California-based Viasat, which also owns London-based Inmarsat, says it was one of the victims in the “Salt Typhoon” hack against telecommunications providers. ‘Salt Typhoon’ is believed to be China-backed although […]
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Open Cosmos + Astroscale partner on £5.15 million UK Defence contract for Orpheus mission to enhance SSA
Open Cosmos and Astroscale Ltd. have been awarded a contract worth £5.15 million by the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence […]
Pulsar Fusion expanding to U.S. with a new Texas office plus signs MoU with Thales Alenia Space
Pulsar Fusion has announced a series of major developments as the company expands its global footprint, advances key partnerships and also showcases its vision for interplanetary travel. The company is […]
Europe building AI infrastructure with Nvidia
Nvidia has announced it is working with European nations, and technology and industry leaders, to build Nvidia Blackwell AI infrastructure that will strengthen digital sovereignty, support economic growth and aim to […]
Forrester’s Digest: VodafoneThree investing £11bn in UK 5G
Vodafone, now more accurately called VodafoneThree following its £15 billion merger with Three, says it will connect its 27 million customers wherever they are in the UK, and “by this […]
Hanwha Systems Exits Eutelsat OneWeb Stake, Focusing on Military Satellite Business
Hanwha Systems has sold its entire 5.4% stake in Eutelsat OneWeb, Europe’s leading satellite communications company. With the company’s value shrinking to about one-third of its purchase price, Hanwha Systems […]
Forrester’s Digest: MDA ups bid for SatixFy by massive 43%
Canadian-based satellite construction specialists MDA has increased its offer to buy satcom technology provider SatixFy by 43 percent as it faced a competing bid. The increased offer values SatixFy at […]
Airbus next-generation Skynet satellite recently attained a major milestone
The UK’s next-generation military communications satellite—Skynet 6A—has successfully completed the coupling of its communications and service modules. The Airbus Skynet satellite program has provided the UK military with sovereign capability […]
Novaspace reports Starlink outpaces launches: SpaceX enters new era of profitability
According to a new analysis from Novaspace, SpaceX generated an estimated $11.8 billion in revenue in 2024, with Starlink overtaking its space transportation division for the first time. The company’s […]
Screen Time Shock: Brits now spend 60 full days a year streaming content
In the era of infinite content, it seems Brits are having a good go at watching as much of it as possible, and Gen Z is emerging as the driving […]