Government/Military

Airbus won a design study from the U.K.’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) to develop the technologies for a cluster of ultra-high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites for the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MOD). The satellites will also have the ability to collect Radio Frequency (RF) signals. Called “Oberon,” the project will see Airbus develop...

We’ve seen Hurricane Dorian from inside the eye, from satellites and looking down from the International Space Station. A tiny experimental NASA weather satellite has now given us a fascinating view from under the hurricane’s hood. Tempest-D is a CubeSat roughly the size of a box of cereal. This inexpensive satellite is on a demonstration...

U.S. Senator and former Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz (R-TX) will join U.S. Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Pen Test Partners Live-Hacker Ken Munro, Invatare CEO and former Statoil North America CIO Trond Ellefsen, and Sports Illustrated senior writer and best-selling author Ben Reiter as a keynote speaker confirmed to appear at the OilComm Conference and Exposition...

Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) announced today that it has delivered a small satellite designed for NASA to measure the microphysical properties of cloud water and ice particles. The HARP CubeSat satellite was built by SDL to carry the HyperAngular Rainbow Polarimeter payload built by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) under...

Eutelsat withdrew from the C-Band Alliance (CBA). The CBA saw major satellite companies SES, Intelsat, Eutelsat and Telesat join forces to ensure satellite companies play an active role in the developing 5G ecosystem in North America. A source at Eutelsat told Via Satellite that the operator was not aligned with other members and the CBA...

Orbit Communications Systems revealed that that systems integrator THESTA ordered additional dual-band OceanTRx 4 systems for the PGZ Group — a contractor of naval navigation, communications, and combat systems in Poland — for deployment aboard the Polish Navy’s Cormorant-Class Minehunter. OceanTRx 4 is a rugged and innovative stabilized dual-band maritime satcom platform. It further expands...

Kleos Space has been awarded a U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 contract with a focus on “Innovative Defense-Related Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need”. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is a program that encourages small businesses to engage in US Federal Research/Research and Development (R/R&D)...

SpaceX‘s Dragon capsule has become the first U.S. spacecraft to successfully complete three trips to the International Space Station (ISS). Earlier this week, the California-based launch company safely landed its Dragon capsule in the Pacific Ocean and recovered the craft with approximately 2,700 pounds of return cargo. The Dragon capsule had been docked with ISS...

A new U.S. Space Command that will serve as the Trump Administration’s transition to a full-fledged “Space Force,” officially commences operations Aug. 29. The launch date was confirmed by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Pentagon officials at last week’s meeting of the National Space Council. U.S. Air Force Gen. John Raymond was confirmed by...

Viasat has upgraded the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Ultra High Frequency (UHF) satellite communications (SATCOM) control stations to comply with the new Integrated Waveform (IW) baseline, the company announced Aug.28. Using Viasat’s Visual Integrated Satellite communications Information, Operation and Networking (VISION) software platform, NATO is likely to gain greater communications interoperability, scalability and flexibility...