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  • Inmarsat's Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Named MSUA Board Member for 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Named MSUA Board Member for 2018

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy for Inmarsat Government, has been reappointed to serve on the Mobile Satellite Users Association’s board of directors. MSUA works to promote exchange of ideas, information and news among providers and customers of mobility communications, navigation and safety platforms, the association said Thursday. Other individuals elected to the MSUA […] More

  • Kymeta to Develop Ka-Band CubeSat Antennas for NASA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kymeta to Develop Ka-Band CubeSat Antennas for NASA

    Kymeta‘s government solutions division has received a pair of NASA grants to produce Ka-band antennas for integration with CubeSats or other satellites designed to operate in low-Earth orbit. The company said Monday it aims to develop space-based antennas under NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research program as part of efforts to help address for very low size, weight and […] More

  • Intelsat, Kymeta Form Joint Development Program for Satellite Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelsat, Kymeta Form Joint Development Program for Satellite Applications

    Intelsat has partnered with Kymeta to develop the mTenna metamaterials-based, Ku-band satellite tracking antenna to support the Intelsat EpicNG satellite platform scheduled to launch in 2015. “This [joint development program] is especially important as we begin to capitalize on the considerable opportunities that are opening to the sector with respect to connected mobility,” Stephen Spengler, Intelsat deputy […] More