Government/Military

In the age of AI-powered hacking, keeping the U.S. military’s vital space-based capabilities functioning through enemy cyberattacks will require the Pentagon and its contractors to fully embrace autonomous on-orbit cyber […]

KT SAT will lead a secure maritime connectivity project for the government of South Korea, working with ST Engineering iDirect, tech company Waldo, and Intellian.  Under the project, ST Engineering […]

DARPA awarded Redwire a $20 million contract to fly a second Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) test as part of its Otter program, Redwire announced Thursday.  The new award funds […]

Branding that associates the Golden Dome missile shield personally with President Trump, alongside its expected $1 trillion price tag, partisan disputes, and Democratic election victories on Capitol Hill may well […]

NASA awarded contracts to Viasat, SES, and Astranis for Ka-band space relay capability concepts, as part of the Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program’s Communications Services Project (CSP).  Viasat received […]

RESTON, Va. — The new Cyber Protection Office at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the secretive agency that builds and operates the nation’s spy satellites, has a staff of 600-plus […]

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Space Force sees space not just as a physical domain, with thermodynamic laws and orbital mechanics, but as a digital domain, too. Indeed, victory in space depends […]

The FCC has named Courtney Reinhard as the new chief of the agency’s Space Bureau. Reinhard takes the helm after previous head Jay Schwarz left the position in August.  Reinhard […]

The FCC made two decisions relevant to direct-to-device (D2D) services on Thursday, kicking off a proceeding to modernize D2D spectrum sharing rules, and proposing to auction 25 MHz of mid-band […]

European nations are focusing on resilience, sovereignty, and assurance in developing their space capabilities, experts from commercial and government space said yesterday during the Defence in Space event in London. […]

The UK MoD has tapped Astroscale to be prime contractor for LEDA, a new defence program that builds on the company’s experience developing capabilities to understand, protect and operate in […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded contracts this week to both Airbus and Thales Alenia Space contracts to build two additional Galileo satellites each to enhance the Galileo navigation system.  […]

The FCC granted Amazon approval for the Globalstar acquisition on Tuesday, arguing the transaction will serve the public interest with improved satellite services.  Amazon moved in April to acquire Globalstar […]

Companies unnamed by U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) have received six Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR) purchase agreements under the ACCESS contract for space domain awareness (SDA), the […]

Ukrainian space companies will be able to participate in NATO contracts, and help shape its defense and industrial requirements thanks to a major new partnership. Ukraine has joined the NATO […]

Iceye and Nokia are looking to develop a satcom capability for Ukraine, under a new letter of intent with the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, announced Thursday.  Earlier this month, […]

The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) National Armaments Director Group (NAD) has tapped CGI to provide technical and project support services for the PICASSO programme. PICASSO is a strategic program […]

Four Senate Democrats are seeking insights from SpaceX on the degradation of the company’s military Starshield system for Ukraine. On Oct. 14, Ukrainian officials reported a lack of access to Starshield […]

Over the last few days, a Russian satellite deliberately maneuvered within “extreme proximity” of an Iceye satellite, according to space domain awareness data provider LeoLabs. Russia’s COSMOS 2612 began moving […]

The U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command awarded BAE Systems a contract to build radio frequency (RF) terminals for a space-based data layer. BAE Systems announced the award on Oct. […]

A Ukrainian defense advisor accused SpaceX of limiting Ukraine’s access to Starlink as Ukraine faces increased attacks from Russia. SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk disputed the claim and said […]

SES has selected Lyntris as the payload integrator for its work for the U.S. Space Force’s Protected Tactical Satellite-Global (PTS-G) program.  Space Systems Command contracted both SES and Viasat in […]

York Space Systems will support a multi-vendor interoperability demonstration as part of a recent U.S. Space Force award for the Space Data Network (SDN).  York Space was one of five […]

As Russia begins deploying its military RASSVET constellation, internal political fractures and slow-moving bureaucracy are leaving Europe completely reliant on the U.S. for security in orbit. And things won’t change […]

In this new era of space defence, Germany has been making a lot of headlines as it looks to ramp up its capabilities. Germany’s security also came into a sharp […]

Kymeta won further U.S. government business in the form of a development contract. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has tapped Kymeta to develop an enhanced cartridge that integrates compute, […]

Northrop Grumman has selected a ThinKom antenna to provide satcom for the U.S. Navy’s E-130J Phoenix II aircraft, which will assume the Navy’s TACAMO mission.   Northrop Grumman is developing the […]

The state of California is integrating Iceye satellite data into statewide emergency operations as part of a new agreement. California opened a modernized state operations center (SOC) for emergency response […]

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has received multiple contracts worth more than $100 million combined for space and cyber capabilities to provide space intelligence data. Kratos’ work under these contracts […]

York Space Systems will integrate a government space domain awareness (SDA) into a spacecraft headed to Geostationary Orbit (GEO), marking the first time the company has integrated a satellite for […]