Government/Military

Stargroup has selected Hughes Network Systems’ Jupiter system to extend LTE service in rural Mexico, the companies announced Wednesday. Stargroup is connecting hundreds of remote cell towers to the network […]

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Launch Delta 45 will offer launch pads at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to four new commercial companies — ABL Space, Stoke Space, Phantom Space, […]

AST SpaceMobile has a new agreement with government contractor Fairwinds Technologies LLC to explore opportunities to jointly market AST SpaceMobile’s satellite-to-cell service to the military market. The Monday announcement was […]

The Biden administration on Thursday released a new National Cybersecurity Strategy that builds on work of previous administrations but goes in new directions in several areas including calling for expanding regulations to […]

Angola has ordered its first Earth observation satellite, Angeo-1, from Airbus Defence and Space. The satellite will be an Airbus S250 optical satellite. Terms of the deal, announced March 3, […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded both Raytheon Technologies and CesiumAstro contracts announced Thursday related to its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) network.  Raytheon Technologies received an award valued at […]

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel addressed the Commission’s plan to update the regulations related to satellite-to-cell communications at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday.  “Bringing satellite and terrestrial wireless capabilities […]

Maxar Technologies on Monday said it has been awarded a new contract under the U.S. Army’s One World Terrain (OWT) effort to continue to evolve and add geospatial data for […]

The FCC will consider rules that allow satellite operators to operate satellites using terrestrial spectrum, in a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) released Feb. 23.  The FCC said in the […]

The Luxembourg government is deepening its relationship with SES thanks to a new partnership announced Feb. 23. The program – MEO Global Services (MGS) – valued at 195 million euros […]

George Whitesides, former Virgin Galactic CEO, is running for Congress in California. Whitesides announced his candidacy for the House of Representatives seat for California’s 27th district on Wednesday.  Whitesides was […]

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) on Feb. 16 released two National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 draft Requests for Proposals (RFP) based on a dual-lane acquisition approach […]

The Babcock International Group (Babcock) has won a six-year contract to manage and operate Skynet, the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) military satellite communications system. Babcock announced the deal, Feb. […]

Astroscale’s U.K. subsidiary has been awarded 100,000 pounds in funding from the UK Ministry of Defence to perform a study on space-based space domain awareness. Astroscale Ltd. will lead the […]

The U.S. Space Force has awarded MicroGEO satellite company Astranis a contract worth up to $10.5 million to implement a government waveform into its payload. The deal could be a […]

The European Commission (EC) is opening an in-depth investigation into Viasat and Inmarsat’s proposed merger, citing concern the merger would hurt competition in the in-flight connectivity (IFC) market for airlines. […]

The FCC approved an updated orbital debris mitigation plan for Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite constellation, clearing the way for Amazon to deploy the constellation.  The FCC approved Amazon’s orbital debris […]

Mynaric has delivered multiple lasercom terminals to Telesat for the operators’ satellites involved in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Blackjack Track B program. The company announced Wednesday that […]

SES, ThinKom and Hughes Network Systems reported a multi-orbit satellite service demonstration for government airborne missions which the company’s said shows multi-orbit resilience for critical missions.  The companies tested a […]

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded Maxar Technologies a five-year Foreign Commercial Imagery Program contract worth up to $192 million. Under the contract announced Wednesday, Maxar will provide U.S. allies […]

CACI has signed an R&D agreement with the U.S. Army to develop advanced payload technologies, space sensor applications, and resilient Positioning, Navigation & Timing (PNT). The agreement is a five-year […]

Satellite imagery provider and technology company Capella Space on Tuesday said it has stood up a new subsidiary, Capella Federal, to better serve the federal government, in particular the classified space as […]

The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) issued a request for information on Friday for input on its space traffic management system for the space industry.  OSC, part of the National […]

The Space Dynamics Laboratory at Utah State University and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) space vehicles directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, want industry input on new […]

GIT Satellite Communications (GIT) has become an Iridium Certus service provider and will support U.S. government customers with hardware platforms, airtime, and data services. This is an expansion of services […]

The United States Marine Corps (USMC) has awarded Viasat a contract for managed satcom service. Viasat announced the award Jan. 24.  The contract comes after a pilot and follow-on service […]

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) space vehicles directorate is seeking innovative industry solutions to bolster domestic capacity to build high-performance Strategic Radiation Hardened (SRH) and non-volatile memory (NVM) devices […]

The government of Canada is making space launch a priority, announcing a series of measures on Friday to license commercial space launch from the country.  Transport Canada, the nation’s federal […]

The UK Space Agency announced 50 million pounds ($62 million) in new funding for the nation’s satellite communications industry. The funding announced Monday is part of the European Space Agency […]

Thales Alenia Space signed a deal to lead the European Space Agency’s TeQuantS project to develop quantum technologies for cybersecurity applications and future quantum information networks. Under the program, Thales […]