Government/Military

Washington Post: Blue Origin Challenging NASA's Lunar Lander Award to SpaceX

By Christian Davenport | April 27, 2021

Just over a week after it lost out on a high-profile and lucrative contract to build the next spacecraft that would land astronauts on the moon, Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin filed...

The Pentagon, headquarters for the U.S. Department of Defense. Photo: DOD.

Government/Military

Northrop Grumman to Proceed With Protected Satcom Payload Prototype

By Rachel Jewett | April 22, 2021

Northrop Grumman will proceed with its Protected Tactical Satcom (PTS) rapid prototype program for the U.S. Space Force, with a flight demonstration set for 2024. The program involves the space...

Connectivity

SES Signs mPOWER Service MoU with Kazakhstan Government

By Jeffrey Hill | April 19, 2021

SES and the Kazakhstan Government will explore rolling out satellite-enabled, high-speed connectivity services using the O3b mPOWER communications system to accelerate the nation’s Digital Kazakhstan project under the terms of...

WSJ Reports Blue Origin Contracted for ULA Vulcan First Stage

Government/Military

NASA Adds ULA’s Vulcan Centaur Rocket to Launch Services Catalog

By Rachel Jewett | April 16, 2021

ULA is now able to compete to launch future NASA missions on its Vulcan Centaur rocket, which is currently in development. On April 15, NASA announced that it had awarded...

Government/Military

Lockheed Martin Releases New Line of Mid-Size ISR Satellites

By Rachel Jewett | April 13, 2021

Lockheed Martin is releasing a new line of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) satellites designed for larger constellations and rapid satellite production. According to the Tuesday announcement, this line is...

Government/Military

Blue Origin, Lockheed Martin, and General Atomics Win DARPA Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Contracts

By Rachel Jewett | April 12, 2021

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded General Atomics, Blue Origin, and Lockheed Martin contracts for the first phase of a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) demonstration program. The...

Finance

OneWeb CEO Neil Masterson Talks Telcos and Terminals

By Rachel Jewett | April 7, 2021

In one of his first public speaking appearances as OneWeb’s new CEO, Neil Masterson emphasized OneWeb’s go-to-market strategy for its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation as a business-to-business model, working with...

Government/Military

Secure World Foundation Says Russia is Testing New LEO, GEO Anti-Satellite Technologies

By Jeffrey Hill | April 6, 2021

The Secure World Foundation released a report suggesting that Russia is testing new Anti-Satellite (ASAT) and Direct Ascent Anti-Satellite (DA-ASAT) technologies that could threaten spacecraft in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), and...

Partner Content

SimbaCom: Boots on the Ground

April 2, 2021

Satellite-based telecommunications and information technology solutions worldwide with services in some of the world’s most remote and hazardous environments SimbaCom provides End-to-end communication solution designs, engineering, test and evaluation,...

Government/Military

From the Archive: 2018 Interview with Sen. Bill Nelson

By Anne Wainscott-Sargent | April 1, 2021

President Biden recently announced his pick for NASA administrator — former Florida Senator Bill Nelson — selecting another former congressman to follow Jim Bridenstine. He is known for being the...