Technology

Goonhilly opened an office in Farnborough, Hampshire, in the U.K. in support of its plans to expand its consultancy, design engineering, and small-scale manufacturing capabilities. The new site gives Goonhilly more […]

Boeing has established a new Disruptive Computing and Networks (DC&N) organization within the company to develop computing and communications solutions for advanced commercial and government aerospace applications. By leveraging core […]

The two newest satellites to join Intelsat’s fleet–Intelsat 38/Azerspace-2 and Horizons3e–each serves a distinct purpose, and plays a unique role in the international operator’s continued innovation.  After launching on Arianespace’s […]

IBM Security revealed the industry’s first mobile security operations center, capable of traveling onsite for cybersecurity training, preparedness, and response. The IBM X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operations Center (C-TOC) will […]

Space Impulse aims to lower costs and accelerate times to orbit by streamlining supply chain integration on a comprehensive, global Business-to-Business (B2B) platform. The platform is designed to address the […]

Accion Systems Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Founder Natalya Bailey admitted to Via Satellite that strategic partner discussions began in March this year, as the company looked to execute the […]

By the year 2050, the world’s population is expected to hit 10 billion. Feeding that population will mean increasing global food production by 70 percent — without poisoning the world’s […]

The value of the U.S. space robotics market is expected to grow to $4.36 billion by 2023. Growing importance of on-orbit satellite servicing, on-orbit manufacturing, assembly in space, and focus […]

Thales Alenia Space has won a key new contract from the European Commission (EC), the company announced October 9. The contract will see Thales develop and build an operational ground […]

Sky and Space Global (SAS) has won a grant from the European Union (EU) as it looks to improve network capabilities in regions such as Africa and Latin America. SAS […]

Communications technology developer Newtec has successfully tested its modems on Telesat’s inaugural Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite and confirmed that it achieved operations without packet loss. The modems are working […]

It’s one small step for the aerospace players, but one giant leap for Audacy. The Silicon Valley startup has made news again. The last was in June, when the U.S. Federal […]

Axesat achieved provisional certification of its Bogota, Colombia Teleport under the World Teleport Association‘s (WTA) Teleport Certification Program. Axesat’s teleports offer business services including internet, voice, data, contingency and backup […]

SSL, a Maxar Technologies company, was selected by NASA for two separate public-private partnerships to develop two Tipping Point spacecraft technologies. NASA’s Tipping Point awards are designed to foster the […]

  Early demonstration of new quantum space technologies, through the latest collaboration between the U.K. and Singapore governments, could lead to more secure online activity for consumers in everything from […]

LeoLabs, a commercial provider of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) mapping and Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services, has agreed to build its next space radar in New Zealand. This establishes New […]

Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc. is the world’s leading satellite communications (SATCOM) uplink power amplifier supplier, offering the broadest product line in the industry. The company has announced a library of […]

Iridium Communications has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) and has been collaborating with AWS on the development of Iridium CloudConnect, a satellite cloud-based solution with global […]

Hughes Network Systems has completed the initial deployment and implementation of an approximately 260-site global managed network for an unnamed multinational organization. The network extends from the organization’s European headquarters […]

Lockheed Martin opened an innovation center at its Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) facility in Orlando, Florida. The company expects the center to aid in the creating new patents and […]

ThinKom Solutions and Telesat will jointly develop a Ka-band enterprise user terminal for Telesat’s planned Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation of satellites. As an initial step in the process, ThinKom’s […]

In recent years, there have been numerous discussions and developments in the interest of moving forward toward an entirely integrated Department of Defense (DOD) satellite communications architecture, one that would […]

Rogers and the University of British Columbia (UBC) signed three year, multi-million dollar partnership deal to build a real-world 5G Hub on the UBC campus that will be a testbed and blueprint […]

Viasat CEO Mark Dankberg gave some interesting observations about how satellite operators such as Viasat can monetize the ‘Connected Car’ market. Dankberg was the main keynote at VSAT Global in […]

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has received $3 million in contract awards for design and build of two Ku-Band Earth stations for an unnamed customer. Kratos will deliver two Ku-band […]

Geospatial analytics provider Orbital Insight has made its first acquisition – a privately-held, Boston-based artificial intelligence company, FeatureX. Founded by serial entrepreneur and machine-learning expert Gil Syswerda, FeatureX specializes in […]

Executive leaders from the world’s largest satellite manufacturing companies believe that software-defined satellites are the future of an industry that is seeing a majority of its customers transition away from […]

Nestlé, the world’s largest food and beverage company, has contracted the Airbus-developed Starling satellite monitoring service to prevent losses in its palm oil supply chain due to deforestation. Airbus will […]

British Virgin Islands-based GapSat has commissioned its first geosynchronous satellite, GapSat-1, from California-based manufacturer Terran Orbital, which will outfit the spacecraft with a multi-band system offering wide band solutions in C-, […]

Spanish satellite operator Hispasat and Thales Alenia Space are jointly preparing a stratospheric balloon demonstration for 4G/5G telecom applications. Scheduled for October 2018 in southern Spain, the demonstration will test […]