Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (Kongsberg) has won a key government contract in Norway. The Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS) on behalf of the Norwegian government has tapped Kongsberg to provide satellite maritime surveillance data to cover Norwegian Areas of Interest. The contract covers four years of service from 2025, when the satellites will be launched and operational.…

Unseenlabs, a France-based detection and geolocation company that specializes in maritime surveillance, closed on its latest financing round of 85 million euros ($92 million), the company announced Tuesday. New investors Supernova Invest, ISALT, and UNEXO led the funding round. The company provides maritime surveillance from space with its constellation of satellites dedicated to detecting radio…

Virgin Voyages will be the first cruise operator to deploy an integrated SES Cruise mPOWERED + Starlink PRO offering to its customers. Combining Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) and Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite coverage, it will provide connectivity of up to 1.5 Gbps per ship. Launched in 2021, Virgin Voyages offers adult-only voyages and sails to more…

Maritime service provider KVH Industries is stepping away from hardware manufacturing to focus on its position as a hardware-agnostic multi-orbit connectivity provider. This comes after KVH added Starlink and Eutelsat OneWeb to its connectivity portfolio.  The company is laying off about 20% of its workforce, about 75 employees with this change.  KVH Chairman David Tolley…