SES has announced the successful completion of Rendez-vous 1 (RDV1) under the Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite (IRIS²) programme, marking a key milestone in the programme's implementation phase and reinforcing Europe’s path towards sovereign, resilient and secure satellite connectivity.

Gilat Satellite Networks has announced the successful demonstration of a breakthrough AI-based interference detection and cancellation technology for satellite communication links. The patent-pending solution leverages advanced AI-based signal processing designed to run on standard AI for edge NPU and has demonstrated exceptional performance across a wide range of non-cooperative and non-static interference scenarios.

AST SpaceMobile has announced the successful orbital launch of its BlueBird satellites 11, 12, and 13. The mission lifted off at 3:42 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, expanding AST SpaceMobile’s growing constellation of next-generation BlueBird satellites following the successful launch and deployment of BlueBirds 8, 9, and 10.

EnSilica has joined the 5G-aNTeNna consortium, a European development project focused on creating compact, secure and scalable 5G-NTN user terminals for the EU’s IRIS² satellite communications commercial infrastructure.

For years, satellite communications companies were judged primarily on capacity, terminals and connectivity. Today, that narrative is changing rapidly. Gilat's second-quarter 2026 results demonstrate that success in the satellite industry is increasingly being driven by defence, mobility and mission-critical communications rather than traditional commercial broadband alone.

Neuraspace has announced €15.6 million in new financing, combining strategic private investment from Lince Capital, Explorer Investments and Armilar Venture Partners together with funding awarded under Portugal's Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP), reflecting strong private and public confidence in the company's growth strategy. The funding will accelerate the expansion of Neuraspace's commercial and defence capabilities in autonomous space operations, sovereign sensing infra

Operators need to extract as much useful capacity as possible from constrained RF resources. They also need to support services that move between satellite and terrestrial networks, work with mobile operators, and remain compatible with standards that are still developing. The choice affects the air interface, along with terminals, payloads, gateways, operations and commercial partnerships.

Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation has announced that it and certain of its US subsidiaries, including Hughes Network Systems, LLC, have filed voluntary chapter 11 petitions in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (the “Court”) to facilitate a financial and operational reorganization.

Kreios Space selects Kongsberg NanoAvionics for first-ever air-breathing electric propulsion satellite, bound for VLEO

ETL Systems has announced the acquisition of Amphinicy Technologies, a specialist developer of software solutions for the SATCOM and Earth Observation markets. This acquisition brings together two complementary businesses in the satellite communications sector, creating a more comprehensive offering for an industry undergoing rapid technological change.