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.

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E3/Sentinel, a NewSpring Holdings company, has been awarded a five-year, firmed-fixed task order contract by the Air Force Space Command Commercial Satellite Communications Office under the General Services Administration One Acquisition Solutions for Integrated Services Pool 1 unrestricted contract vehicle, E3/Sentinel announced on Wednesday. 

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Intelsat and satellite communications services provider COMSAT have partnered to market a broadband connectivity offering to U.S. government aircraft operators and coalition partners. COMSAT will add the FlexAir managed service to the company’s suite of airborne satcom services intended to help military personnel communicate anywhere in the world, Intelsat said Thursday. “FlexAir was designed with government users […] More

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch of Inmarsat Government has said leaders at the Department of Defense must incorporate procurement and funding for operations and maintenance into the Future Years Defense Program to streamline the acquisition of commercial satellite communications capabilities as part of the integrated architecture. “This kind of strategic planning will lay a foundation of optimal satcom acquisition – the continuation […] More

COMSAT has tested and implemented its L-band satellite connectivity technology on multiple aerial and maritime platforms for the U.S. government, Satnews reported Tuesday The Wideband Steaming L-Band system is designed to increase the performance of terminals via a communications link from antenna-equipped ground vehicles, fixed-wing aircraft and ground vehicles. WiSL uses an Inmarsat-built space and ground network to help users […] More

COMSAT has agreed to provide Iridium Communications’ broadband service to warfighters and other users within the Defense Department by mid-2018. COMSAT will deliver voice calling, telematics data, environmental assessments, usage statistics, staff tracking applications and other capabilities to DoD users and military personnel through the Iridium Certus broadband service offering under the agreement, Iridium said […] More

COMSAT and Speedcast International have entered into a partnership agreement to offer global network services to government and maritime customers. The joint offering will combine Speedcast’s 8+ gigahertz of global satellite capacity with COMSAT’s U.S.-based teleports to provide Ku-band very small aperture terminal services for customers that need resilient connectivity, Speedcast said Thursday. COMSAT will also deliver hosting services as well […] More

COMSAT has received a blanket purchase agreement from the Defense Department to provide internet protocol-based mobile satellite communications services through Inmarsat’s Global Xpress Ka-band network and Broadband Global Area Network. COMSAT will work to deliver voice, video and data services to uniformed personnel through portable satellite terminals and help DoD meet its global mobile communications requirements, […] More

COMSAT has received a contract to provide Inmarsat’s Global Xpress satellite communication services to Defense Department personnel in Africa. COMSAT runs a Multiprotocol Label Switching network that uses Global Xpress to support Non-classified Internet Protocol Router/Secret Internet Protocol Router services, Inmarsat said Monday. Inmarsat partners with COMSAT and other value-added resellers to deliver Global Xpress as a […] More

COMSAT has supported an annual military exercise between U.S. soldiers, armed forces of the Philippines and other multinational participants. The company worked with U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific to integrate Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress for the Balikatan 2016 exercises that tackled a number of missions such as humanitarian assistance, maritime law enforcement and environmental protection, COMSAT said […] More

Satellite technology company Isotropic Systems has partnered with ST Engineering iDirect to harness the latter’s fully integrated waveform for connectivity in harsh environments. Isotropic Systems said Monday it expects the waveform to globally enable multi-domain, multi-orbit satellite communications with high resiliency. Initial products offered by Isotropic Systems will feature an option to simultaneously access multiple […] More

The U.S. Space Force plans to release requests for proposals for commercial satellite communications services and equipment starting next month and award up to $2.3 billion worth of comsatcom contracts in 2022 and 2023, Breaking Defense reported Friday. Future comsatcom acquisitions cover four service areas: COMSATCOM Transponded Capacity; COMSATCOM Subscription Services; Complex Commercial SATCOM Solutions; […] More