Focus: North America

Scandinavian hybrid satellite router and broadband solution provider Forsway is expanding its operations in North America and opening a sales office in Dallas, Texas, the company announced April 11. Forsway...

NASA will fund research and development for 18 space technology concepts, including solar sails, smart space suits, and a Lunar-polar propellant mining outpost, as part of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC)...

The leader of the new Space Development Agency (SDA) unveiled a national future space architecture that the agency plans to develop over the next few years during his first public...

Boeing awarded a contract to Hughes Network Systems to develop mission management, system control, networking and ground hub capabilities supporting anti-jam satellite communications capability for the Air Force’s Protected Tactical...

Intelsat confirmed that it is experiencing a service outage on its Intelsat 29e satellite. The operator said the satellite’s propulsion system was damaged late on Sunday, April 7. The damage caused...

Northrop Grumman is moving ahead on schedule to field its new OmegA rocket by 2021 in hopes that the U.S. Air Force will select it as one replacement to the...

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions will serve as the founding member of the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC), which was unveiled during a classified session at the...

Viasat is opening a new headquarters in Montes Urales, Mexico, located in the northwest part of Mexico City. The new facility will provide the satellite operator with a base to...

Maxar Technologies has completed a Critical Design Review (CDR) for the on-orbit servicing spacecraft bus it is building for NASA’s Restore-L project, and is on track to ship the bus to NASA...

Hughes Network Systems was awarded a two-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) by the U.S. Army for the third phase of the Blue Force Tracking (BFT-3) program. Under the agreement,...