Australia’s leading space research center, SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) has launched a new suite of new R&D projects and university appointments in support of the ACT Space Update 2023. These were unveiled in Canberra Sept. 23, bringing its joint investment in the ACT to over A$7 million ($4.49 million). One of two new research…

Australia has selected Lockheed Martin as the preferred bidder for the Australian Defence Satellite Communications System, known as JP9102, which will build the country a sovereign military satellite communications system.  The Australian Defence Force (ADF) announced the award on April 3. Lockheed Martin Australia will move to the next stage of the procurement process. Lockheed…

LeoLabs entered a new space radar into service, the West Australian Space Radar (WASR), giving the company coverage of the Southern Hemisphere in the Indo-Pacific region. The new site will enable better tracking and monitoring of median to high inclination resident space objects in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), along with the Kiwi Space Radar in New…

Speedcast has won a key contract extension deal from the UK Ministry of Defence and Airbus, the company announced Jan. 10. Speedcast will provide gateway hosting services offering secure access to the SKYNET military satellite system from the Asia-Pacific region. Airbus is the trusted partner for the UK’s secure military satellite communications program. In 2016,…