Government/Military

SpaceX is looking to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a blanket license to operate up to 1 million fixed earth stations for its Starlink satellite broadband constellation. The application...

MDA, a Maxar Technologies company, revealed that Canada’s Combat Ship Team was selected by Irving Shipbuilding for the design contract for Canada’s Surface Combatant (CSC) ships. Irving Shipbuilding is the...

Satellite communications integrator NIC4 was awarded the Iraq Ministry of Defense (MOD) Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Phase One Single Award Five-Year Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) contract. This contract was awarded via...

SSL, a Maxar Technologies company, terminated participation in the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program, a public-private partnership with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), citing a...

A new $1.3 million (1 million British pounds) MOD investment will be funding the development of a new generation of British deployable satellite antennas. The ‘wrapped rib’ antenna aims to be...

The C-band situation in the United States is once again under the microscope. Respected satellite equity analyst Giles Thorne of Jefferies has released a new report titled “The Orbiter: All Eyes...

Luokung Technology, a Chinese graphics data processing technology company, is strategically cooperating with the National Engineering Research Center for Remote Sensing Applications (the Engineering Center), which is China’s national-level center...

Rocket Lab revealed that its first mission of 2019 will be a dedicated launch of a 150kg satellite for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). DARPA’s Radio Frequency Risk...

An increasing number of states are developing plans for setting-up spaceports, with suborbital flights and small satellites taking the center stage. In Europe, Portugal has been taking relevant steps, as...

The U.K. is the global hub for the satellite and space insurance industry. There are, however, significant issues related to Brexit which may threaten the U.K.’s current position, and which...