Technology

Comtech and E-Space have a new agreement to work together to deliver communications solutions and IoT services to support government and targeted commercial customers.  E-Space is building a satellite constellation for IoT connectivity that it says will resemble terrestrial communications network capabilities. The companies said in a Wednesday announcement that this agreement will combine Comtech’s...

Singapore-based startup Zero-Error Systems (ZES) has closed an oversubscribed $7.5M Series A funding round, with participation from Airbus Ventures. The company specializes in semiconductor solutions for space and power management applications. The funding round announced Monday also included participation from the Dart Family Office.  ZES was founded in 2019 as a university spin-off from Nanyang...

CGI Federal confirmed Wednesday that it successfully completed pilot testing of Microsoft Azure Orbital Cloud Access satellite backhaul and Nokia Private 5G communications for the U.S. Marine Corps. The demo took place at the Marine Corps Platform Integration Center (MCPIC) at Blount Island Command (BIC). The demo makes CGI Federal the first Microsoft global partner...

U.S. government services and mission support provider Arcfield announced Wednesday that it was awarded multiple classified systems contracts from an unnamed U.S. intelligence agency totaling $158 million in its 2023 fiscal first quarter. The contracted work includes the enterprise engineering, integration, and verification and validation of space and ground systems, infrastructure, and mission applications both...

ThinKom and embedded computer technology company Kontron are collaborating on a Ka-band antenna for the aviation market, the companies announced Wednesday. The antenna combine’s Kontron’s ACE Flight 4783 dual modem Modman server integrated with ThinKom’s ThinAir Ka2517 phased-array antenna.  The antenna allows for interoperability between Geostationary Orbit (GEO) and Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) systems. In addition,...

MDA is working with Thoth Technology to create a made-in-Canada deep space radar surveillance and space domain awareness (SDA) capability. The companies announced a strategic agreement on Wednesday to combine MDA’s commercial data services with Thoth’s ground-based radar technology for sovereign monitoring in deep space over Canada.  Thoth has a ground-based radar technology called Earthfence...

Xona Space Systems has successfully transmitted precision position, navigation, and timing (PNT) signals from space to ground on its demonstration LEO satellite, Huginn. The satellite was launched in May 2022, and Xona recently released updates from the demonstration.  Huginn is the first commercially funded Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) PNT mission. It has demonstrated the ability to...

MDA is working with Thoth Technology to create a made-in-Canada deep space radar surveillance and space domain awareness (SDA) capability. The companies announced a strategic agreement on Wednesday to combine MDA’s commercial data services with Thoth’s ground-based radar technology for sovereign monitoring in deep space over Canada.  Thoth has a ground-based radar technology called Earthfence...

EchoStar and aviation connectivity provider SkyFive completed a series of flight tests demonstrating dual satellite and terrestrial connectivity for command and control (C2) of a drone with Airbus. The tests are part of a project to commercialize urban air mobility within and between cities, using satellite and terrestrial connectivity.  The tests were conducted with a...

Astranis successfully hit a milestone with its first satellite, completing an end-to-end test of its payload, connecting to remote user terminals in Alaska. The satellite, Arcturus, is the first Astranis MicroGEO satellite and it was launched as a secondary payload on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy mission for ViaSat-3.  Astranis reported Wednesday that the satellite has...