The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) could soon refer Viasat’s pending Inmarsat acquisition to a deeper investigation due to how it might lessen competitiveness in the in-flight connectivity (IFC) market in the U.K. The CMA released results of its phase one investigation on Thursday. “This is an evolving market, but the merging companies…

While the first launch of nine to 10 Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 0 satellites has slipped from September until December, SDA said that it still plans to have a suite of Tranche 0 Transport Layer and Tracking Layer birds ready to participate in U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s Northern Edge exercise in Alaska next summer. Created…

Avanti Communications has won a new deal in the area of government communications. The operator announced Oct. 6 it had signed a contract with an unnamed major industry partner to deliver an Avanti satellite steerable beam for government end users. However, it did not give any more details on the contract and the partner. This…

The Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded Ball Aerospace a contract to build 10 satellites and accompanying ground systems to serve as the experimental testbed (NExT) of the National Defense Space Architecture (NDSA). The contract announced Tuesday is worth up to $176 million and the satellites are set to fly beginning in 2024. NExT is not…