Serco Inc has agreed to acquire QinetiQ Group plc’s US business for a total cash consideration of $292m, representing a purchase price of $237m for the operating business and a $55m acquired tax benefit. QQUS is a specialised provider of engineering, technology and mission support to the US defence and national security markets. Its capabilities support some of the US Government’s most critical missions, including integrating satellite constellations for secure communications

Skylo Technologies and KT SAT have announced a commercial distribution agreement that lays the foundation for bringing Skylo’s standards-based satellite IoT connectivity services to Korea for the first time, subject to regulatory approval.

BlackSky Technology has announced a seven-figure Assured contract with a new major international ministry of defense. Under the one-year agreement, the ministry gains committed, priority tasking of BlackSky's Gen-3 very high-resolution imagery and AI-enabled analytics over its critical areas of interest, with data delivered directly into its operations through the BlackSky Spectra® platform.

Marlink has secured Bureau Veritas (BV) type approval for the XChange NextGen edge platform, reinforcing Marlink’s commitment to cybersecurity and giving shipowners independent assurance that their onboard digital infrastructure is designed with long-term cyber resilience built-in.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has announced that Gulf Space Technology Public Company Limited (GST), formerly Thaicom, a leading satellite and space technology company in the Asian market, has awarded Kratos a contract to deliver the first Q/V/Ka-band gateway antenna systems for the THAICOM 10, a software-defined high throughput satellite (SD-HTS). This enhanced feeder‑link capacity is essential for Gulf Space Technology to monetize the flexibility of THAICOM 10 and acc

ALL.SPACE has announced that the U.S. Navy has ordered 59 Hydra MAX 2 satellite communications terminals, expanding the Navy's investment in resilient maritime communications. Together with 49 Hydra 2 terminals ordered previously, the new Hydra MAX 2 orders bring the Navy's total procurement of ALL.SPACE systems to 108, with combined orders valued at more than $25 million. ALL.SPACE provides the mobile communications terminal within York's integrated ecosystem of spacecraft p

Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC), a national research and innovation center owned by Qatar University, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Es’hailSat - Qatar Satellite Company - to explore collaboration opportunities in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related technologies, with a focus on enhancing operational troubleshooting and decision-support capabilities. The agreement marks a significant step toward advancing applied AI research and developing i

The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has awarded the contract for the IRIS programme to lead-contractor Airbus Defence and Space and co-contractor Thales Alenia Space (TAS). IRIS represents the next generation of extremely high-resolution Earth observation satellites for the French Armed Forces.

Rocket Lab Corporation has announced a record quarter of Neutron launch contracts: eight missions across five constellation operators totaling more than $515 million, including several missions sold at an elevated base price of $70 million per launch.

EUMETSAT has delivered the new data reception stations for the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites to national weather agencies in Eastern Europe, the Western Balkans and the Caucasus. As the stations progressively enter service, the stations will give forecasters direct access to MTG data, helping them monitor fast-developing storms more closely and issue more timely warnings to protect lives and property.

Rohde & Schwarz and Pegatron have collaborated to verify FR3 phased array performance in a MIMO test setup. Using the FSWX signal and spectrum analyzer with its multi-channel analysis capabilities and the R&S SMW200A vector signal generator from Rohde & Schwarz, the companies demonstrated dual polarized transmission at 13 GHz and 15 GHz with data throughput about twice that of a single stream setup.

ST Engineering iDirect has been selected as part of a KT SAT-led consortium to provide its satellite ground system for a South Korean government project to modernize and expand secure maritime communications.

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is partnering with the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Business Applications and Space Solutions (BASS) to support companies developing commercial services combining S-100 universal hydrographic data with satellite Earth observation, communications or navigation information.

NASA has selected three companies to perform work to develop Ka-band space relay capability concepts that are compatible with current missions in space, ensuring service continuity for existing spacecraft without requiring modifications to their onboard systems.

SES, in collaboration with leading space technology partners, has successfully demonstrated a bi-directional optical communications link between ground and space through its meoSphere Pathfinder 1 mission, marking an important milestone in the development of the company's next-generation meoSphere network. The achievement validates a critical technology that will support future high-capacity, secure and flexible connectivity services.