Inmarsat Maritime has received Cyber Security Type Approval from Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) for NexusWave, its fully managed, bonded multi-network connectivity service.

NEC Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) toward a strategic partnership in the defense sector. Through this partnership, the two companies will strengthen their collaboration in areas such as operation plans, command and control, and unmanned assets, with the aim of reinforcing Japan's industrial base for defense and establishing data and AI sovereignty.

Inmarsat Maritime has launched a new Maritime Safety Data Hub, providing the maritime industry with unique insights as well as direct access to the comprehensive analysis of risks shaping global shipping.

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.

SCOTLAND’S growing space sector is helping to develop a pioneering rocket engine designed to consume part of its own structure as fuel, in a move aimed at making future space missions more efficient and affordable.

Lithuania is becoming NATO's precision photonics capital because it has what almost no one else does: 60 years of laser science, and companies fast enough to move at the speed the technology demands. Lithuania is NATO’s most exposed border, where precision photonics is a defence need for the country, not a market opportunity. That combination has built a cluster of 60+ companies and thousands of specialists in Vilnius, with the sector growing by 16% annually.

Kongsberg NanoAvionics has introduced its Gen-2 MP42 family of modular, ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) free microsatellite buses. Designed for advanced satellite missions, such as demanding optical or SAR imaging. The Gen-2 family consists of the new, 500 kg-class flagship platform MP42D, NanoAvionics’s largest and most capable satellite bus for payloads up to 250 kilograms in mass, as well as the improved MP42 and MP42H.

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.

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.

Firefly Aerospace has announced a new contract with the Department of War’s Defense Innovation Unit and Space Development Agency to complete a preliminary design review (PDR) for a mission providing deorbit services with Firefly’s Elytra spacecraft. Once the PDR is complete, Firefly will be eligible to compete for the next phase of mission execution, including launch and spacecraft operations.