CyberSatGov this year will further explore the relationship between the US government and the commercial satellite industry. Here, we talk to a number of key players in the satellite industry about what is next and how the threat landscape is changing as we head into this new decade. With issues surrounding the supply chain of…

Hughes Network Systems announced Tuesday its Artificial Intelligence (AI) for IT operations (AIOps) solution for enterprise Wide Area Networks (WANs) is commercially available. The solution is integrated into the company's HughesON Managed Network Services, and is already in use across more than 32,000 managed sites.  Hughes said the technology automatically predicts and preempts undesirable network…

The White House on Sept. 4 released Space Policy Directive-5 (SPD-5) regarding cybersecurity for space systems, as a senior administration official told reporters that cyber threats on U.S. space systems happen with “concerning regularity.” “With regard to particular cyber threats, I can’t really talk about those at an unclassified level, but suffice it to say that they…

Loft Orbital awarded a contract to small satellite manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) to develop and build the YAM-4 spacecraft bus for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Honeywell's Quantum Encryption and Science Satellite (QEYSSat) mission, BCT announced August 5. BCT will build the satellite using its new X-SAT Venus-Class bus design, which can carry…