Government/Military

Iridium revealed its financial results for the third quarter of 2018 and updated its full-year 2018 outlook. Net loss was $12.9 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2018, as compared to net income of $29.3 million, or $0.23 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2017. According to the...

The Pentagon’s second-highest civilian official presented several recommendations that would help the department build a path to a Space Force during a National Space Council public meeting Oct. 23. Representing the Department of Defense (DOD) at the meeting, held at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan announced six recommendations...

Boeing Defense, Space, and Security third-quarter revenue increased to $5.7 billion. According to the release, this was driven by increased volume across government satellites, KC-46 Tanker, F/A-18 and weapons. Third-quarter operating margin was 4.3 percent, primarily reflecting $691 million of charges related to planned investments in the T-X and MQ-25 programs, and $64 million related...

The government of Papua New Guinea (PNG), through its implementing agency, DataCo, with the assistance of the Australian government, chose SES Networks to provide the broadband network for the 26th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum from October to December 2018. SES will provide a managed data service delivering connectivity to ensure the venues and delegates have...

Arianespace launched a heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket carrying BepiColombo – Europe’s first mission to Mercury, organized in cooperation with Japan – on its way toward the solar system’s smallest and least-explored terrestrial planet. Ascending from the Spaceport’s ELA-3 launch complex at 10:45:28 p.m. local time in French Guiana,  Ariane 5 lofted its passenger during a...

Rather than being classed as red tape, regulation can play an enabling role to support satellite start-up companies in the satellite industry. Where regulation includes a credible licensing process,it strengthens investor and customer confidence, stimulates innovation, and encourages growth. By the same token, excessive regulation, which is poorly tailored to the satellite industry and lacking...

Commercial satcom providers are under an unrelenting onslaught of cyber attacks. Stringent requirements of their military and government customers help keep them on their toes, constantly looking for innovative approaches to keep hackers at bay. “At least thousands” of intrusion attempts are intercepted daily by cyber defense teams of U.S.-based satellite broadband provider Viasat, according...

The U.K. is in the middle of a space revolution. It has made a series of high profile announcements this year, including the capability to launch rockets, which will take the U.K.’s space capability to the next stage. The question is — while there is a lot of hyperbole around these announcements, will it ultimately...

Radiant Solutions was awarded a contract worth $92 million on a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Radiant Solutions is tasked to rapidly develop, prototype, and deploy Machine Learning (ML) and crowdsourcing capabilities to augment a wide variety of NGA missions. NGA exercised the 2019 contract option year and...

Viasat, in partnership with MDA, a Maxar Technologies company, plan to establish a repair, maintenance, and upgrade service facility for Viasat’s Link 16 military communication terminals in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Halifax facility will be strategically located near the largest east coast bases of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF),...