Technology

[Via Satellite 08-15-2014] Aerojet Rocketdyne anticipates the first users of the “green fuel” hydrazine alternative AF-M315E will be SmallSat manufacturers. The company recently completed testing a 1-newton engine designed for...

[Via Satellite 08-14-2014] NanoRacks and SSL’s partnership for the Hosted Payloads Solutions (HoPS) program is one of the most unique approaches to the Air Force’s recently announced Indefinite Delivery Indefinite...

[Via Satellite 08-14-2014] BlackBridge and MDA Information Systems have entered a strategic partnership to introduce a joint solution: RapidEye Persistent Change Monitoring (PCM). The product streamlines updates to cartographic data...

[Via Satellite 08-14-2014] Applied Systems Engineering has released the Model 177Ka Traveling Wave Tube (TWT) amplifier capable of providing 750 Watts of peak power at duty cycles of up to...

[Via Satellite 08-13-2014] Kratos Integral Systems International (ISI) will provide its Epoch IPS fleet management system for the upcoming Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) ABS 3A and ABS 2A satellites. The...

[Via Satellite 08-11-2014] Avanti has awarded contracts for the manufacture and launch of the Hylas 4 High Throughput Satellite (HTS). Orbital Sciences was selected to build the spacecraft on a...

[Via Satellite 08-08-2014] The Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA) and the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in Brazil, have completed the Security Assessment Report (SAR) for the collaborative CubeSat...

[Via Satellite 08-08-2014] Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary Comtech Systems has been awarded a $2.3 million contract to upgrade a troposcatter system for an undisclosed international oil company. Through the contract, Comtech...

[Via Satellite 08-07-2014] Small satellite launch company Firefly Space Systems has recruited General Astronautics to join the startup’s strategic team. In this role, General Astronautics will help guide Firefly to...

[Via Satellite 08-07-2014] Com Dev International has been awarded an Authorization and Proceed (ATP) contract for C- and Ku-band multiplexers and coaxial and waveguide switches for a customer’s high throughput...