Government/Military

The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded L3Harris Technologies and SpaceX contracts worth a total of  $342.8 million for the development of the Wide Field of View (WFOV) program to […]

Environmental sensing solutions Intellisense Systems received Phase II financing from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to continue its development of a stand-alone field-deployable sensor for remote satellite measurements of […]

Boeing has confirmed that it is the third manufacturer to receive a development contract to build a satellite payload prototype and communications architecture for the U.S. Space Force’s Evolved Strategic […]

The FCC moved Wednesday to make 100 megahertz of mid-band spectrum in the 3.45-3.55 GHz band available for 5G deployment. The mid-band spectrum is primarily military use, and the U.S. […]

Envistacom revealed on Sept. 23 that the company has teamed up with XipLink to deliver Space Communications Protocols Specification (SCPS) Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Acceleration, Wire Area Network (WAN) optimization, […]

Space Communication Technologies Company (SCT) signed a multi-year contract with Oman Broadband (OB) to provide communications and internet services to approximately 598 remote villages and residential areas in Oman. This […]

SES Government Solutions and Isotropic Systems have received an antenna evaluation contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to test Isotropic Systems’ multi-beam terminal over SES’s O3b Medium Earth […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) selected Airbus to develop and build the Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Mission (CRISTAL) — a contract worth approximately $350.4 million (300 million euros). […]

Norway has awarded Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), Planet, and Airbus a $43.5 million contract for satellite imagery to monitor forests around the world. KSAT, Planet, and Airbus are providing imagery […]

Maxar Technologies was awarded a sole-source, Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Army Geospatial Center to deliver multiple portable, direct-downlink tactical ground systems providing geospatial intelligence to users in remote […]

Nations that damage satellites are ripe for legal challenge under the 1972 Liability Convention to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty (OST), NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine suggested on Tuesday In a […]

With the 2020 U.S. national election fast approaching, the pandemic and the damage it has done to the U.S. economy are undoubtedly the top issues for voters this campaign season. […]

The U.S. Air Force is developing two digitally engineered satellites — so-called “eSats,” Dr. Will Roper, service acquisition chief, told the Air Force Association virtual Air, Space, and Cyber (vASC) […]

President Donald Trump has nominated longtime telecom lawyer Nathan Simington to be the Federal Communications Commission’s next commissioner, as reported by Law360. Last week, The Verge first reported that Simington had emerged as a […]

Raytheon Intelligence & Space has been awarded a $13.1 million contract for a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory program aimed at connecting military jets to emerging commercial satellite internet constellations […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released a draft order to make the 3.45-3.55 GHz band available for commercial 5G use throughout the contiguous United States. The mid-band spectrum is […]

R4 Integration revealed on Tuesday that Inmarsat has given type approval for R4 Integration’s R4 C-130 Multi-Purpose Hatch System (MPHS) for use over the Inmarsat Global Xpress network. Global Xpress […]

The White House on Sept. 4 released Space Policy Directive-5 (SPD-5) regarding cybersecurity for space systems, as a senior administration official told reporters that cyber threats on U.S. space systems happen with […]

Lockheed Martin and Ball Aerospace successfully completed a phased array transmit test for a Multi-Band, Multi-Mission (MBMM) antenna. This is a milestone for the U.S. Space Force’s MBMM program, as […]

Optisys has recently completed development and production of an antenna that it says is the world’s largest 3D printed antenna. The all metal antenna is a single print, with the […]

An effort by a handful of small satellite operators to prevent their relocation from the lower 200 MHz of the C-band spectrum has been denied by the FCC in a […]

Ball Aerospace, teamed with Booz Allen Hamilton, was awarded a contract by the U.S. Space Rapid Capabilities Office (SpRCO) to serve as the prime system integrator for the SpRCO Ground […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted OneWeb‘s market access to expand its Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) satellite constellation to 2,000 satellites with a V-band payload in addition to its Ku- and Ka-band […]

Congressional negotiators are considering whether NASA contracts awarded to Elon Musk’s SpaceX represent a potential national security risk due to Chinese financial support for the billionaire owner’s electric car company, Tesla. […]

A report this month by a panel of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) advises the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of Space Commerce (OSC) in the U.S. […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is preparing a Delta IV Heavy rocket with a classified National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload, NROL-44, for launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on Aug. […]

The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) awarded LinQuest Corporation $76 million for a contract modification. LinQuest will serve as the prime contractor, and will provide additional […]

The Mission-Critical Technologies group of Comtech Telecommunications has been awarded $20 million in additional funding from the U.S. Army for a Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) contract. The additional funding, […]

The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) awarded Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS) a follow-on, single-award, Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) contract with a ceiling of $172 million. The contract is for the delivery […]

The newest military GPS satellite has recently received Operational Acceptance approval. Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) public affairs announced Monday that the GPS III Space Vehicle 03 received approval […]