Technology

The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded Lite Coms a contract for VSAT terminals that could be worth up to $500 million.  The U.S. The Department of Defense announced the award...

CACI International Inc has completed interoperability testing for its optical communication terminal for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 data relay and tracking network. CACI said in a Monday...

Comtech Telecommunications is rolling out a new suite of solutions called Bridge that are designed to “bridge the gap” between satellite and terrestrial networks. The Bridge solutions announced this month...

Intelsat is expanding its teleport network to include Telespazio’s Fucino Space Centre in Italy, the satellite operator announced Thursday. Intelsat said it signed the teleport agreement with Telespazio to accommodate...

Honeywell is teaming up with Aegiq, a quantum networking and computing company, to bring better technology solutions for small satellites. Honeywell announced the collaboration, Sept. 13. The two companies are...

Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite operator OneWeb launched a new “person-portable” lightweight user terminal (UT) for military operations and emergency response teams working in areas beyond the reach of terrestrial...

The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded Benchmark Space Systems a $2.81 million award to further develop and test thrusters running on ASCENT fuel. ASCENT stands for Advanced Spacecraft Energetic...

MDA is acquiring SatixFy’s digital payload division in a $40 million acquisition to increase its offerings in the digital satellite communications market, the Canadian manufacturer announced Thursday.  SatixFy is headquartered...

Starfish Space reported success in stabilizing its first ‘Otter Pup’ mission, after the servicing spacecraft was deployed from an orbital transfer vehicle spinning in space.  The Otter Pup rode to...

In 2017, when dozens of commercial airlines adopted next-generation, satellite-based in-flight Wi-Fi service across their fleets, high-speed satellite communications were pretty limited to a single orbit: GEO. Six years later,...