Earth observation satellite manufacturers from France, Israel, Japan, Russia, and the United States are vying to build a high-resolution imaging satellite for Vietnam, according to French online publication Intelligence Online.
Read More »Egypt’s TIBA-1 Military Communications Satellite Headed For Guiana Space Centre Launch
TIBA-1, the communications satellite for the Government of Egypt developed by Airbus and Thales Alenia Space (TAS) left the Airbus Defence and Space clean rooms in Toulouse
Read More »UK’s Royal Air Force Loans Pilot For Virgin Orbit Missions
The Royal Air Force (RAF) and Virgin Orbit announced the next step in an exciting new space partnership with the selection of an RAF test pilot to be seconded to the small satellite launch program, pending U.S. and U.K. regulatory approvals.
Read More »Italian Air Force To Use Virgin Galactic For Suborbital Research Flight
Virgin Galactic has announced a new contract with the Italian Air Force for a research flight on the company’s SpaceShipTwo system during which Italian researchers will actively conduct experiments while they are in space.
Read More »Royal Thai Air Force Taps ISISpace For Next-Generation Earth Observation CubeSat
The Royal Thai Air Force has awarded a contract to ISIS - Innovative Solutions In Space B.V. to realize their next satellite mission, based on an ISISpace 6U CubeSat. This will be the second Earth Observation satellite of the Royal Thai Air Force, with the objective to further strengthen their independent space operations for Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) purposes.
Read More »UK’s Ministry Of Defence Announces £1.5 Million Boost For Military Space Innovation
UK Defence Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan has announced a £1.5 million investment in 12 ground-breaking space innovation projects.The announcement marks the next step in the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s (Dstl) ‘Space to Innovate’ competition, which sought to find and fund new technologies that could improve the UK’s resilience, awareness and capability in space.
Read More »CNES Supports French Armed Forces In Implementing Military Space Strategy
From 11 to 13 September 2019, the Centre national d'etudes spatiales (CNES) was at the 17th edition of the Defence Summer School, hosted by the French Air Force.
Read More »Airbus Tapped By UK’s DSTL To Develop High-Resolution SAR Sensors For Project Oberon
Airbus has won a design study from the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to develop the technologies for a cluster of ultra-high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites for the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD).
Read More »UK Defence Minister Announces Industry Competition To Operate And Maintain SKYNET-6 MILSATCOM Programme
Speaking at the DSEi conference on 11 September 2019, the UK Defence Secretary outlined an ambitious and global vision for defence. He highlighted the UK’s decisive contribution to the fight against Daesh and RFA Mounts Bay’s role providing critical humanitarian relief in response to Hurricane Dorian.
Read More »Airbus And Telespazio To Sell MILSATCOM Capacity On French Syracuse IV
Airbus and Telespazio (Leonardo/Thales) have set up a partnership to market military telecommunications services using the future Syracuse IV satellites.
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