2 April 2026 – Japan Radio Co., Ltd. (“JRC”), SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, and Sharp Corporation will collaborate to develop and demonstrate a next-generation communications system in support of the Ministry of Defense (Japan) program titled “Development and Demonstration of Resilience-Enhancing Technologies for Multi-Orbit Communications Systems”, for which JRC was selected on February 4, 2026. It aims to build a next-generation communications system that leverages a combination of GEO, MEO and LEO satellites, and to enable multi-orbit operation by establishing control technologies that allow seamless switching among satellite links—where satellite communications are currently operated through separate systems optimized for each orbit. Read more