Ovzon has received a 12-month renewal for delivery of the company’s SATCOM solutions to the Italian Fire and Rescue Services. The order value amounts to 4 MSEK (0.45 MUSD). The service will continue without interruption, effective immediately.

Icelandic tech company Hefring Marine has been selected as one of just 15 companies to advance to Mission Track of NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA), from a 2026 cohort of 150 innovators selected from more than 3,600 proposals across the Alliance.

Global deeptech company Cailabs has said that Factory 27, a new 10,000 m² manufacturing facility in Rennes that will give the company the means to build up to 50 optical ground stations a year by 2028, is progressing according to plan, adding that preparations for the construction of a similar site in the US are accelerating.

NSSLGlobal has launched SmartHub, it’s unique condition-based monitoring solution which provides a new level of predictive maintenance across all bridge systems, ensuring greater uptime and reducing costly shipboard visits from engineers. NSSLGlobal will be débuting SmartHub at SMM, Hamburg with demonstrations of its capabilities.

Royal Wagenborg is strengthening digital resilience across its fleet of general cargo vessels after selecting De Boer Marine for a multiyear, phased rollout of onboard connectivity, IT and cybersecurity. The programme will support secure ship-to-shore communications, stronger onboard digital infrastructure and reliable internet access for crews.

Global Invacom has expanded its distributor network to South Africa with TinSky Connect. Following the recent agreement between Premix Hadlock and Global Invacom for representation of Prodelin (formerly CPI) antennas, this is the latest in a series of distributor agreements, bringing high value Prodelin and Skyware SMC antennas, along with innovative RF electronics to a global customer base.

Space Forge Inc has signed a master research agreement with The Texas A&M University System, which sets the framework for a research collaboration and marks a first step towards Space Forge establishing its initial semiconductor materials manufacturing and processing capability in the U.S. The agreement applies throughout the Texas A&M System and establishes how future research will be handled across all joint projects.

Terma has entered into an agreement to acquire Dencrypt A/S, a Danish company specializing in end-to-end encrypted communications. Dencrypt will strengthen Terma's portfolio with one of Denmark's most advanced sovereign encryption technologies, expanding Terma's ability to deliver trusted solutions that protect and enable the secure exchange of critical information across defense, government, critical infrastructure and private companies.

Gilat Satellite Networks announced that its Peruvian subsidiary, Gilat Perú, has signed an agreement valued at $14 million with the Regional Government of Ayacucho for the execution of a fiber-optic broadband project in southern Ayacucho under Peru’s Works for Taxes (Obras por Impuestos – OxI) program. Delivery is expected within 18 months.

The European Commission and the European Space Agency have concluded negotiations with the SpaceRISE consortium —comprising three operators: Eutelsat (French), HispaSat (Spanish) and SES (Luxembourg)— to launch the IRIS² constellation.