Focus: North America

President Trump announced June 18 that he has told the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to start forming a space force to ensure U.S. space dominance, but a key lawmaker...

Dish is to integrate Netflix into its Evolve television solution for hotels in the coming months. Guests staying in hotels featuring Evolve will be able to access their personal Netflix...

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions will develop a proof of concept system to enable satellite communication roaming capability for the U.S. government, under a $2.6 million contract. The system will...

SpaceX has confirmed that the seventh Iridium Next mission has been slated to take place on July 20 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Falcon 9 rocket will...

Satellite-cellular start-up, Everywhere Communications has been launched to provide connections for users and assets that require global connectivity for safety, security and productivity. Everywhere’s solution uses the newly launched Iridium...

In the wake of the hurricanes in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands last year, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is making available hundreds of millions of dollars in...

Geospatial analytics provider Orbital Insight has signed an exclusive agreement to bundle its products with the Emergency Flood Mapping Services of e-Geos for the U.S. government. This partnership provides government...

Firefly Aerospace has appointed Leslie Kovacs as vice president of business development. Kovacs has more than 30 years of space launch industry experience, most recently at United Launch Alliance (ULA) as director...

Viasat has signed telecommunications distributor TBI as its latest master agent partner to offer Viasat’s business internet services. TBI has a network of 2,500 sales agents that include sales partners, value-added...

General Dynamics Mission Systems has received a contract from the U.S. Navy to restore and maintain a satellite system simulator for students at the Naval Postgraduate School, Spacecraft Research and Design...