E-letter: Briefs

The U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) purchased Global Broadcast Service (GBS) satellite terminals from PathFinder Digital under the terms of a contract that the company announced on Thursday. PathFinder...

BlackSky Technology will research advanced optical inter-satellite link terminal applications for the U.S. Navy after winning a competitive contract under the the Navy’s Project Overmatch and the Department of Defense’s...

Rocket Lab USA confirmed Thursday that it finished testing and integration on the second of two Pioneer spacecraft it built for in-space pharmaceutical company, Varda Space Industries. Preparations are now...

Eutelsat has won a new deal with Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, which will see a more integrated multi-orbit solution bought to the maritime sector. The goal of this will...

Iridium announced more details about its direct-to-device ambitions, announcing a service called Iridium NTN Direct that will connect people and things to Iridium’s network using 3GPP standards.  Iridium announced Wednesday...

Hawaiian Airlines has completed installing Starlink in-flight connectivity (IFC) across its entire Airbus fleet. The airline is now offering Starlink Wi-Fi free of charge for passengers after completing installation on...

Deimos won a European Space Agency (ESA) contract for the first phase of a demonstration of a controlled satellite break-up process.  The award announced Tuesday is a 3 million euro...

Planet has released its Forest Carbon Monitoring product, a new quarterly dataset for monitoring forest growth and change. The company said this data will help establish voluntary carbon markets and...

Viasat will develop a phased array antenna for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory under a contract as part of the ‘Global Lightning’ program.  The AFRL awarded Viasat a $33.6...

Maxar Intelligence opened a new London office this week as the headquarters for its international government business as it aims to increase its global presence.  The London office will also...