PredaSAR will build a constellation of 48 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites, and has projected that the Earth observation (EO) startup will begin commercial operations with satellites on-orbit by 2021, earliest, ViaSatellite reported Wednesday.

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Satellite operators have expressed support and concerns over the use of cloud infrastructures to handle their data, Space News reported Monday.

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Industry executives and government officials gathered at the Satellite Innovation 2019 conference to discuss the Department of Defense’s reliance on the commercial sector for Earth observation and communications tools, Space News reported Tuesday.

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Some industry executives have shared their thoughts on NASA's mission to put U.S. astronauts on the lunar surface by 2024 through the Artemis program, ViaSatellite reported.

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Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy for Inmarsat Government, cited the importance of communications to the U.S. military during a panel discussion Wednesday at the Satellite 2018 conference, National Defense reported Thursday. “There is no mission that takes place in the United States military that isn’t enabled by communication. It is the […] More

A Lockheed Martin subsidiary has taken part in the U.S. Air Force‘s Northern Edge military exercise to demonstrate how open systems architecture could help warfighters gain battlespace awareness and accelerate the data-to-decision process in the battlefield. Skunk Works demonstrated the Project Hunter system in a series of six flights during the military exercise that featured open […] More

NASA has entered collaborative partnerships with 10 private companies in a move to further space technologies built to grow the commercial space sector and support future space agency missions. The space agency said Friday its space technology mission directorate forged the alliances via the Announcement of Collaborative Opportunity solicitation that paves the way for space act agreements between […] More

Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of Hughes Network Systems‘ defense and intelligence systems division, will participate in a panel discussion at SMi Group‘s Global MilSatCom Conference that is scheduled to take place in London from Nov. 7 to 9. SMi Group said Tuesday the forum will center on ground segment innovations for military satellite communications and cover […] More

DigitalGlobe has entered into a multiyear agreement with Australia’s defense department to provide the Australian government access to the company’s commercial satellite imaging constellation. The department can task and download imagery from five DigitalGlobe satellites that include WorldView-3 and WorldView-4 to a ground station under the Direct Access Program contract, the company said Tuesday. DigitalGlobe expects to generate $83 […] More

Inmarsat‘s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch and Hughes Network Systems’ Rick Lober will participate in a panel discussion at the Satellite Industry Association’s two-day Defense Department Commercial SATCOM Workshop that will kick off Dec. 15 in Virginia. Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat; and Lober, VP and general manager of Hughes’ defense and intelligence systems division; will discuss the […] More

A new Research and Markets report forecasts the software defined radio market to hit $29.12 billion by 2021 from $16.24 billion in 2016, or a compound annual growth rate of 12.39 percent. The report notes that the market will be driven by demand for advanced communication systems as organizations seek to retire old equipment, network […] More

A report from research firm Visiongain estimates that global revenue for military land vehicle electronics will reach $3.3 billion this year. The company’s “Military Land Vehicle Electronics Market Report 2016-2026” report also predicts that technology development efforts will help drive sales growth for the sector over the next 10 years, ReportBuyer said Monday. Vistronics also forecasts China will experience a significant increase […] More