the telecommunications satellites […]
CORRECTION: Blue Origin launches their 5th human spaceflight mission
On Saturday, June 4th, Blue Origin successfully completed their fifth human spaceflight and the 21st flight for the New Shepard program. The astronaut crew included: Evan Dick, Katya Echazarreta, Hamish […]
Viasat’s APG presence increased with their new office in Aberdeen, Maryland
Viasat Inc., (NASDAQ: VSAT) has opened a new office in Aberdeen, Maryland, located in Harford County, on the U.S. Army’s Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) installation — this new office will […]
Planet’s Ukraine photos reveal the good and the bad
Despite the turmoil in the Ukraine — the attacks from Russian troops — the seasonal circle of life and harvests continues. The good news by Planet reveals farmers tilling their […]
Ovzon Derives A Million$ SaaS DoD Order Renewal Thru Intelsat General
Ovzon has received an order for the renewal of Ovzon’s SATCOM-as-a-Service (SaaS) from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) through the firm’s partner, Intelsat General Communications (IGC). The 12-month renewal, […]