Government/Military

The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has announced three companies will build prototypes for the U.S. Space Force’s Protected Tactical Satellite (PTS) Communication program as Lockheed Martin and Boeing […]

Viasat has announced a Strategic Alliance Agreement (SAA) signed with Blacktree Technology, an Australian-based communications systems design and integration company, in November 2019. The companies say the agreement will help […]

The FCC released its final report and order on repurposing C-band spectrum for 5G on Tuesday, slightly shifting the amounts that satellite operators can receive in accelerated relocation payments to […]

SpaceLogistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as its commercial partner for the agency’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous […]

The FCC sealed the fate of satellite operators in the C-band spectrum on Friday voting 3-2 on to expand flexible use of the spectrum for 5G deployment, requiring satellite operators […]

ORLANDO, Fla. – SpaceX has managed to bring the unit cost down to build its Starlink broadband internet satellites, but needs to do the same for its forthcoming Starship launch vehicle to […]

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions was awarded an $11.5 million contract from an unnamed government customer to build an advanced space radio monitoring system to help regulate and protect satellite […]

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded L3Harris Technologies a more than $14.6 million modification to a previously awarded contract issued by the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command.  This $14,693,123 […]

In the weeks since Boeing flew its astronaut capsule on an ill-fated demo flight, questions about the company’s testing procedures prior to the mission have started to emerge — putting […]

SpaceX’s roadmap to Mars now includes the Port of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles City Council approved a permit Tuesday that allows the Elon Musk-led company to use a site […]

The U.S. Space Force has completed a new service vision for enterprise satellite communications that seeks to eliminate traditional stovepipes for system acquisition and allow for rapid employment of new […]

The day before Intelsat reported full-year 2019 results that surpassed analysts’ projections, the operator sparked a feud with rival operator SES over an ex parte filing with the FCC requesting adjustments […]

The National Weather Service (NWS) has selected ERT and subcontractor Hughes Network Systems to upgrade and expand managed satellite and wireless services at NWS locations in the contiguous United States, […]

As Inmarsat constantly seeks to serve the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) with the most resilient, flexible, secure, and capable mobile satellite communications, we have arrived at a time of […]

Hughes Network Systems is among the companies receiving support from FCC to expand deployment of rural broadband. The FCC has authorized more than $240 million in funding over ten years […]

President Trump issued an executive order Wednesday that the federal government will take steps to ensure that Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) services like GPS are not disrupted or manipulated, […]

A judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York refused a request to block T-Mobile’s proposed acquisition of Sprint. In the ruling, Judge Victor Marrero […]

The first U.S. Space Force budget request allocates two-thirds of its proposed funding to research-and-development efforts in recognition of Pentagon priorities to build resilient architectures and new capabilities to challenge […]

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Solar Orbiter lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday at 11:03 p.m. EST. Solar Orbiter […]

Lockheed Martin has delivered its third next-generation GPS III satellite to the U.S. Space Force ahead of an expected April launch. Last week, Lockheed Martin shipped the GPS III space […]

The NASA/Boeing joint team investigating the issues with Boeing’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Test found that two errors could have led to a risk of losing the spacecraft had the NASA-Boeing […]

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has proposed accelerated relocation payments for satellite operators that could total up to $9.7 billion as incentive to quickly clear part of the C-band spectrum for […]

Intelsat has reportedly hired law firm Kirkland & Ellis to consider a possible Chapter 11 bankruptcy if U.S. regulators don’t increase the company’s compensation for C-band spectrum, Bloomberg Law reports. […]

L3Harris Technologies has passed the preliminary design review in the U.S. Air Force‘s Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) project. The review defines the spacecraft’s path to delivery and allows the program […]

Intelsat has selected Maxar Technologies to build Intelsat 40e, a next-generation geostationary communications satellite. Maxar also will integrate NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) payload with the Intelsat 40e […]

Comtech Telecommunications announced Monday, that its Mission-Critical Technologies group, which is part of Comtech’s Government Solutions segment, was named as one of the awardees to compete under the Global Tactical […]

Rocket Lab launched its first mission of the year — dubbed “Birds of a Feather” — on Friday at 02:56 UTC from the company’s Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s […]

Speedcast Government is supporting a United Nations agency and an independent national electoral committee in Niger, Africa, to prevent electoral fraud. Speedcast Government has been asked to provide satellite internet […]

Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) enjoyed a 7% increase in fourth quarter (4Q) 2019 net sales to $2.018 billion, compared to $1.88 billion in the fourth quarter 2018, with […]

Raytheon has received a 5-year, $197 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to help modernize its missile warning architecture with a new system that will collect and fuse data […]