GIT Satellite Communications (GIT) has become an Iridium Certus service provider and will support U.S. government customers with hardware platforms, airtime, and data services. This is an expansion of services for GIT, a long-time Iridium government service provider.  GIT develops value-added solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. federal government, and enterprise organizations.…

The United States Marine Corps (USMC) has awarded Viasat a contract for managed satcom service. Viasat announced the award Jan. 24.  The contract comes after a pilot and follow-on service program in fiscal year 2022. Viasat delivered a satcom managed service to the USMC I Marine Expeditionary Force, the first commercially developed satcom as a…

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) space vehicles directorate is seeking innovative industry solutions to bolster domestic capacity to build high-performance Strategic Radiation Hardened (SRH) and non-volatile memory (NVM) devices for future systems. “The United States Space Force is seeking to improve the density and performance of SRH NVMs for future space and strategic systems,”…

The government of Canada is making space launch a priority, announcing a series of measures on Friday to license commercial space launch from the country.  Transport Canada, the nation’s federal institution responsible for transportation policies and programs, said it will license commercial space launch on a case-by-case basis while it develops regulatory requirements, safety standards…