Government/Military

The UK Space Agency is investing 47 million pounds ($59 million) across 12 space projects, the government announced Nov. 22. The investment will be doubled by matched funding from the...

Cobham Satcom has received a multi-year contract with a U.S. prime contractor for multi-band antennas in its Tracker series. Cobham announced the deal with the unnamed prime on Tuesday, and...

On Monday, Nov. 20, the international spectrum gathering of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Radiocommunication Conference kicks off in Dubai.  Over 3,000 delegates from Member States of the ITU...

Taiwan’s largest telecommunications company signed an exclusive distribution partner agreement with Eutelsat OneWeb for Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite services. Eutelsat announced the multi-million-dollar deal with Chunghwa Telecom on Wednesday.  Chunghwa...

Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed its critical design review (CDR) for 16 missile tracking satellites that will be part of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer. Now...

The White House released a National Spectrum Strategy on Tuesday, developed in coordination with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).  President Biden released...

Intelsat has hired Raytheon Technologies exec David J. Broadbent as its new president of Government Solutions. Intelsat announced the hire on Nov. 13, effective immediately.  Broadbent is now responsible for...

Comtech won a $20 million order for its next-generation troposcatter systems from the U.K.-based Spectra Group to service NATO and European customers.  The award is for Comtech’s Comet — Compact...

The European Space Agency (ESA) finalized its Zero Debris Charter, releasing the document this week during the 2023 Space Summit in Seville, Spain. The non-binding charter calls participants to stop...

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded SES’s government subsidiary a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) for the O3b system. The award announced Wednesday is a single award BPA to SES...