U.S. President Joe Biden named Jessica Rosenworcel acting chairwoman of the FCC on Thursday. She succeeds Ajit Pai, who stepped down on Jan. 20 at the end of President Trump’s term. Biden has not yet named a nominee for FCC chair.  Rosenworcel has been an FCC commissioner since 2012. She was appointed by President Obama…

The European Commission (EC) awarded 1.47 billion euros ($1.77 billion) to Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence & Space on Tuesday to build and launch Europe's second-generation Galileo satellite positioning system. Thales and Airbus beat out German manufacturer OHB for the contract, and will each produce six satellites for the 12-satellite constellation. OHB is building…

Update: On Tuesday, Jan. 19, the FCC denied a request to stay the Ligado decision. "[The] order imposed stringent conditions in order to protect incumbent users, including GPS services and Pentagon operations that operate outside this band, and the technical evidence in our record continues to demonstrate that the FCC made the correct decision," FCC…

Airbus revealed Thursday that it has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Skynet 6A project. The project now has permission to move into the next phase, which leads to the Critical Design Review (CDR). Airbus was awarded the Skynet 6A contract in July 2020. The contract signed with the U.K. Ministry of…