Maxar Intelligence has launched its first two high-resolution Earth imagery and mapping satellites with solar arrays onboard a SpaceX Falcon rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The company said Thursday the satellites deployed their solar arrays after launch and began receiving and transmitting signals, indicating that the spacecraft perform well in space where […] More

Don Parente, vice president of sales and solution architecture for the federal sector at MetTel, said a software-defined wide area network could serve as a revolutionary architecture that could enable federal agencies to deliver secure network connectivity to multiple sites. SD-WAN “uses a centralized control plane to route traffic, allowing administrators to write rules and […] More

V2X will provide the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific with operation and maintenance support under a potential $88 million contract from the U.S. Navy. The company received an initial $15.4 million award to operate and maintain Navy communication, electronic and computer systems over a 12-month base period, the Department of Defense said […] More

SES and Intelsat have agreed on a $3.1 billion acquisition deal that would see the U.S. satellite services provider combine with the Luxembourg-based satellite firm to establish a multi-orbit operator with expanded coverage, resources and capabilities to support customers. In a joint announcement Tuesday, both companies said existing cash and equivalents, as well as new […] More

SES has reached the operational phase for the O3b mPOWER satellite communications system and started providing connectivity services for government and commercial clients worldwide. There are now six O3b mPOWER satellites operating in medium Earth orbit and the Luxembourg-based company said Wednesday it plans to launch two more spacecraft in late 2024 as part of […] More

TaxBit has secured a strategic investment from In-Q-Tel, a not-for-profit venture capital firm, to help advance the development and deployment of its digital asset compliance technologies and accounting tools to government agencies and commercial clients. TaxBit CEO Lindsey Argalas said in a statement published Thursday the IQT investment seeks to recognize the technology the company […] More

Communication software provider Ecrio has entered into a strategic partnership with semiconductor manufacturer Intel to enable mission-critical connectivity and communication use cases for private 5G networks.

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The Space Systems Command has issued a request for information as part of a strategy to establish an integrated satellite network with space-based environmental monitoring capabilities that would provide terrestrial and space weather data to meet Department of Defense forecasting needs. The government is working to determine the ability of industry partners to deliver technological capabilities relevant to SBEM environmental parameters articulated under 2012 Joint Requirements Oversight Council Memo 091-12 and 2014 JROCM 092-14, according to the RFI posted Tuesday on SAM.gov.

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Rocket Lab's U.S. subsidiary has deployed two satellites to different orbits approximately 500 km apart using its Electron rocket for NASA and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. Electron's 47th mission lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, carrying the NEONSAT-1 payload developed by KAIST and the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System from NASA, Rocket Lab USA said Tuesday.

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Intel’s foundry business will further advance the development and testing of chip tape-outs and prototypes under the third phase of the Department of Defense’s Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes-Commercial program. DOD awarded the RAMP-C program’s Phase 3 through the Strategic and Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems other transaction authority agreement, also known as S2MARTS OTA, with the National Security Technology Accelerator, Intel said Monday.

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BlueHalo and Stellar Sciences have secured contracts worth $49.4 million combined to support the Air Force Research Laboratory's Satellite Assessment Center at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico. Both contractors will help the center advance modeling, simulation, analysis, assessment and technical capabilities necessary to protect strategic U.S. space assets, the Department of Defense said Friday.

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Northrop Grumman and SpaceX are working together on a classified satellite constellation for a U.S. intelligence agency to gather high-resolution Earth imagery and help improve the U.S. government's ability to monitor military and intelligence targets, Reuters reported Thursday. According to the report, SpaceX secured a potential $1.8 billion contract from the National Reconnaissance Office in 2021 for the classified satellite project.

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