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Audrey Allison, vice president for global spectrum management at Boeing, has been appointed to chair the Satellite Industry Association's board of directors. Ross Vincenti, associate general counsel at Intelsat, will support Allison as SIA's vice chair while Spire Global General Counsel Ananda Martin will manage the trade association's financial assets as treasurer, SIA said Tuesday.

Intelsat awarded Airbus a contract of an undisclosed sum to design, manufacture and deliver two software-defined satellites that support various frequency bands for global communications services.

Hughes Network Systems has completed testing of a satellite communications system designed to provide helicopters beyond-line-of-sight satcom, Space News reported Monday. The company worked with partners Applied Concepts Group and GetSat to demonstrate the HeloSat system in May, June and September.

Intelsat has launched the Galaxy 30, a geosynchronous communications satellite that will provide high-performance television distribution service to North American customers, the company announced Saturday. The Intelsat 10-02 satellite is scheduled to be its first customer in early 2021.

Northrop Grumman is set to launch its second Mission Extension Vehicle on Saturday as part of an effort to prolong the operational life of Intelsat’s 10-02 communications satellite, SpaceNews reported Thursday.

Peter Davidson, who previously served as an executive at Verizon Communications and general counsel at the Department of Commerce, has joined Intelsat as vice president of global government affairs and policy. He will be responsible for developing Intelsat's global government engagement strategy and will work from its office in McLean, Va., the communications satellite company said Monday.

Northrop Grumman has shipped the first communications satellite in Intelsat's Galaxy fleet replacement program and a second mission extension vehicle to French Guiana in preparation for a launch mission scheduled to take place later this month.

Intelsat sent to the Federal Communications Commission a plan to vacate some C-band spectrum to help accelerate the deployment of 5G wireless services throughout the U.S.

Intelsat has signed a pair of deals to procure four satellites from Maxar Technologies and another two from Northrop Grumman in efforts to meet the Federal Communications Commission deadline for reallocating some C-band spectrum to support 5G network services.

Intelsat has submitted to the Federal Communications Commission a transition plan for telecommunications customers in line with the agency’s directive to repurpose the 20-megahertz spectrum for 5G communications.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency tapped Northrop Grumman in March as its commercial partner for the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites program and Northrop CEO and 2020 Wash100 awardee Kathy Warden said the program could help broaden on-orbit servicing capabilities, SpaceNews reported Wednesday.

A robotic spacecraft built by Northrop Grumman’s SpaceLogistics business is slated to reposition Intelsat’s communications satellite back to its geosynchronous orbit by the end of the month, Breaking Defense reported Friday.

Northrop Grumman’s SpaceLogistics subsidiary has docked its satellite-servicing spacecraft onto Intelsat’s telecommunications satellite as part of an effort to extend the latter’s lifespan by five years.

Several U.S. and international companies that include Intelsat formed an alliance to drive the adoption of high-altitude platforms that are designed to operate in the stratosphere and provide network connectivity around the world.

Intelsat has invested in Spaceflight Industries’ BlackSky subsidiary as part of a transaction aimed at integrating Earth observation services and global satellite communications infrastructure.