Lockheed Martin has awarded L3Harris Technologies contracts totaling $137 million for four navigation payload Mission Data Units (MDU) for future GPS III Follow-on (GPS IIIF) satellites. Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor for the GPS III and GPS IIIF satellites for the U.S. Department of Defense. GPS IIIF is the next phase of the military’s…

Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) has been awarded a Phase 3 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) contract to develop an additional six satellites for the Blackjack program. The company announced the award on Wednesday. A BCT spokesperson told Via Satellite this contract is worth $26.5 million.  Blackjack is a DARPA program to leverage commercial Low-Earth…

Yahsat has signed two new defense strategic partnerships. Yahsat Government Solutions, the company's dedicated government arm, has signed MoUs with NIMR, a manufacturer of combat-proven wheeled military vehicles, and another with L3Harris Technologies, Yahsat announced Feb. 24. Yahsat aims to cement a strong position as a provider of satellite-enabled Comms-On-The-Move (COTM) solutions for ground defense…

FCC Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has put together a draft order to auction mid-band spectrum in the 3.45-3.55 GHz band for 5G deployment through an auction that would begin in early October of this year. The FCC announced Tuesday that the proposed rules would allocate the 3.45-3.55 GHz spectrum band for flexible-use service. It would…