Focus: Military

The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) awarded Parsons Corporation a contract to develop a prototype ground operations center for the Blackjack. DARPA awarded the $11 million sole-source contract in...

SES Government Solutions (SES GS) launched a new X-band end-to-end managed service platform on Thursday for both fixed and mobile U.S. military and government end-users. The platform, tactiXs, allows customers...

The U.S. Air Force awarded a $15.5 million contract to HawkEye 360 on Tuesday to provide space-based radio frequency (RF) data, analytics, and research to the help the military demonstrate,...

The U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) has chosen ViaLite to supply an L-band Radio Frequency (RF) over fiber solution, ViaLite announced Jan. 4. ViaLite will deliver a solution for...

The U.S. Navy’s Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) has awarded Viasat two new contracts to support personal communications at Navy bases in Guam and Poland. Viasat has a continued relationship...

Maxar Technologies won a $9.3 million U.S. Department of Defense contract on Monday that will see the company design and deliver two robotic arms to support in-space assembly and servicing...

Honeywell, SES, and Hughes have demonstrated multi-network, multi-orbit high-speed airborne connectivity for military customers. The companies announced on Monday that airborne demonstrations used Honeywell’s JetWave MCX terminal with a Hughes...

President Biden on Dec. 15 nominated Booz Allen Hamilton executive Frank Calvelli, who served as principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from 2012 to 2020, as the assistant secretary...

A U.S. Space Force effort to launch a dedicated cybersecurity testing satellite in 2023 will include a design modeled after the common 3U cubesats, which weigh no more than nine...

Intelsat General Communications has renewed a contract with satellite hardware provider Ovzon for Satcom-as-a-Service for the U.S. Department of Defense, worth close to $15 million. The 12-month renewal will have...