Focus: Ground Systems

Orbit Communication Systems recently received $36.7 million in orders for its satellite communication technology for defense use cases. The company, based in Israel, recently finalized an agreement with the Israeli Ministry of Defense to supply advanced communication systems valued at approximately $16.6 million.  The U.S. Air Force also awarded Orbit a $16.5 contract for the...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has a new ground station in Alaska for its AWS Ground Station managed service. This is the 12th ground station in the global network, which allows satellite operator customers to control satellite communications and process satellite data without building their own network of ground stations.  The Alaska location is notable because...

AvL Technologies has appointed Jerry Ivester as its new Chief Commercial Officer, the company announced Dec. 8. He replaces Tony Wilkey who is retiring after 15 years with AvL. Ivester brings to AvL 22+ years of military experience and 12 years of business development and strategy experience in the satellite communications industry, most recently as...

Gilat Satellite Networks has won a U.S. military contract worth $20 million through its U.S.-based subsidiary, Wavestream. The company announced the deal, Dec. 4. It has won a contract with the U.S. Army to provide additional 50W Ka-band BUCs for long-term sustainment of thousands of mobile Satellite Transportable Terminals (STTs), an extension of an existing...

The GX LITE terminal is now available as a portable terminal for Global Xpress (GX) service, Viasat announced Wednesday. GX is now part of Viasat after the company acquired Inmarsat. Manufacturing partner Get SAT was part of the terminal development.  The GX LITE terminal is designed for land expeditionary users, to be easily transportable. It...

Cobham Satcom has received a multi-year contract with a U.S. prime contractor for multi-band antennas in its Tracker series. Cobham announced the deal with the unnamed prime on Tuesday, and said the deal has a minimum value of at least $10 million, with annual renewal options.  The deal is for land-based, 2.4 meter Tracking antennas....

Comtech won a $20 million order for its next-generation troposcatter systems from the U.K.-based Spectra Group to service NATO and European customers.  The award is for Comtech’s Comet — Compact Over-the-Horizon Transportable Terminal — a light, man-pack troposcatter system for beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) communications. Spectra Group is Comtech’s regional distributor of its Comet terminal in Europe. ...

Goonhilly Earth Station has acquired two U.S. based Comsat teleports, based in Southbury, Connecticut, and Santa Paula, California. The U.K.-based company announced the completed deal on Wednesday and said it will enhance service on both sides of the Atlantic.  This follows after Satcom Direct announced in March that it would divest the teleports to Goonhilly....

ReQuTech has chosen Scanfil as its manufacturing partner for its RESA satellite terminals. The companies announced this week they are ramping up production of the RESA Ku- and Ka-band terminals during the fourth quarter of this year and early 2024.  RESA, which stands for the ReQuTech Electronically Scanned Antenna, is a satcom terminal for multi-orbit...

Intellian Technologies has signed an MoU with Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat business, to develop a next-generation terminal for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) service. GMDSS is an international maritime safety system that Inmarsat is a satellite provider for.  The companies did not share a target date for the new terminal’s availability, but...