Category Archives: Industry news

Intelsat, Cubic³ Complete Vehicle Satellite Connectivity Test, Advancing Ubiquitous Connectivity Vision

14 May 2025 – Intelsat and Cubic³ have successfully completed a critical vehicle satellite connectivity test, marking a significant milestone in their joint mission to create a seamless connectivity service for all types of vehicles. The test demonstrated successful integration between Intelsat satellites and Cubic³’s software platform, showcasing how terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks can seamlessly…

Arabsat Selects Telesat Lightspeed LEO Services for its Multi-orbit Connectivity Portfolio

14 May 2025 – Telesat and Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat), the top satellite service provider in the Arab world, today announced the companies have successfully negotiated and signed a Term Sheet for a multi-Gbps capacity pool of Telesat Lightspeed connectivity services. Building on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in 2024, this agreement establishes…

ABS and SpaceBridge to Join Forces to Strengthen Managed Services across Europe, Middle East & Africa

13 May 2025 – ABS “Agility Beyond Space,” a global satellite operator, and SpaceBridge, a leading provider of satellite network equipment solutions, have announced an intent to enter into a strategic collaboration to enhance managed data services across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). This partnership aims to leverage both companies’ expertise to expand…

SES Space & Defense to Provide Hybrid Space-Based Architecture to U.S. Department of Defense

13 May 2025 – SES Space & Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, joins the Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Hybrid Space Architecture Network initiative. SES’s Hybrid Space Architecture II project will showcase an automatically orchestrated secure integrated multi-orbit network that interconnects commercial and government networks to deliver assured and affordable, low-latency, multi-path communications across a…

Viasat’s JetXP Business Aviation In-flight Connectivity Service Hits New Milestone

12 May 2025 – Viasat Inc. announced that JetXP, its next-generation business aviation connectivity service, has been selected by more than 400 customers since becoming commercially available at the end of last year. JetXP builds on Viasat’s market reputation for delivering consistent, reliable and seamless global connectivity, complemented by the white-glove customer service and 24/7…

Space42 Advances D2D Satellite Messaging through Collaboration with Gatehouse Satcom

7 May 2025 – Space42, the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company, has achieved a successful collaboration between its mobile satellite services subsidiary Thuraya and Gatehouse Satcom, a Danish-based software company specializing in mission-critical satellite communications, to advance direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity. The project demonstrated NB-IoT applications over Space42’s L band geostationary satellites using 3GPP-compliant release 17 technology,…

ST Engineering iDirect Leads the European Protected Waveform Consortium into Phase 2

7 May 2025 – ST Engineering iDirect’s EU Satcom Centre of Excellence, ST Engineering iDirect Europe, based in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, announced the advancement of the European Protected Waveform (EPW) project to its second phase. Under the leadership of Belgium’s Ministry of Defence and with ST Engineering iDirect Europe as the consortium lead, this milestone marks…

Iridium Equips 9603 Module with Enhanced Short Burst Data Capabilities for Government Users

6 May 2025 – Iridium Communications Inc., a leading provider of global voice and data satellite communications, today announced a special U.S. government version of the Iridium® 9603 module built for Enhanced Short Burst Data (ESBD). ESBD is a low-latency and secure messaging service designed to provide optimal transmission security (TRANSEC) for the U.S. government…

Rivada Space Networks Announces Partnership with Pulsar Solutions

6 May 2025 – Rivada Space Networks, a global network company launching a secure, low latency low earth orbit satellite network, has announced a new partnership with Pulsar International (Pulsar), to enable secure connectivity for customers in commercial maritime, Agri-tech, enterprise and government markets. Rivada has now lined up over $US16 billion of business globally…

iDirect Government’s 450 SDR Modem Accomplishes Successful Field Trials with Airbus DS Government Solutions’ SATCOM Terminal

5 May 2025 – iDirect Government (iDirectGov), a leading provider of satellite communications to the U.S. military and government, announced the successful integration and testing of its 450 Software Defined Radio (SDR) satellite modem into Airbus DS Government Solutions’ Ranger Flyaway Terminal. This seamless integration marks a milestone in delivering enhanced resiliency, flexibility and security…