Focus: North America

Comtech Telecommunications has announced that during its third quarter of fiscal 2018, its command and control technologies group, part of Comtech’s Government Solutions segment, received orders totaling in excess of...

NASA has exercised options under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition III (Rapid III) contract for two additional Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) spacecraft to be built for the National Oceanic and...

Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) and CoVant Management have acquired military satellite communications prime contractor LinQuest Corporation.The company’s management, including CEO Leon Biederman, will retain a significant minority ownership position in...

ViaSat posted company-wide fourth quarter and fiscal year revenue highs of $439.7 million and $1.6 billion, respectively, but also higher costs in moving customers to its new ViaSat-3 satellite, resulting...

Base Camp Connect will now be a partner for selling and integrating Redcom Laboratories communications systems in the Canadian government sector and to the Canadian National Defence, the tactical edge...

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions’ Defense and Rocket Support Services Division was awarded the Aerial Target Systems 2 (ATS-2), Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. This is a...

Phase Four, a provider of electric Radio Frequency (RF) thrusters for in-space propulsion, has announced that NASA has purchased one of its second-generation RF thrusters to vet its capabilities for...

Satellite and space technology company mu Space has named Michael Soodjinda its new chief finance officer. Soodjinda’s appointment is part of the company’s strategy to fast-track its business expansion across...

The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has recognized that the Iridium network meets all the criteria of the IMO needed to provide mobile satellite services in the...

Orbital ATK successfully launched the company’s Antares rocket carrying its Cygnus spacecraft from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A on Wallops Island, Virginia, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. The launch...