Technology

Texas-based AI startup Hypergiant Industries has officially launched a software platform that supports autonomous satellite operations for commercial and government entities. The Hyper-Intelligent Vehicle Enhancement (H.I.V.E.) fleet operations platform aims […]

The mobility market segment has been a bright spot in the satellite industry in recent years, as video revenues continue to decline. New advances in ground system technology like flat […]

In a recent interview with Via Satellite, Airspace Internet Exchange Chairman Tom Choi claimed that the coronavirus pandemic should cast into doubt the future of any company dependent upon venture […]

Over recent months we have seen a global crisis on a scale most of us have simply never witnessed before. The impact on individual lives has been vast as has […]

The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) has issued a call-to-action statement urging U.S. government agencies, academic institutions, and industry leaders to collaborate on a plan to ensure U.S. leadership […]

Alga Microwave, a subsidiary of Canadian wireless technology developer Baylin Technologies, has received a $2.5 million C-band 5G filter purchase order from an unnamed U.S.-based satellite network provider, the company […]

Intellian successfully completed sea trials for its v85NX antenna and received type approval from Telenor to provide Ka-band service from the operator’s Thor 7 satellite, both companies confirmed. The Intellian […]

Isotropic Systems has received an antenna evaluation and development contract with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), an organization within the U.S. Department of Defense. The contract will test the ability […]

LeoLabs, Inc. has released LeoLabs Collision Avoidance, an automated collision avoidance platform for satellite operators. The product is powered by LeoLabs global network of radars and built on the LeoLabs […]

With the world around us constantly changing, next-generation space leadership is more important than ever. But, what does it mean? What does it look like?  SEDS Rice Chapter President Ryan […]

On Friday May 1, Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company completed the first SpaceShipTwo test flight from Spaceport America in Las Cruces, New Mexico. This was the first time the spaceship […]

Astroscale has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a professor at Northumbria University Newcastle in England to investigate end-of-life standards and practices from industries like oil and nuclear energy. The […]

ThinKom Solutions recently completed a series of interoperability tests demonstrating its core antenna technology’s capability with a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network. ThinKom used its Ku3030 phased-array antenna subsystem and […]

The GPS Innovation Alliance (GPSIA) has announced Lockheed Martin as the newest member of the organization. Lockheed Martin joins member companies John Deere, Garmin, Trimble, and Collins Aerospace as well […]

Thuraya and SCOTTY Group have secured line-fit offerability for the Thuraya Aero mobile connectivity solution on Airbus H145 and H135 helicopters, the companies announced Thursday. Thuraya Aero is an In-Flight […]

Two Cobham SATCOM land satellite terminals have received Inmarsat type approval, the companies announced Thursday. The low-profile vehicular Cobham Explorer 323 BGAN terminal and the auto-point “fly-away” Cobham Explorer 6075LX […]

In a world where enterprises can rent not just additional computing power, but their entire IT network, Tokyo-based startup Infostellar is using that model by offering ground-station-as-a-service for the emerging […]

NanoAvionics will build a 12U nanosatellite bus for an in-orbit demonstration of NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3), the company announced Wednesday. This a result of a contract between […]

  Viasat Inc. has shipped more than 200 production units of its advanced Move Out / Jump Off (MOJO) Link 16 expeditionary tactical gateway system to U.S. and international military […]

A team led by L3Harris Technologies engineers has designed a ventilation support system to help patients combat COVID-19 as part of the U.S. government’s Hack-A-Vent Innovation Challenge.  The team’s i3 […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization for “bridge” ventilators built by Virgin Orbit. The company said in an April 22 release that it expects […]

The U.S. Army has awarded L3Harris Technologies a $27 million contract for sustainment and support of satellite communication terminals, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced April 21.  The contract […]

This year, Isotropic Systems is in its final stage of collaboration with SES on software-defined, multi-beam customer edge terminal antennas compatible with O3b mPOWER — ahead of the commercial launch […]

Engility Services, LLC., a subsidiary of Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) was awarded a $655 million contract to modernize satellite ground systems for the U.S. Space Force (USSF).  The contract […]

Inmarsat has approved Smiths Interconnect’s KaStream 5000 MK II antenna system for use over the Inmarsat Global Xpress network. The KaStream 5000 MK II antenna system supports commercial and military […]

Intelsat satellite IS-901 has returned to service after docking with Northrop Grumman‘s Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV-1). In late February, Northrop Grumman and its subsidiary SpaceLogistics LLC successfully docked MEV-1 to IS-901, […]

The digital economy has become a major driver of total economic growth. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) estimated the combined value of platform companies with a […]

The U.K. Space Agency, in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), have deployed approximately $2.8 million to develop space-enabled technology and services in order to aid the National Health […]

Virgin Galactic has designed and built several prototype patient oxygen hoods through a partnership with sister company The Spaceship Company, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, and two entities in Antelope […]

A group within Comtech Telecommunications Corp. has received a $1.1 million order for Satcom antenna feeds from what it calls a major U.S. satellite communications manufacturer, the company announced April […]