E-letter: Briefs

Scalable Network Technologies, a provider of multi-domain network design and optimization tools, has been supporting the high-fidelity undersea communications and networking simulation/emulation tool developed for the Forward Deployed Energy and […]

Professional Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) services provider SatADSL, Global Telesat, a provider of telecommunication services in rural and challenging locations, and satellite operator RascomStar have announced a new partnership to […]

Eutelsat Communications and TVN, a broadcaster in Poland and part of Discovery, have signed a multi-year, multi-transponder agreement, renewing capacity at the Hotbird position. This renewed capacity will support TVN’s […]

KVH Industries has announced that Mark Guthrie has taken a post as vice president for the Asia-Pacific region. Guthrie will oversee all KVH activities in the mobile connectivity market, covering maritime and the […]

Globalstar has announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, with an increase in total revenue by $4 million, or 17 percent, compared to the first quarter of […]

EchoStar Corporation has announced its financial results for the quarter ended March 31 with consolidated revenues of $501.8 million. Its consolidated net loss from continuing operations reached $21.2 million, while consolidated net loss […]

Inmarsat has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), in conjunction with Tillman Digital Cities and CivicConnect, to accelerate the development and implementation of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) […]

The eruption of Kilauea Volcano on the island of Hawaii triggered a number of gas- and lava-oozing fissures in the East Riff Zone of the volcano. Kilauea has been erupting continuously […]

SSL, a Maxar Technologies company, has announced two executives have joined its leadership team to develop growth opportunities for the company’s spacecraft systems, and expand its focus on small satellites […]

Speedcast International, provider of remote communication and IT services, and Plug and Play, a global innovation platform and startup accelerator, have announced a strategic partnership focused on the advancement of […]

The Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development at its 2018 spring meeting in Kigali, Rwanda on Sunday and Monday, committed to concrete actions that will advance the roll-out of broadband around […]

NanoRacks has been awarded the launch services and deployment contract for the Canadian CubeSat Project — a nationwide small satellite development program sponsored by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The […]

More than 20 teams have indicated they might participate in the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA’s) Launch Challenge, a competition designed to promote rapid access to space for […]

VT iDirect, a company of Vision Technologies Systems, has extended its partnership with Kymeta in an agreement to become an official reseller of the KyWay terminal to its global base […]

Telefonica’s wholesale business unit, Telefonica International Wholesale Services, has completed the final stage of the automation and simplification of all its operations across some of its most demanded services, including […]

Red Hat, a provider of open source solutions, has announced that Hong Kong-based international airline Cathay Pacific is using Red Hat solutions and services to transform its legacy infrastructure into […]

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket carrying NASA‘s InSight Mars lander lifted off from the Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 3 on Saturday. InSight is the first […]

Hughes Network Systems has been awarded a follow-on contract to continue the second phase of a pilot study program to assess the feasibility of interoperability across multiple satellite communication systems […]

Intelsat CEO Steve Spengler details pilot program to connect remote areas – Bufundi in Rubanda & Kibuku in Ntoroko – in Uganda. Partnering with MTN & @GilatSatNet, the project will […]

iDirect Government, a provider of satellite communications to the military and government, has unveiled its 9050 OM ruggedized satellite router. The 9050 OM features enhanced security, military environmental standards and […]

Gogo, a global provider of broadband connectivity products and services for aviation, has announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31. The results reflect the adoption of the […]

APT Satellite successfully launched the Apstar-6C into orbit with the Long March-3B (LM-3B) launch vehicle today from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province of China. Both the satellite and […]

Orbital ATK reported strong first quarter financial results with solid double-digit increases in the top and bottom lines in what might be the company’s last earnings release ahead of its […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings has reported results for the first quarter ended March 31. Net income was $14 million, or $0.18 diluted income per share, compared with net income of $5.9 million, or $0.08 diluted income per share […]

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (AsiaSat) has announced the promotions of two senior executives to lead the company’s two key technical teams. Fred Ho, director of technical operations, has been promoted […]

Harris Corporation reported fiscal 2018 third-quarter revenue of $1.57 billion, up 5 percent compared with the prior year. Earnings Per Diluted Share (EPS) from continuing operations increased to $1.67, compared […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) and an SES-led consortium are developing a system that will allow the generation of encryption keys from space, as well as their secure transmission to […]

Telesat Canada has announced its financial results for the three-month period ended March 31 under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The company reported consolidated revenues of CA$232 million ($251.2 million), […]

MDA, a Maxar Technologies company, has signed a multi-million-dollar contract with Nanowave Technologies, a designer and manufacturer of advanced microwave, millimeter-wave and electro-optic multi-function modules and subsystems. MDA will provide satellite components […]

Airbus Aerial and DroneBase, a global drone operations company, have announced a partnership to deliver a multi-source data service solution for aerial imagery and data from a single provider. This […]