Honeywell has partnered with Inmarsat to provide commercial satellite communications for U.S. government-owned aircraft operating across the globe, including Arctic areas. Inmarsat said Tuesday it will offer its global L-band and Ka-band networks through the partnership with Honeywell to support the U.S. government's specific communication needs.

The Defense Information Systems Agency has issued an updated request for information on broadband satellite communications services to add requirements for meeting Level 3 Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program criteria. DISA said in the updated notice posted Wednesday that the U.S. Space Force seeks Inmarsat resellers to provide services and equipment that support the Inmarsat-built Global Xpress satellite and Broadband Global Area Network.

Analytical Space Inc. will use network assets of Inmarsat and Addvalue Innovation to deliver new imagery transport services from low Earth orbit satellites. ASI's Fast Pixel Network will use network systems of the two partner companies to transport satellite-based data across nodes to commercial and government entities, Inmarsat said Friday.

An L3Harris Technologies-built very small aperture terminal has been certified for military and commercial use on Inmarsat's Global Xpress satellite broadband connectivity network. Inmarsat granted Category 1 and Category 4 approval for the DarkWing VSAT offering to help customers gain high-speed internet access, connect to virtual private networks and transmit videos, L3Harris said Monday.

Inmarsat and Singapore-based communications firm Addvalue Innovation have introduced a service to facilitate data transfer between low-Earth orbit small satellites and ground stations. The partnership commissioned the Inter-satellite Data Relay System service Nov. 12 on Sequoia, a Capella Space synthetic aperture radar microsatellite, and launched the IDRS offering after completion of a live data connectivity demonstration, Inmarsat said Monday.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 2, 2020 “” The Space Enterprise Consortium appointed Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy at Inmarsat Government, to serve for a term of up to two years on the organization's executive committee, GovCon Wire reported Oct. 7.

Inmarsat has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with L3Harris Technologies aimed at delivering the former's Global Xpress and L-TAC satellite communications services to government customers worldwide.

Inmarsat and Cobham have partnered to offer a push-to-talk product designed to facilitate communications for global remote working.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 1, 2020 “” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy at Inmarsat Government, highlighted the company's push to support government customers through satellite communications, mobile connectivity and 5G technology advancements, GovCon Wire reported April 20.

Inmarsat Government has delivered mobile communications services to help an expedition team study the South Orkney Islands near the Antarctic Peninsula.

Policy experts said at the Satellite 2020 conference that strict classification of space systems could hamper reforms to the military space acquisition process, Air Force Magazine reported Monday.

The Space Force seeks to ensure global connectivity for U.S. warfighter communications through the development of an integrated technology that could support both commercial and military satellite systems, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday.