L3Harris Technologies has completed a critical design review for the U.S. Air Force’s first Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) program, the manufacturer announced. NTS-3 is designed to improve the resiliency of the military’s positioning, navigation and timing capabilities. The U.S. government's Space Enterprise Consortium selected L3Harris as the NTS-3 prime system integrator two years ago in…

ABL Space Systems was awarded two U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contracts worth $44.5 million, and completed a funding round valued at $49 million. Additionally, the company began testing its RS1 smallsat launch vehicle, with a demonstration launch planned for Q1 2021. ABL's DoD contracts were awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory and the U.S.…

Viasat is rolling out a new Dynamic Video Encoding (DVE) capability that optimizes sensor data for military aircraft on Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions. The new DVE capability helps aircraft optimize their available bandwidth and video transmissions to and from an aircraft. As military aircraft on ISR missions traverse within a single beam and/or…

Eutelsat Communications and Intelsat secured the 48 degrees East orbital position for the EUTELSAT QUANTUM satellite, in which both operators have orbital rights. The satellite is well-suited for coverage in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region at the 48 degrees East position, and it is expected to launch by the end of 2020.…