E-letter: Briefs

After ending his tenure as Intelsat CEO with the acquisition closure, David Wajsgras is joining the board of directors for HawkEye 360.  Wajsgras joined Intelsat in 2022 and led the...

Ground station leader Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) is expanding its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), with KSAT integrating AWS Ground Station capabilities into its commercial offerings.  KSAT operates the...

Deloitte is debuting a new cyber defense system for satellites called Silent Shield, a payload that can detect intrusions or anomalies.  Deloitte announced Silent Shield on July 30, explaining it...

Satellite service provider Station Satcom will integrate Eutelsat’s OneWeb connectivity services for the maritime sector, under a new deal announced Wednesday.  Station Satcom is based in India and supports more...

Revenue in Boeing’s Defense, Space & Security (BDS) business grew by 10% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2025, alongside improvements in operating margin and gains in backlog.  BDS revenue...

BlackSky Technology won the next phase of a competitive U.S. Navy research contract to continue developing optical inter-satellite link (OISL) terminal applications for its Gen-3 constellation. Future satellites in BlackSky’s...

Slingshot Aerospace is rolling out a new simulation tool, an AI-powered agent that can imitate satellite actions in training and simulation environments. Called “Talos” — the Thinking Agent for Logical...

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) is awarding contracts for the Protected Tactical Satcom-Global (PTS-G) program to Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Viasat, Astranis, and Intelsat General, the U.S. division of Luxembourg’s SES,...

Viasat’s enterprise business is rolling out a new IoT Nano connectivity service with two-way messaging, powered by Orbcomm’s OGx IoT service.  The IoT nano service is designed for businesses to...

The U.S. Space Force plans to launch the Boeing X-37B space plane on Aug. 21 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The eighth X-37B mission is set...