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SEAKR Engineering, Inc. has been awarded as the prime contractor for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Pit Boss contract to further expand its contractual work supporting the Blackjack program. […]

Iridium released its First Quarter (Q1) 2020 revenue results on Tuesday, reporting $145.3 million in total revenue, a 9% increase from the same time period in 2019. The company’s Q1 […]

There have been only a handful of places fit for fiber installation — underwater, underground, or strung up on utility poles — until a new tech startup based in Virginia emerged […]

  Viasat Inc. has shipped more than 200 production units of its advanced Move Out / Jump Off (MOJO) Link 16 expeditionary tactical gateway system to U.S. and international military […]

Lockheed Martin has received a $5.8 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the first phase of satellite integration on the Blackjack program, the company announced […]

A team led by L3Harris Technologies engineers has designed a ventilation support system to help patients combat COVID-19 as part of the U.S. government’s Hack-A-Vent Innovation Challenge.  The team’s i3 […]

NASA recently announced that its spacecraft known as OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security) has successfully rehearsed a maneuver to collect a sample from the asteroid Bennu using […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization for “bridge” ventilators built by Virgin Orbit. The company said in an April 22 release that it expects […]

Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing subsidiary, designed, manufactured, assembled, and integrated the U.S. Space Force TETRA-1 satellite in 15 months, which the company said is 60% faster than previous missions. […]

The U.S. Army has awarded L3Harris Technologies a $27 million contract for sustainment and support of satellite communication terminals, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced April 21.  The contract […]

Viasat laid off about 6% of its global workforce this week due to the economic impact of the coronavirus lockdown, including 131 workers at its Carlsbad, California, headquarters. The company, […]

  The FCC on Thursday voted to update its satellite rules on orbital debris, specifically clarifying disclosures that satellite companies must make regarding debris mitigation. The Report and Order approved […]

Speedcast has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, the company announced Thursday. Speedcast said that pressures on the oil and […]

Our latest Thursday Morning Conversation is with our new Satellite Executive of the Year winner, Steve Collar of SES, who really needs no introduction. Here we talk everything from finest […]

The top officials of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force are looking at “different mitigation steps” to counter potential effects on GPS receivers that could emerge from the FCC’s […]

Firefly Aerospace, a provider of launch vehicles, spacecraft, and in-space services, and Spaceflight, a launch services and mission management provider, have signed a Launch Services Agreement (LSA). The agreement confirms […]

Momentus has reached a launch service agreement with Swarm Technologies, marking its first constellation customer, the company announced on Wednesday. Momentus is a provider of in-space transportation services for satellites, […]

This year, Isotropic Systems is in its final stage of collaboration with SES on software-defined, multi-beam customer edge terminal antennas compatible with O3b mPOWER — ahead of the commercial launch […]

BlackSky has responded to the remote work situation that many are experiencing during the coronavirus pandemic by releasing the Spectra On-Demand Secure Bundle, which intelligence analyst can use to securely […]

SpaceX launched an additional 60 Starlink satellites on Wednesday, marking more than 420 satellites launched for the company’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation. A Falcon 9 booster launched the satellites at […]

Eutelsat Communications has secured a multi-year contract with RCS Ghana to provide capacity for the broadcast of its Direct-to-Home (DTH) bouquet. The African broadcast TV provider plans to use Ku-Band […]

Lockheed Martin saw about a 9.8% increase in net sales in the First Quarter (Q1) of  2020 compared to 2019, and said in its earnings report released Tuesday that the […]

AMERGINT Technologies Holdings, Inc. on Monday said it has agreed to acquire the space-based optics business of Raytheon Technologies, adding a new line of capabilities for the company. Terms of the pending […]

Engility Services, LLC., a subsidiary of Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) was awarded a $655 million contract to modernize satellite ground systems for the U.S. Space Force (USSF).  The contract […]

Inmarsat has approved Smiths Interconnect’s KaStream 5000 MK II antenna system for use over the Inmarsat Global Xpress network. The KaStream 5000 MK II antenna system supports commercial and military […]

The Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) has recently delivered an engineering test unit of the Short-Wave Infrared Detection Assembly, to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. This is a major subcomponent on […]

Airbus Defence and Space will develop and manufacture the thermal infrared instrument for the TRISHNA climate monitoring satellite for the French Space Agency (CNES), the organizations announced Monday.  TRISHNA, (Thermal […]

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) said that its Aerospace and Electronics sectors have received about $1.1 billion in new contracts in the First Quarter (Q1) of 2020.   The Aerospace […]

Maxar completed a critical milestone for its Psyche spacecraft, which Maxar is building to launch in 2022 to explore a metallic asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. The […]

The FCC unanimously approved Ligado’s application to deploy a low-power terrestrial nationwide network in the L-band to support 5G and Internet of Things services (IoT). The Commission’s announcement came on […]