SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has carried another batch of Starlink satellites to orbit as part of efforts to provide low-latency broadband connectivity around the world. Read more
The U.S. Air Force and SpaceX are testing the capacity of the latter’s Starlink satellite constellation to provide encrypted broadband connectivity to military transport planes, Reuters repo... Read more
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 23, 2019 — Serco Inc. received a potential five-year, $49M contract from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center to provide repair and overhaul support for the antenna... Read more
A Lockheed Martin-built satellite communications platform has completed multiservice operational test and evaluation and is slated to become fully available across tactical warfare systems. Read more
Collins Aerospace has tested voice communications with the Mobile User Objective System satellite network. Read more
Viasat has launched a modification kit that will help third-party satellite terminal providers access and align with a variety of government-used architectures. Read more
Satellite operators have expressed support and concerns over the use of cloud infrastructures to handle their data, Space News reported Monday. Read more
Northrop Grumman’s satellite servicing spacecraft and a Eutelsat communications satellite developed by the company in partnership with Airbus have been launched to geostationary transfer orb... Read more
Don Claussen, an L3Harris Technologies executive, told SpaceNews in an interview published Wednesday about the company’s role in satellite communications, especially in the development of ai... Read more
Iridium Communications has received a potential five-year, $76M contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to update servers, network infrastructure and equipment for the Enhanced... Read more
Cubic’s mission solutions business has deployed new satellite communication antennas and ruggedized connectivity platforms to support nonprofit Help.NGO’s disaster response missions. Read more
Dana Mehnert, president at L3Harris’ communications systems business, said the L3-Harris merger produced new developments in ground and air communications markets, Shephard Media reported Fr... Read more
Iridium Communications has revealed the first batch of beta partners for the development of devices based on the company’s Certus 9770 transceiver. Read more
Blue Canyon Technologies will support Viasat’s effort to test a low-Earth orbit spacecraft designed to access the Link 16 military data link, which is used to transmit data between military... Read more
Intelsat Invests in BlackSky to Help Advance Earth Intell Work; Stephen Spengler Quoted
Intelsat has invested in Spaceflight Industries’ BlackSky subsidiary as part of a transaction aimed at integrating Earth observation services and global satellite communications infrastructu... Read more