E-letter: Briefs

Antenna Research Associates (ARA) has completed its acquisition of AQYR Technologies to broaden its business with AQYR’s satcom ground terminals. The newly acquired company will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Airbus Defence and Space for major Copernicus environment missions, the agency announced Wednesday. Copernicus is the biggest provider of Earth Observation (EO) data...

NASA and Boeing’s major reviews of the company’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Test in December 2019 has concluded with 80 recommendations. The December flight test experienced an intermittent space-to-ground communication issue,...

T-Mobile has opened up its T-Mobile Home Internet pilot to residents of three Michigan counties, in a move that aims to put other Internet Service Providers (ISPs) on notice. The...

Viasat has launched high-speed internet service for residential customers in Brazil. Viasat said in a Tuesday release it expects to be the only satellite Internet Service Provider (ISP) that will...

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has recently awarded Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. approximately $30 million in contract awards for Command, Control, Computing, Communication, Combat, Intelligence, Surveillance, and...

Hungarian space and satellite company C3S is partnering with automated driving technology company AImotive to adapt AImotive’s technology to create a prototype hardware platform for Artificial Intelligence (AI) onboard satellites. ...

Gilat Satellite Networks new aero modem, Taurus, was selected to support In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC) services for China’s Qingdao Airlines, Gilat announced Tuesday. The service is provided by China...

L3Harris Technologies has launched a satellite that is the latest in a demonstration series of end-to-end small satellites for a classified U.S. Air Force constellation. A representative for the company...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. subsidiary Comtech Xicom Technology has received a $1.5 million contract from a major satellite service provider for Ka-band Gateway Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers (TWTAs), Comtech announced Monday....