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Iridium Communications has launched a portable satellite communication device that can be paired with smartphones, laptops and tablets to make calls, use office or chat applications and transmit emails, photos and other data. Based on the Iridium Certus technology, the Iridium GO! exec can allow multiple users to wirelessly link their smart devices to the […] More
Viasat will provide fully managed satellite communications services for the U.S. Marine Corps under a contract. The contract award comes following the completion of a pilot program that involved the provision of satcom as a managed service to the branch’s I Marine Expeditionary Force, Viasat said Tuesday. Through the pilot, the company’s SaaMS offering delivered […] More
The Department of Defense has been working to modernize its command, control, and communications capabilities since the publication of the C3 Modernization Strategy in late 2020. Now, aspects like electronic warfare and satellite communications are changing the way the DOD approaches C3. In Executive Mosaic’s latest video interview, DOD Chief Information Officer John Sherman spoke about how […] More
The National Science Foundation and SpaceX have signed a new coordination agreement to mitigate the potential impact of the company’s Starlink satellite constellation on ground-based radio, infrared and optical astronomy facilities operating between the 10.6 and 10.7 GHz band. Under the agreement, SpaceX committed to examining the impact of astronomical facility lasers on satellites, coordinating […] More
Virgin Orbit‘s national systems division has begun final preparations with Space Systems Command to launch a pair of research and development satellites for the U.S. Space Force from Spaceport Cornwall in Newquay, U.K. The Space Test Program-27VPD mission will liftoff to orbit onboard Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket to perform R&D experiments to demonstrate the capability […] More
Boeing has demonstrated an autonomous smart antenna technology envisioned to help the U.S. Space Force prevent jamming attacks targeting satellite communications systems. During the demonstration, the Protected Tactical Satcom Prototype autonomously mitigated simulated adversarial jamming attempts on a user’s communication and preserved network connectivity, Boeing said Monday. PTS-P is equipped with a processor of the […] More
KVH Industries, a Middletown, Rhode Island-based satellite communications provider, has secured a five-year, $69 million contract to extend connectivity support for the U.S. Coast Guard’s small cutter fleet. The company said Tuesday the service branch will continue using the KVH TracPhone V7-HTS Ku-band satellite communications system and mini-VSAT Broadband service on over 140 small cutters under […] More
Inmarsat‘s federal business arm and ThinKom Solutions will enable a satellite communications system through the fusion of its respective modem managers and antenna system to support the tactical operations of the Department of Defense. As part of the partnership, Inmarsat Government‘s G-MODMAN II and G-MODMAN Open Platform will be paired with Thinkom’s ThinAir Ka2517, the company’s […] More
Speedcast subsidiary UltiSat has booked a multiyear contract to provide communications support for the Antarctic operations of a polar-orbiting environmental satellite constellation managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. UltiSat said Thursday it intends to use teleport facilities and a global interconnect network to deliver fiber optic terrestrial connectivity to the Joint Polar Satellite […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has named the teams that will work on a program that aims to develop an intersatellite optical communications terminal for enabling satellite constellations to communicate in space. Eleven teams from academia and the commercial industry received other transaction agreements to perform phase 1 research and development work for the […] More
Northrop Grumman performed a ground demonstration of a laser communications system as part of a prototype satellite constellation for the first tranche of the National Defense Space Architecture’s transport layer. The company said Tuesday Mynaric supplied the laser communications in the space domain and Innoflight provided encryption, decryption and other components of its prototype architecture. […] More
BlueHalo has received an $11 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide optical laser communications flight terminals and ground station that the service branch’s research arm will use on satellite service demonstration. The company said it will help the Air Force Research Laboratory develop and test several technologies for on-orbit processing of satellite […] More
