Tag: Government/Military
Anna M. Gomez has been nominated by President Biden for the vacant commissioner spot on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), according to an announcement from the White House. Gomez, a telecommunications attorney, is currently serving as a senior advisor...
Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos, has won the second NASA human landing system award, which will allow the company to land astronauts on the surface of the Moon. The $3.4 billion fixed-price contract will see Blue Origin develop...
Measat, a Malaysian satellite operator, has pledged to provide its CONNECTme NOW satellite broadband services for free to frontline Malaysian Armed Forces personnel serving at selected remote border checkpoint posts across the country. The move is part of the...
Astroscale and Momentus have joined forces to propose a mission to reboost the Hubble Telescope to NASA. The mission would use a Momentus Vigoride orbital service vehicle (OSV) with Astroscale’s RPOD technology built in. Astroscale’s RPOD technology would approach...
Thales Alenia Space, a consortium of space companies, has been awarded a €235m ($256m) contract by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for an in-orbit servicing demonstration mission. The Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) mission is set to launch by 2026 and...
The US Space Force's Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) has held its second Black Skies electronic warfare (EW) exercise and is preparing for another this fall, as well as a Red Skies orbital warfare exercise this summer and...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK has approved the merger of Viasat and Inmarsat after a two-phase review. The CMA found that the companies compete closely in the in-flight connectivity (IFC) market, but the deal would...
Rocket Lab has successfully launched the first TROPICS mission for NASA from New Zealand. The mission involves two cubesats that will monitor hurricanes, with a total of four cubesats set to be launched in the TROPICS constellation. The satellites...
Raytheon Technologies has enlisted CesiumAstro to provide phased array communications payloads for its contract with the Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer. The Vireo active electronically scanned array (AESA) radio frequency (RF) communications payload will...
Senators Gary Peters and John Cornyn have reintroduced the Satellite Cybersecurity Act, which aims to protect commercial satellite operators from cyber attacks. The legislation would require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to consolidate voluntary satellite cybersecurity recommendations...
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