SSL, a Maxar Technologies company, and a provider of satellite and spacecraft systems will help define next-generation protected communications for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. SSL will develop, test, and analyze antenna subsystem prototypes through a contract with the Space Enterprise Consortium, managed by Advanced Technology International. Leveraging its knowledge of…

Comtech Telecommunications' Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary Comtech EF Data received a delivery order in support of a recently awarded contract to provide long-term support for the Advanced Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) Interface Processor (ATIP) production terminals in support of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR). This latest delivery order against the 10-year, $19.1 million follow-on…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Maxar Technologies' Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec satellite manufacturing facilities on Aug. 9 to view the final phases of construction of the Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM). Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Astronaut Jeremy Hansen also attended the visit. The RCM satellites will be the third generation of synthetic aperture radar satellite technology MDA has…

UK Business Secretary Greg Clark has taken his first visit today of the site that will be used for a spaceport in Sutherland, Scotland, the UK Space Agency announced today. The new spaceport is likely to create 400 jobs to the local Scottish economy. In his visit this morning, Clark said thanks to the UK’s…