The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Telesat’s U.S. subsidiary a potential $175.6M contract to develop and demonstrate its spacecraft buses in low-Earth orbit as part of the agency’s Blackjack program.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 17, 2018 — A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business unit has partnered with Telesat to build user terminals for the latter’s low Earth orbit satellites that will work to provide broadband connectivity services for government and commercial clients, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. General Dynamics Mission Systems will leverage …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 25, 2018 — An SSL-built communications satellite has begun post-launch operations following its deployment Sunday as part of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) company said Monday the Telstar 19 VANTAGE satellite it built …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 24, 2017 — Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) and Inmarsat have been named among the key players in the U.S. government and military satellite industry by a new Frost & Sullivan report released by Research and Markets, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The “US Government and Military Satellite Market, Forecast to 2022” study …

CapRock Government Solutions has won a contract with the US Navy’s Naval Beach Group (NBG) for emergency satellite communications services as part of U.S. military relief efforts in Haiti.  Services will run on CapRock’s new commercial communications suite, CommandAccess, at a significantly reduced rate. CapRock will work with fixed satellite …