Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) has developed an on-orbit, additive-manufacturing technology that uses photosensitive resin and solar ultraviolet light for the 3D printing of satellite antennas in the vacuum of outer space. The novel technology makes use of a newly developed liquid resin that was custom formulated for stability in vacuum. The resin enables structures […]
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Redwire Selects A New Chief Technology Officer With Extensive Space Industry Experience
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) has named Al Tadros to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) position with the firm. Tadros was most recently serving as Redwire‘s Chief Growth Officer. This transition significantly strengthens Redwire’s technical culture and ability to take on much larger and more complex technical programs, while also giving an opportunity for Michael Gold, […]
ST Engineering iDirect’s Mx-DMA® MRC Tech Leveraged By X2nSat + Dejero For Cloud Media Production + IP Newsgathering
ST Engineering iDirect has announced that satellite service provider X2nSat is leveraging their Mx-DMA® MRC return technology on the Newtec Dialog® platform to power their Smart Blending Technology developed by its partner, Dejero. Featuring blended cellular and Ku-band satellite communications, the Smart Blending Technology is a resilient connectivity solution that allows the delivery of live […]
Globecast Becomes An Official Amazon Web Services Partner Following A Successful FTR
Globecast has announced that the company’s Managed Cloud Network solution has successfully completed AWS’ Foundational Technical Review (FTR), with Globecast now an official global AWS partner. The AWS FTR enables AWS Partners to identify and remediate risks in their products or solutions, providing specific guidelines to adopt a subset of AWS best practices to reduce […]
ST Engineering iDirect’s Mx-DMA MRC Named The WTA’s Teleport Technology Of The Year
ST Engineering iDirect has been recognized with the prestigious World Teleport Association’s (WTA) 2022 Teleport Technology of the Year award for the company’s Mx-DMA® MRC (multi-resolution coding) solution as well as the Mobile Satellite User’s Association Maritime Mobile Innovation Award. The introduction of Mx-DMA MRC brings forth the full scalability of TDMA (time-division multiple access) […]
Nine Canadian Space Companies Create The Space Canada Association
Canada’s leading space innovators today announced the formation of Space Canada, a new national industry association that will offer a united voice for Canada’s space sector and take it to new heights. Brian Gallant, the former premier of New Brunswick, is the founding organization’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The formation of Space Canada coincides with […]
Semtech + Lacuna Space Join Talents To Increase LoRaWAN™ Coverage + Resilience
Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC) has announced a joint initiative with Lacuna Space to further increase coverage and resilience of LoRaWAN® connectivity. In areas of the world without cellular or Wi-Fi signals, satellites fill connectivity gaps – especially in hard-to-reach areas. Since it is affordable and simple to install, LoRaWAN is the unique standard that is […]
Voice + Video Tech On The Moon Being Developed By Lockheed Martin, Amazon + Cisco
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) have teamed up to integrate unique human-machine interface technologies into NASA’s Orion spacecraft, providing an opportunity to learn how future astronauts could benefit from far-field voice technology, AI and tablet-based video collaboration. The Callisto technology demonstration will be integrated into NASA’s Orion spacecraft for […]
ExxonMobile + Scepter To Join Forces To Deploy Satellite Technology To Detect Methane Emissions Around The World
ExxonMobil and Scepter, Inc. have agreed to work together to deploy advanced satellite technology and proprietary data processing platforms to detect methane emissions at a global scale. The agreement has the potential to redefine methane detection and mitigation efforts and could contribute to broader satellite-based emission reduction efforts across a dozen industries, including energy, agriculture, […]
Collaborative R&D EO Tech Agreement Signed By ICEYE + The U.S. Army
Recently, ICEYE entered into a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Technical Center (SMDTC) to advance state-of-the-art Earth Observation (EO) technology in support of U.S. Army missions. This joint R&D effort will explore low-cost, on-orbit, synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) related concepts. The areas of interest include exploration of […]