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The government of Australia has awarded HawkEye 360 a contract for a pilot program for maritime domain awareness in the Pacific Islands, the company announced July 6. The pilot program will support the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) efforts to detect illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The contract was awarded by Australia’s Department…

Viasat is making key inroads in the European aviation arena as it starts to reap the benefits of its acquisition of Inmarsat. Through Inmarsat, it has signed a long-term contract to appoint ESSP (European Satellite Services Provider) as service provider for the Iris air traffic modernization program, as the final preparations for pre-commercial operations take…

Voyager Space signed an MoU with NewSpace India Limited, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), to collaborate on spacecraft launch.  The MoU specifically deals with NSIL’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) and Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), to explore launch and deployment opportunities for small satellites. Voyager Space has previously flown…

Satellite technology company hiSky recently shared two updates to its technology, introducing the Falcon ASIC modem-on-chip which is ready for mass production, and FCC certification for its Smartellite Fixed KA terminal.  The Falcon ASIC modem-on-chip is designed to be integrated in hiSky’s next generation of Smartellite terminals and is op timized for mass production. The…

Ground software as a service company Atlas Space Operations named John Williams as its new CEO, and opened a government-focused subsidiary, Freedom Space Technologies, the company announced this week.  Williams joins Atlas Space Operations from Viasat where he served as vice president of Real-Time Earth, Viasat’s ground station as a service business line, which Atlas…