Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications, as an inductee into the 2021 edition of the Wash100, for stewarding the company through the launch of its broadband service upgrade, satellite cloud-based offering for internet of things and maritime emergency response system. This marks Desch’s seventh consecutive Wash100 Award.

Isotropic Systems has raised over $40 million in a round of funding led by telecommunications company SES and will use the capital to further develop its multibeam antenna. Boeing’s HorizonX Global Ventures, Firmament Ventures, Space Angels, Promus Ventures’ Orbital Ventures fund and the U.K. government’s Future Fund participated in the funding round.

SEAKR Engineering has recorded nine months of on-orbit demonstration data for the company’s Pit Boss mission management technology as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Blackjack initiative.

Peraton has been awarded a potential five-year, $10 million recompete award by the U.S. Space Force to provide orbital analysis (OA) subject matter expertise (SME) support. "Our experts work closely with their Space Force counterparts to increase Space Domain Awareness, protect Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) signals, and ensure the availability of Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) for national security decision-makers," said Roger Mason.

COMSAT has agreed to distribute Orbit Communications Systems' airborne and maritime satellite connectivity terminals to the government market under a global distribution agreement between the two companies.

Isotropic Systems will demonstrate its multibeam antennas’ capacity to provide high bandwidth for U.S. Navy ships as part of a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit.

Boeing will incorporate an audio management system designed by Orbit Communications Systems into the U.S. Air Force’s T-7A Red Hawk pilot training suite.

United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V vehicle has sent the sixth Lockheed Martin-built Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite to orbit as part of the U.S. Space Force’s efforts to support military communications around the world. 

Inmarsat's government subsidiary has ordered an undisclosed quantity of multirole aviation terminals from Orbit Communication Systems after the two companies reached a milestone under a co-development agreement signed in March.

Some industry leaders said new low-Earth orbit satellites may create a larger attack surface for cyber threat actors, Via Satellite reported Friday.

Rocket Lab intends to conduct payload delivery missions and help expand operational range for small satellite systems.

Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket has carried a satellite designed to help NASA study the border between terrestrial and space weather as well as its potential impact on communications systems, people and technologies.