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

The Department of Defense has partnered with non-profit corporation Mitre to develop a new adversarial threat assessment framework for 5G networks, applications and devices. FiGHT, also known as 5G Hierarchy of Threats, is a purpose-built model of adversary tactics and techniques put together to help the 5G community verify the security of the next-generation broadband […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton and CyberSaint have teamed up to offer a software-as-a-service platform designed to help customers perform analytics to gain insights into their cybersecurity posture. Booz Allen will combine its risk model with CyberSaint’s information technology and cyber risk management software to come up with an offering that could help clients assess, quantify and […] More

Ursa Major has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop an engine designed to produce 5,000 pounds of thrust and power rockets for low-Earth orbit satellite deployment. The company said Wednesday it will also test multiple “Hadley” engines and provide datasets to the Air Force Research Laboratory on performance parameters such as […] More

Spire Global and Ursa Space Systems have teamed up to merge their capabilities and help U.S. federal agency clients track illegal activity in the maritime domain. Spire will provide automatic identification system data and combine it with synthetic aperture radar imagery sourced by Ursa Space to help detect and monitor “dark” ships that may be […] More

Orbit Communications Systems obtained full type approval for its GX30 airborne Ka-band multipurpose terminal to operate on Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress network and be utilized for commercial and military Ka-band services.  The Orbit terminal can be stationed in various aerial vehicles and can yield a forward link of up to 126Mbps and a return link of […] 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

L3Harris Technologies, Inmarsat‘s U.S. business arm and industry partners have showcased remote network operations at a Special Operations Forces-focused event to support the Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative of the military. Inmarsat said Monday the demonstration for satellite communications connectivity featured the company employing its Global Xpress worldwide wideband service and L3Harris using airborne […] More

A new Inmarsat report has called on national governments, regulators and industry to adopt a coordinated action to address the threat posed by space debris and handle the expansion of mega-constellations of satellites in low-Earth orbit to prevent orbital collisions. The Space Sustainability Report offers several recommendations to improve safety and operations in space, such […] More

Inmarsat and Honeywell have introduced a new satellite communications service for government and business airborne users. SwiftJet is backed by Inmarsat’s ELERA satellite network and is set to become commercially available in the first half of 2023 to deliver inflight connectivity over L-band, Inmarsat said Monday. SwiftJet uses Honeywell-built hardware that can be installed on […] More

Kevin Powers, a cybersecurity policy professor at Boston College, will bring his experience as a researcher and lawyer to the growth advisory board of CyberSaint, where he will serve as a strategic adviser. He will be responsible for helping CyberSaint secure its market position while increasing its customers and product capabilities, the information technology service […] More

Inmarsat has expanded its 14-geostationary satellite fleet with the launch of the first of seven dual-band communications spacecraft planned for liftoff through 2024. The Inmarsat-6 F1 satellite took off Wednesday aboard Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ H-IIA launch rocket from the JAXA Tanegashima Space Center in Japan, to form the company’s next-generation satellite broadband network, the U.K.-based […] More