Gilmour Space Technologies won a contract from the Australian government to develop and launch a new sovereign surveillance satellite. The company will be developing a prototype G-class satellite for the Australian Department of Defence and launching it on its Eris rocket from an Australian launch site in 2023, Gilmour Space announced Monday. This is part…

Mitsubishi Electric is getting involved in an important Australian defense project by joining Team AUSSAT, which includes Optus, Raytheon Australia, and Thales Australia, the company announced Feb. 3. Optus, Australia’s largest satellite owner and operator, will use Mitsubishi Electric satellites for Team AUSSAT’s JP9102 Australia Defence Communication System proposal. JP9102, the Australian Defence Satellite Communication…

Fleet Space Technologies, an Australian space startup, is planning to tap into the U.S. market. The company announced Feb. 1 that it is establishing an international office in Houston, Texas. This is the first phase of the company’s global expansion plans. Fleet Space wants to create one of world’s most advanced low-power satellite networks for…

Australia’s Office of National Intelligence (ONI) has tapped Spire Global and Dragonfly Aerospace for a second satellite as part of its National Intelligence Community Satellite (NICSAT) program after a collaborative satellite was launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-3 mission earlier this month.  Dragonfly Aerospace will provide a high-performance Gecko camera, and Spire will design, build and launch…