Government/Military

Military satcom leaders in the United Kingdom and industry partners are working through the risk and reward of using commercial solutions, along with issues of maintaining sovereign communications. At the...

Qualcomm Technologies (QTI) has integrated Iridium’s satellite connectivity into its Snapdragon Mission Tactical Radio (MTR) for adoption by U.S. government customers and allied partners, the companies announced Tuesday.  This opens...

Kymeta has been selected as a multi-orbit satellite communications capability provider in the U.S. Army’s Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) pilot with its Osprey u8 terminal. NGC2 is an...

Amazon’s Project Kuiper has made inroads into the Central Asian market of Uzbekistan, a country with a population of around 36 million people. Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Digital Technologies has signed...

The U.S. Navy awarded Planet a $7.5 million contract renewal for vessel detection and monitoring over the Pacific. The project integrates Planet’s satellite imagery into SeaVision, a maritime situational awareness...

The UK Space Command (UKSC) is developing sensors to protect critical national satellites from laser threats from adversaries.  The Ministry of Defence said that the new sensor technology under development...

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr kicked off ‘Space Month’ on Monday, with a target to update satellite licensing and additional spectrum reform.  Speaking at a factory opening for spacecraft manufacturer Apex...

The planned development of Golden Dome, the Trump administration’s ambitious space-based missile defense system, continues to galvanize the space industry, from defense primes to space startups and data analytics firms....

Earth Observation (EO) companies are shifting their focus from data sales to satellite sales to cater to the changing needs of the global defense market, which is opening new avenues...

The satellite industry, once the exclusive playground of superpowers and select multinational corporations, is undergoing a seismic shift. At the heart of this transformation is the Golden Dome initiative, a...