Government/Military

CopaSAT, a provider of secure communications technology, has joined forces with Kymeta Government Solutions to deploy Kymeta satcom products and services for military users. The partnership makes the full line of Kymeta products available to U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). CopaSAT will provide installation, integration and training support...

Sener will design, manufacture and test devices for the assembly of the Biomass satellite, a mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) under the Earth Explorer program. The program’s objective is to find answers to the most important scientific questions about the environment of our planet. Sener will develop all the devices for assembly of the satellite...

A potential 200 million euro ($2.39 million) contract between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus in Portsmouth will be moved to the European continent because of Brexit, the managing director of Airbus said. Airbus will move all the work for the ground control for the new European Union (EU) satellite navigation system, Galileo, from the United...

The eruption of Kilauea Volcano on the island of Hawaii triggered a number of gas- and lava-oozing fissures in the East Riff Zone of the volcano. Kilauea has been erupting continuously since 1983, but in late April and early May, the volcanic eruption took a dangerous new turn, and the fissures and high levels of sulfur...

More than 20 teams have indicated they might participate in the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA’s) Launch Challenge, a competition designed to promote rapid access to space for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). During the challenge, which is slated for late 2019, each participant will be expected to launch a payload into...

The U.K. space industry continues to figure out how to maintain its status as a leading space-faring economy while dealing with frustrating, post-Brexit realities and the question that just won’t go away: “Can we afford to do ___ alone?” Faced with being shut out of Europe’s Galileo program, U.K. Defense secretary Gavin Williamson recently confirmed...

Hughes Network Systems has been awarded a follow-on contract to continue the second phase of a pilot study program to assess the feasibility of interoperability across multiple satellite communication systems for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). Under this award, Hughes will be responsible for prototyping a Flexible Modem Interface (FMI) for military terminals that...

iDirect Government, a provider of satellite communications to the military and government, has unveiled its 9050 OM ruggedized satellite router. The 9050 OM features enhanced security, military environmental standards and improved functionality in a ruggedized form factor for operation in harsh outdoor environments. A 950mp integrated satellite router board resides at the heart of the...

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May has asked experts to look into options for a British satellite navigation system to rival the European Union’s (EU) Galileo project, amid a row over attempts to restrict Britain’s access to sensitive information after Brexit. The European Commission has started to exclude Britain and its companies from sensitive future work...

It is unclear what exactly will happen to Swarm Technologies after launching its smallsats without government approval in January, but what is clear is the big communication gap between the government bodies that grant these approvals and the ones that fund projects like these. In Swarm’s case, the company had received contracts from NASA, the...