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EnSilica is to partner with VITES to supply its new beam-former chip for satellite user terminals. The two companies announced the collaboration on Oct. 30. VITES will use the chip at the heart of its new ViSAT-Ka-band terminal. EnSilica’s beam-forming chip is optimized to enable VITES’s creation of power- and cost-efficient ground-based flat panel user...

Hellas Sat has signed a new capacity deal in Romania. The company announced Oct. 27 that Kanal D has signed a long-term agreement for satellite distribution of Kanal D TV in Romania. Kanal D is one of the most popular general TV channels in Romania. Romania has a population of just under 20 million people....

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded Northrop Grumman a $732 million firm-fixed price Other Transaction Authorities (OTA) contract to build 38 satellites for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL)-Alpha constellation, the agency said on Oct. 30. The 100 Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Alpha satellites are to be able to transmit beyond line-of-sight Link 16...

Maxar Intelligence has named Dan Smoot as CEO, after Maxar Technologies recently split into two businesses — Maxar Space Infrastructure and Maxar Intelligence. The satellite imagery-focused company announced the move on Monday, along with a slate of new executive hires.  Smoot was most recently the CEO of Riverbed Technology, and he is credited with transitioning...

The Space & Airborne Systems and Communication Systems segments at L3Harris delivered growth in the third quarter of 2023.  Company-wide revenue at L3Harris was up 16% in Q3 compared to the same period last year, due to acquisitions including Aerojet Rocketdyne (AR) and the Tactical Data Links business L3Harris acquired from Viasat. Organically, excluding the...

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...

Lockheed Martin selected Tesat’s optical communications terminals for its Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites, Tesat announced Oct. 26.  Tesat also announced it completed ground interoperability tests for the SDA program. As part of the test, Tesat optical communications terminals demonstrated consistent data communication links with a reference modem and an optical...

The Mayo Clinic is exploring using a hybrid LTE and satcom telehealth technology in ambulances. Telehealth network integrator Optac-X announced this week that it has a “know how agreement” with the Mayo Clinic for the use of this telehealth technology, which uses a Kymeta antenna.  Kymeta is an LTE and satcom partner for Optac-X and...

Eutelsat Communications operating vertical revenues in the first quarter of the operator’s 2023-24 fiscal year were down 2.4% compared to the same time last year on a like-for-like basis. Eutelsat reported financial results on Thursday, also reporting Konnect VHTS satellite that launched more than a year ago entered service.  Konnect VHTS will provide fixed, mobile...

Rocket Lab expects to resume launching its Electron rocket by the end of the year, after the company’s Electron mission failure in September. Rocket Lab reported Wednesday that its license to launch with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is still active, but Rocket Lab is still working through a review.  The Sept. 19 mission failure...