Technology

Gogo has made a strategic equity investment in user terminal startup Farcast to fund the development of aviation user terminals for Gogo customers.  Gogo, which provides in-flight Wi-Fi for business […]

Sedaro has inked a deal to use Shield AI’s Hivemind Pilot as its preferred autonomy software for on-orbit demonstrations. Intriguingly, the partnership marks Shield AI’s deliberate expansion into the space […]

Blue Origin will integrate an optical payload from Optimum Technologies (OpTech) on the first operational Blue Ring mission, set to launch in 2026. The vehicle will perform a space domain […]

Calian Group will design and manufacture four gateway ground stations for two Geostationary (GEO) satellites for an unnamed customer under a new deal announced Monday.  Calian will deliver four 10-meter […]

Infostellar and Fusic have an ambitious aim to deliver a new software-defined ground system model to customers in Japan and worldwide, thanks to a new partnership. For Infostellar, it will […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Redwire a $44 million phase 2 contract to advance an “air-breathing” spacecraft in the Otter Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) mission.  […]

Quantum company IonQ is making another acquisition in the space industry with a deal to acquire optical communications company Skyloom Global.  Optical communications will “form the backbone for quantum-secure communications […]

SES has signed an agreement with French company Infinite Orbits for a Geostationary Orbit (GEO) life extension mission with the Infinite Orbits Endurance docking vehicle.  The Endurance spacecraft is expected […]

Filtronic has won a contract worth over 7 million euros ($8 million) to supply radio frequency (RF) assemblies for integration into a major Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation program. The […]

Google is launching a new “moonshot” project focused on the future of in-space computing and solar-powered satellites called Project Suncatcher, with plans to deploy an in-orbit demonstration with Planet in […]

Telesat is making a $5 million U.S. dollar investment into flat panel antenna developer Farcast as it prepares for its Lightspeed network. The Canadian operator announced the investment on Tuesday […]

Swedish space computing company Unibap Space Solutions announced a deal with Leonardo this week to collaborate on space intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems. The companies plan to conduct a […]

Leaf Space and Infostellar have signed a new agreement to make Infostellar the exclusive representative of Leaf Space to the Japanese market for its ground segment as-as-a-service (GSaaS) offering.  Under […]

Voyager Technologies on Monday said it has acquired ExoTerra Resource in a deal that gives it capabilities in compact electric propulsion systems used to maneuver satellites in orbit. Terms of the […]

Terminal developer All.Space and network orchestration software company Aalyria are teaming up to demonstrate interoperable communications across domains, specifically for defense scenarios.  Under a new strategic partnership announced Tuesday, the […]

Iridium is rolling out a dedicated chip that will allow Iridium PNT capabilities to be integrated into electronic devices for GPS and GNSS resilience. Announced Monday, the Iridium PNT application-specific integrated […]

Tesat has delivered optical communications terminals to Lockheed Martin to be used on future GPS satellites. Tesat said Monday it completed delivery of its SCOT80 terminals to Lockheed Martin.  Tesat […]

Muon Space is integrating Starlink laser terminals onboard its satellites to give its constellation customers near real-time data transmission. Muon Space said Tuesday that this agreement integrates its satellites into […]

ST Engineering iDirect has opened general availability of its Intuition 1.1 next-generation ground system, with new capabilities to improve efficiency for satellite operations. Intuition is the company’s cloud-native, multi-orbit ground […]

A Japanese consortium of Softbank, ArkEdge Space, Kiyohara Optics, and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) are planning to demonstrate optical communications between space and the stratosphere. […]

Gilat Satellite Networks has received $42 million in orders from an unnamed satellite operator for its multi-orbit SkyEdge IV platform. These orders are scheduled for delivery over the next 12 […]

Keysight Technologies has acquired Spirent Communications in a $1.46 billion deal that integrates more communications testing technology into Keysight’s business.  Keysight, based in the U.S., provides design, emulation, and test […]

Momentus will host an in-space crystallization demonstration for NASA and also demonstrate a new thruster on orbit under two recently announced contracts.  Under a $5.1 million contract from NASA’s Flight […]

One of the big topics at any space conference nowadays is what impact Artificial Intelligence (AI) can have on space companies in terms of improving efficiencies and bringing new technologies […]

Vitesse Systems has recently acquired ground antenna technology provider Spacetime Engineering to enhance its ground capabilities for the connected battlefield.  Spacetime Engineering provides high-performance antenna feeds for ground-based satellite and […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Thales Alenia Space a further contract for the SAGA mission to develop a space-based system for generating cryptographic keys.  The contract announced Wednesday […]

Telesat has tasked Calian Group with designing and deploying the data platform that will form the data backbone of its Lightspeed constellation. The data platform will support bi-directional, asynchronous data […]

Satellite ground network provider Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) is expanding its business to offering end-to-end mission services for satellite operators to access mission operations, ground network, and data delivery in […]

Space42 will help create what it calls the UAE’s first Sovereign Mobility Cloud in a new initiative working with Microsoft. This mobility cloud will be enabled by Core42’s Sovereign Public […]

Swissto12 has opened a new engineering and R&D facility in Madrid, Spain to accelerate development of satellite systems and user terminals. The company has a growing Spanish team of engineers […]