Omnispace and Vulcan Wireless have tested voice and data communication between the company’s on-orbit satellite and military communications radios, the companies announced Thursday.  Omnispace used the existing on-orbit satellite from the ICO Global constellation. Omnispace purchased the assets of ICO Global, including priority rights to the S-band 2 Ghz spectrum. In the test, the satellite…

L3Harris is expanding its satellite production facility in central Florida, which will allow the company to add a line of unclassified satellites for national defense.  The company has more than 100,000 square feet of space used for development, manufacturing and testing of satellites in central Florida, and two of its eight buildings have recently been…

Inmarsat has approved the Paradigm HORNET 100GX terminal for use over the Global Xpress (GX) network for commercial and military Ka-band. The approval was announced Aug. 26. The HORNET 100GX flyaway terminal is a compact-sized mobile multi-band solution supplied with the PIM (Paradigm Interface Module). Paradigm says this module is designed to simplify operation, reduce operating…

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said on Aug. 24 that he has a “short list” of potential nominees for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and President Biden to consider as potential heads of space acquisition, as the authority for space acquisition shifts from the Air Force acquisition shop (SAF/AQ) to a reconfigured space acquisition and…