Tag Archives: SATCOM

A General Atomics affiliate has demonstrated the use of A-size sonobuoys to remotely process acoustic and bathythermal data when deployed from an unmanned aircraft system to support U.S. Navy's anti-submarine warfare operations.

OneWeb has now raised $1.4B in total funding after it received additional investments from Hughes Network Systems and SoftBank Group. The additional funding provides OneWeb with needed capital to come up with a constellation of 648 satellites in low-Earth orbit by the end of 2022 to deliver broadband connectivity and low-latency communication services to customers worldwide.

The U.S. Space Force has awarded Abaco Systems a delivery order with an initial value of $900K to procure ground control interfaces that will support the service branch's Protected Tactical Satellite communication system.

L3Harris Technologies demonstrated the capacity of a phased array antenna prototype to support the U.S. Space Force’s Satellite Communications Network during a recent exercise at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado.

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.

Kymeta has announced a $30M investment from Hanwha Systems to help the former expand its global market presence and further develop its low-Earth orbit antenna technology and other next-generation capabilities.

Raytheon Technologies' intelligence and space business has started the development of a software-based system designed to manage multiple satellite constellations untethered to any asset.

A new study from Viasat and the Government Business Council has found that agencies see limited funding, cultural complacency and lack of interoperability with legacy infrastructure as among the contributors to deficiencies in defense communications.

Dave Bettinger, a three-decade satellite communications industry veteran, has been named CEO of Electro Optic Systems’ SpaceLink subsidiary. He will oversee the design, operations and delivery of SpaceLink's medium Earth orbit satellite relay system.

A Viasat-made terminal now accommodates cryptography-protected Link 16 communications in support of operations across ground, aerial and maritime domains. The KOR-24A small tactical terminal has been fitted with Link 16 cryptographic modernization capability that facilitates secure access to important information, Viasat said Thursday.

Kymeta has released two new products designed to meet mobile communications needs through the use of cellular networks and broadband satellite connectivity.

A new study by the Aerospace Corp. says the increasing number of satellite-based services and other space capabilities offered by companies presents opportunities for national security agencies to acquire those services, SpaceNews reported Monday.

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.

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.

A subsidiary of ST Engineering North America has demonstrated multiterminal bandwidth sharing via a return link system that works to expand the beam hopping capacity of Telesat's low-Earth orbit satellites.