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  • Speedcast Joins Group of Iridium Certus Broadband Service Providers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Speedcast Joins Group of Iridium Certus Broadband Service Providers

    Iridium Communications and Speedcast have entered an agreement that authorizes the latter to offer Iridium’s Certus satellite broadband service for land-based mobile operations. Certus is designed to deliver real-time vehicle tracking, internet, phone and data transfer support for on-the-move vehicles, assets and teams, Iridium said Tuesday. The satellite communications company unveiled the first batch of six Certus service providers in February […] More

  • Arianespace Launches Boeing-Built Digital Satellite for Intelsat - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Arianespace Launches Boeing-Built Digital Satellite for Intelsat

    Intelsat‘s digital satellite launched Friday aboard Arianespace‘s Ariane 5 rocket to deliver connectivity to customers in the Americas, Africa and Europe. Intelsat 37e satellite is based on the Boeing 702 platform and will work to support  enterprise, broadband, government and mobility applications once it begins operations, Boeing said Friday. Intelsat 37e is the seventh satellite that Boeing has launched this year […] More

  • Speedcast, COMSAT Team to Offer Ku-Band Network Services in Govt, Maritime Markets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Speedcast, COMSAT Team to Offer Ku-Band Network Services in Govt, Maritime Markets

    COMSAT and Speedcast International have entered into a partnership agreement to offer global network services to government and maritime customers. The joint offering will combine Speedcast’s 8+ gigahertz of global satellite capacity with COMSAT’s U.S.-based teleports to provide Ku-band very small aperture terminal services for customers that need resilient connectivity, Speedcast said Thursday. COMSAT will also deliver hosting services as well […] More

  • SpeedCast, Airbus Ink Satcom Anchor Station Service Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpeedCast, Airbus Ink Satcom Anchor Station Service Agreement

    SpeedCast International has agreed to provide support services for the satellite communications anchor station of Airbus‘ defense and space business under a six-year, multimillion dollar agreement. The companies said Monday the deal covers maintenance, training, security and infrastructure management services for Airbus’ Skynet East anchor station that is located at SpeedCast’s Adelaide, Australia-based teleport facility. Pierre-Jean Beylier, SpeedCast CEO, said the company’s […] More