The United States Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) officially awarded global communications company Viasat an eight-year, firm-fixed price contract to provide U.S. government senior leader and VIP aircraft with in-flight broadband and connectivity services. The base year award value is $55.6 million. The period of performance for the base year award is Sept. 1, 2018, through…

DigitalGlobe, a Maxar Technologies company, received a renewal award for the Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery (Global EGD) contract from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Global EGD provides U.S. government users with on-demand access to mission-ready, high-resolution satellite imagery in multiple classification levels, typically within two to four hours after image collection. Global EGD has…

Cubic's Mission Solutions (CMS) business division received orders worth more than $55 million to deliver its inflatable satellite communication and networking systems to the U.S. Army. These orders will satisfy the Army's upcoming fielding need for 1.2- and 2.4-meter Ground Antenna Transmit and Receive (GATR) systems, associated spares, as well as training and sustainment support.…

Speedcast made news recently of its on-going acquisition of Globecomm, marking the latest buyout of Speedcast Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Pierre-Jean Beylier’s 16-company spree, starting in 2012. The $135 million purchase of the U.S.-based remote communications and infrastructure provider is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year. When complete, this latest transaction…