Focus: Military

The satellite industry has much to be positive about, but we are also experiencing a period of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. In order to respond to these market challenges, […]

The U.S. Air Force’s second new GPS III satellite has arrived in Florida for launch. According to the release, GPS III is the most powerful and resilient GPS satellite ever put […]

Fifty years after the first moon landing, an American triumph that gripped the world, China marked the start of 2019 with its own lunar achievement. Chang’e-4, a Chinese probe, landed […]

Defense officials want to test a neutral particle-beam in orbit in fiscal 2023 as part of a ramped-up effort to explore various types of space-based weaponry. They’ve asked for $304 million […]

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the WGS-10 satellite for the U.S. Air Force successfully lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 on March 15 at 8:26 p.m. EDT. […]

Viasat recently revealed that its KOR-24A Small Tactical Terminal (STT) was selected by the Canadian Department of National Defense in Sept. 2018 to support its Army’s Airspace Coordination Center Modernization […]

Cubic acquired Nuvotronics, a technology provider of micro-fabricated Radio Frequency (RF) products, for approximately $64 million in cash. This is subject to customary adjustments, with additional earn-out payments of up to […]

Raytheon was awarded a $7.6 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00039-16-C-0050) from the U.S. Navy. The contract is for the production, testing, and delivery of fully integrated […]

The community served by Via Satellite has a history of innovation, with decades of proven performance in delivering capabilities from space. Businesses and individual consumers now leverage space solutions that […]

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket is in final preparations to launch the tenth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite for the U.S. Air Force. The launch is planned […]

In exploring whether to move forward with a managed services model for satellite communications acquisition, certain circles of government leadership have expressed some reservation, which essentially reflects uncertainly or even […]

IDirect Government received Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) certification for the company’s 9-Series Defense portfolio of satellite routers and line cards operating on Evolution 3.4 software. The 9-Series Defense products underwent evaluation […]

Inmarsat is set to approve satellite communication rates for a new waveform, developed by Cobham last year, that promises to bolster significantly beyond-line-of-sight communications for helicopters in the air. Spinning […]

DPW Holdings revealed that Coolisys Technologies, through its wholly owned subsidiary Enertec Systems 2001, received a contract totaling $2.9 million from a leading defense and aerospace Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). The contract […]

Spire Global revealed that Paul Damphousse joined the company to lead national security business development for Spire Federal in Washington. Damphousse served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 22 years […]

The U.S. Air Force awarded Intelsat a firm-fixed-price contract modification for commercial satellite communications services. The contract supports Option Period Three on task order GS-35F-0478U/HC1013-16-F-0020 for commercial satcom service. The […]

MDA, a Maxar Technologies company, revealed that Canada’s Combat Ship Team was selected by Irving Shipbuilding for the design contract for Canada’s Surface Combatant (CSC) ships. Irving Shipbuilding is the […]

Newtec partnered with satellite communications solution provider Paradigm, which has become the first company to host its Newtec Dialog SMB3310 high-throughput modem board. The two-way, high-throughput SMB3310 satellite modem board […]

Satellite communications integrator NIC4 was awarded the Iraq Ministry of Defense (MOD) Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Phase One Single Award Five-Year Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) contract. This contract was awarded via […]

Rocket Lab revealed that its first mission of 2019 will be a dedicated launch of a 150kg satellite for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). DARPA’s Radio Frequency Risk […]

The satellite industry could learn a thing or two from the 3/4G terrestrial systems, where users are able to change subscription as they see fit. This has created a flexible […]

Comtech revealed that Comtech PST received a multi-million dollar contract award for solid-state, high-power Radio Frequency (RF) amplifier systems from Northrop Grumman for use on the U.S. Navy’s Next Generation […]

Norsat International revealed that it has sold more than $2 million in Ka-band Atom Block Upconverter (BUC) products for Communications-on-the-Move (COTM) applications across North America, Asia, and Europe. According to […]

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a contract to Airbus Defense and Space to develop a satellite bus in support of the Blackjack program. OneWeb Satellites is also a strategic joint venture […]

Envistacom was awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Program Executive Officer Command Control Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T) for upgrades on the Phoenix satellite terminal. The company has been awarded a […]

Russia’s Aerospace Force Command revealed that the Russian Kosmos-2430 military satellite was deorbited Jan. 5, then burned up over the Atlantic Ocean. The satellite was excluded from the orbital grouping […]

Lockheed Martin was awarded a $52.7 million modification (P0009) to contract FA8818-17-D-0001 for engineering, development and sustainment services supporting the U.S. Air Force Multi-Mission Satellite Operation Center. The contract is indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, […]

Hughes Network Systems revealed that U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic ordered more than 200 of the Hughes 9211 Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) satellite terminals. The order […]

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) was awarded an United States Air Force (USAF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Hosted Payload Solutions (HOPS) satellite delivery order. The award was on […]

Hughes Communications India, a subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems, has been selected to provide a high-performance satellite broadband system for India’s Naval Communication Network (NCN). Sterlite Tech, a global data network solutions […]