Government/Military

Katalyst Space has won a major new contract from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) as the U.S. Government looks to tap into the latest deorbiting technologies. Katalyst Space will now […]

Gilat Satellite Networks has won a new connectivity deal in Peru, a country with a population of around 35 million people. Gilat Peru has signed a $14 million deal with […]

The U.S Space Force has awarded a series of contracts to five companies as it looks to reap the benefits of a a more diverse multi-vendor architecture approach related to […]

The Rwanda Government is looking to tap more into the benefits of satellite technology. It is teaming up with Planet Labs as it plans to launch a new national program […]

Impulse Space has won further business with U.S. Space Force. It has won a $28 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract extension in support of two missions: […]

Marlink has made a significant move as it looks to better position itself in the European government, defense and critical infrastructure markets. It is to acquire Global RadioData Communications (GRC), […]

Space42 has signed a key new sovereign national security deal with Leonardo DRS to boost security across the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The MoU will see Leonardo DRS contribute its […]

Voyager Technologies will develop space-to-space communication capabilities for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command in a major new contract win announced late Monday. Under the contract, Voyager will develop […]

After operating for almost two years as a trio, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may finally sit a fourth member. On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump nominated FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s […]

IonQ‘s Capella Space, Iceye US, and Umbra have received Radar Commercial Augmentation (RCA) sole source contracts from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for commercial synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, the […]

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded $615 million in Other Transaction Authority contracts for Space Based Airborne Moving Target Indication (SB-AMTI) to Rocket Lab, STR LLC, and […]

Telesat signed a $1.9 billion (U.S. dollar) contract with the government of Canada for Arctic military satcom connectivity and will expand the Lightspeed constellation by 69 satellites to fulfill the […]

Hisdesat has contracted Airbus and Thales Alenia Space to build the SpainSat NG-III secure satellite communications satellite for Spain.  Airbus, the prime contractor, announced the award on July 31. As […]

Spacecraft manufacturer Fortastra and industrial manufacturer Hadrian signed an MoU that establishes a framework for technical collaboration to build advanced spacecraft that can help address urgent national security space missions, […]

True Anomaly detailed a space-to-space pursuit between the Rocket Lab-built Puma spacecraft and the True Anomaly Jackal-0004 spacecraft as part of the Victus Haze mission for the U.S. Space Force.  […]

Eutelsat detailed a recently signed MoU with Poland to help support Europe’s flagship IRIS² program. Under the agreement, Eutelsat and Polish institutions will collaborate on the development of secure satellite […]

The FCC voted to approve another C-band auction on Wednesday, which will see satellite operators clear 160 megahertz of the upper C-band.  This C-band auction looks to build on the […]

The FCC approved an overhaul of its space and earth station licensing process on Wednesday to create what it calls a “licensing assembly line.”  The order passed on Wednesday discards […]

Poland has committed 656 million euro ($748 million) to Europe’s IRIS² constellation, which will fund nearly 10% of the constellation.  Under the agreement signed Tuesday in Warsaw, Poland will fund […]

Signals intelligence company HawkEye 360 reports demonstrating tactical direct downlink while participating in the multilateral Valiant Shield military training alongside Lockheed Martin.  HawkEye 360 detailed a machine-to-machine pipeline with Lockheed […]

Building U.S. space-based moving target indication systems and the capability to disrupt Chinese military space systems is a top deterrence priority for U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess, he […]

Slingshot Aerospace has won a contract worth almost $70 million with the U.S. Space Force, a contract the company is calling the largest in its history. The contract will see […]

Update: SpaceX launched the SDA mission on Thursday afternoon from Vandenberg at 4:33 p.m. ET.  After a nine month pause in launches, the Space Development Agency (SDA) on Thursday plans […]

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) awarded Parsons Corporation subsidiary Space Ground System Solutions a contract to continue its work supporting satellite ground systems software and operations at the Blossom […]

L3Harris Technologies is receiving $955 million and Sierra Space $798 million under fixed price Other Transaction Authority (OTA) rapid prototyping contracts for an expedited launch of Tranche 3, Tracking Layer satellites […]

Telesat has reached an agreement with the Canadian government to provide Military Ka-band satellite capacity for Canada’s Enhanced Satellite Communications Project – Polar (ESCP-P) program. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney […]

The field of companies eligible for National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3, Lane 1 awards is now at seven after U.S. Space Force‘s Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded two […]

York Space Systems has closed its acquisition of satcom terminal company All.Space, in a move both company CEOs say will create a complete tactical satcom ecosystem.  York Space Systems announced […]

A group of eight NATO allies plan to bring national military satellites together into a hybrid constellation called HALO to improve NATO’s resilience and military advantage in space.  HALO, which […]

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded SES Space and Defense a five-year blanket purchase agreement (BPA) for global Ku-band connectivity, including a number of managed connectivity […]