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The British aerospace industry has stepped up plans for a Brexit exodus from the UK aviation regulator, as a second deadline for the UK leaving the EU without a deal looms. More […]

The three-way deal announced by T-Mobile, Sprint, and Dish on Friday was a catalyst moment that will completely change the wireless landscape, according to T-Mobile CEO John Legere. “With its […]

SES‘ data division is closing the gap between its growth rate and the operator’s Video segment losses. SES Networks reported double digit year-over-year growth in the operator’s first half 2019 financial results, […]

Dish Network will enter the U.S. wireless market as the fourth nationwide facilities-based network competitor. Dish reached agreements with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, T-Mobile, and […]

Airbus Defense and Space completed the first step in the construction of the inner structure of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) JUICE satellite. This is the beginning of its Earthly journey […]

Synspective, a Japanese startup which provides satellite data solutions using small Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites, accumulated $100 million in funding since its foundation in February 2018.  The investment aims […]

OQ Technology, a Luxembourg-based satellite Internet of Things (IoT) company, has signed a contract with GomSpace to implement the Tiger mission. The Tiger mission represents a precursor mission to OQ […]

Telesat and the Canadian government partnered to help ensure access to affordable, high-speed internet connectivity across rural and remote areas of Canada through the development of Telesat’s LEO Satellite Constellation. […]

Firefly Aerospace hired Brad Schneider as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Schneider has more than 35 years of experience in corporate operations, business, and strategic marketing within the aerospace and defense industry, […]

LinQuest will provide services as a sub to Peraton, the prime contractor of the Space Exploration Network Services and Evolution (SENSE) contract valued at up to $1.8 billion over the […]

WarnerMedia Asia Pacific chose Synamedia’s end-to-end PowerVu content delivery solution to enhance their satellite content delivery system. Synamedia technologies aims to reduce bandwidth costs, deliver next-generation security capabilities, and prepare […]

Dish Network has reportedly agreed to acquire wireless assets from T-Mobile and Sprint for $5 billion dollars, according to reports published in Bloomberg News from anonymous sources. This breaks down to about $3.5 billion for […]

The Boeing Company reported a Second Quarter (Q2) revenue increase to $6.6 billion in its Defense, Space, and Security segment. This is approximately an 8 percent revenue increase, compared to […]

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross revealed that 44 organizations  from 28 states and two territories will receive grants totaling $23 million to create and expand high-growth entrepreneurship programs, including […]

Hughes Network Systems was awarded an $11.8 million Research and Development (R&D) contract by the U.S. Army, to help improve resiliency and interoperability among satcom systems for military communications. The […]

The Space Alliance between Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio signed a contract with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for the initial development of an innovative satellite system dubbed Ital-GovSatCom. This […]

Major global satellite operators Inmarsat and Eutelsat are involved a tense, lengthy legal dispute regarding the use of mobile satellite services in Europe, based on previously awarded licenses. In late […]

Maxar Technologies will integrate and fly NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument on a 1300-class satellite in Geostationary Orbit (GEO). TEMPO will be the first space-based instrument to provide […]

Viasat‘s Real-Time Earth (RTE) service achieved a major milestone by providing ground station service support to General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems‘ (GA-EMS) Orbital Test Bed (OTB) satellite after its successful launch on […]

Speedcast International was awarded a new multi-year, fully-managed communications contract with Color Line, onboard the Color Carrier vessel. Color Line is a Norwegian cruiseferry company, and Color Carrier is the latest addition to the […]

ABL Space Systems, the California-based developer of the RS1 launch vehicle, revealed that it has closed a strategic investment from Lockheed Martin Ventures. The price value of the investment was […]

Mechanical Aerospace Engineer Grace Graham does it all! In addition to being a 2019 Brook Owens Fellow and full-time student Utah State University, she also interns at The Aerospace Corporation, […]

OneWeb Satellites – a joint venture of OneWeb and Airbus – opened a high-volume, high-speed satellite production facility in Merrit Island, Florida, near the Kennedy Space Center. The 105,500 square foot […]

India is on its way to the moon. One week after a first attempt was canceled at the last minute, the Chandrayaan-2 mission blasted off at 2:43 p.m. Monday from […]

Raytheon signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the U.K. Ministry of Defense to join Team Artemis Industry, a collaboration between government and industry formed to fast track the launch […]

Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions (CAES) appointed Thomas Casale as Vice President (VP) and general manager of its Common Network Interface (CNI) and Interconnect Solutions Business Area (CIS), located in Exeter, […]

Dish appointed Kannan Alagappan as Senior Vice President (SVP) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO), reporting to DISH President and CEO Erik Carlson. Alagappan has held technology leadership roles with major telecom […]

Virgin Orbit, the small satellite launch company backed by billionaire Richard Branson, has signed an initial agreement to develop small satellite launch capabilities for the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF). […]

Airbus agreed to a five-year contract with the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MOD) to manage test and reference services to support the delivery and assured release of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, […]

NanoAvionics U.K. and Lacuna Space, both based at Harwell Campus Space Cluster, signed a second contract to integrate the Lacuna Space LoRa-based Space Gateway into NanoAvionics’ M6P nanosatellite bus, which will […]