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Via Satellite • Rachel Jewett

Space Force awards Iridium up to $85.8M, 5-year contract to upgrade EMSS infrastructure

The U.S. Space Force has awarded Iridium Communications a five-year, up-to-$85.8 million contract to modernize and hybridize system infrastructure, funding upgrades to the company’s Enhanced Mobile Satellite Service (EMSS) service center. The work covers system infrastructure transformation and hybridization to support Space Force satcom needs.

2025-12-02T13:50:17.581638-08:00

Reuters

Isaacman urges Congress to fund nuclear propulsion and speed commercial Moon push to beat China

2025-12-02T10:32:41.907210-08:00

Business Wire

Spire to build and operate eight satellites for Deloitte’s Silent Shield on‑orbit cybersecurity constellation

2025-12-01T04:04:43.741354-08:00

Space Intel Report

ESA secures record €22.1bn at Bremen ministerial, delivering 99% of proposed €22.25bn

2025-11-27T03:42:31.985160-08:00

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Via Satellite

Space Force awards Iridium up to $85.8M, 5-year contract to upgrade EMSS infrastructure The U.S. Space Force has awarded Iridium Communications a five-year, up-to-$85.8 million contract to modernize and hybridize system infrastructure, funding upgrades to the company’s Enhanced Mobile Satellite Service (EMSS) service center. The work covers system infrastructure transformation and hybridization to support Space Force satcom needs.

2025-12-02T13:50:17.581638-08:00

Space Force awards Iridium up to $85.8M, 5-year contract to upgrade EMSS infrastructure

Via Satellite

NATO selects Globecomm as prime for next‑generation satellite modem programme NATO's Communications and Information Agency has appointed Globecomm Systems as prime contractor for its next‑generation satellite modem programme, a move to upgrade allied satcom terminal capability for secure, interoperable military communications. The contract places Globecomm at the centre of development and integration for NATO modem hardware and software.

2025-12-02T13:26:52.886841-08:00

NATO selects Globecomm as prime for next‑generation satellite modem programme

Reuters

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Isaacman urges Congress to fund nuclear propulsion and speed commercial Moon push to beat China Billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman, President Trump’s nominee to lead NASA, will tell senators he wants expanded investment in nuclear propulsion and accelerated commercial lunar efforts to return Americans to the Moon before “our great rival” China, according to prepared testimony seen by Reuters.

2025-12-02T10:32:41.907210-08:00

Isaacman urges Congress to fund nuclear propulsion and speed commercial Moon push to beat China

gazette.com

Colorado Springs mayor urges focus on mission as legal challenge over Space Command move unfolds Colorado Springs’ mayor said the city will concentrate on supporting Space Command’s mission rather than politics after Colorado’s attorney general filed suit challenging the President’s decision to relocate U.S. Space Command headquarters from Peterson SFB to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.

2025-12-02T00:29:02.001771-08:00

Colorado Springs mayor urges focus on mission as legal challenge over Space Command move unfolds

uasvision.com

Chinese researchers propose 2,000-drone swarm to disrupt Starlink Chinese researchers have proposed a concept for a 2,000-drone swarm intended to disrupt SpaceX's Starlink satellite communications, suggesting massed UAS could threaten low-Earth-orbit satcom constellations. It raises questions about civil and military resilience to coordinated UAS attacks.

2025-12-01T22:39:12.457654-08:00

Chinese researchers propose 2,000-drone swarm to disrupt Starlink

Air & Space Forces Mag

US Space Force to field GEO surveillance satellites to augment RG-XX fleet The U.S. Space Force plans a fleet of geostationary surveillance satellites to monitor and track objects in the GEO belt, providing persistent observation to complement existing RG-XX platforms. The capability is intended to boost space‑domain awareness and shorten detection‑to‑action timelines in GEO.

2025-12-01T14:45:44.215375-08:00

US Space Force to field GEO surveillance satellites to augment RG-XX fleet

Breaking Defense

France's Safran.AI and UAE's TII team up on agentic AI for geospatial intelligence Safran.AI and the UAE's Technology Innovation Institute announced a partnership at the Dubai Airshow to develop agentic AI for geospatial intelligence. The collaboration aims to apply next‑generation AI agents to accelerate sensor‑to‑decision workflows and deliver anticipatory, operational ISR, TII's CIO said.

2025-12-01T09:20:27.288009-08:00

France's Safran.AI and UAE's TII team up on agentic AI for geospatial intelligence

Business Wire

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Spire to build and operate eight satellites for Deloitte’s Silent Shield on‑orbit cybersecurity constellation Spire Global will design, build and operate eight satellites for Deloitte’s Silent Shield on-orbit cybersecurity constellation under a newly announced contract. The satellites will provide advanced satellite capabilities and managed data operations to support Deloitte’s on-orbit cybersecurity program and space services.

2025-12-01T04:04:43.741354-08:00

Spire to build and operate eight satellites for Deloitte’s Silent Shield on‑orbit cybersecurity constellation

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