Inmarsat Government has received a follow-on contract worth up to $578 million to provide satcom services to the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command over a 10-year period. The  indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract announced Aug. 17 is a follow-on for the Next Generation Wideband (NGW) contract. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is the contracting authority. …

Intersat has purchased all of the available capacity over Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Senegal from Eutelsat’s Konnect satellite. This multi-year deal represents several hundred megabytes and will address the connectivity needs of enterprises and institutions. Intersat is one of Africa’s leading internet providers and will use Konnect capacity to deliver internet service to customers in…

NASA has awarded a combined total of about $415.6 million to Blue Origin, Nanoracks, and Northrop Grumman to develop commercial space stations in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), the agency announced Dec. 2.  These awards are part of NASA’s plans to transition from the aging International Space Station (ISS) to commercial space stations, which will be available…

Hispasat has signed a capacity agreement with Eutelsat Communications to be the exclusive operator and distributor of KONNECT capacity in Spain and Portugal. This is a multi-year agreement that Hispasat said will support ubiquitous access to high-speed fixed broadband in Spain and Portugal.  Eutelsat said in the Oct. 28 announcement that the agreement is effective…