Despite recent progress, space industry executives stress the need for greater integration of commercial technology with military capabilities to enhance the resilience and effectiveness of hybrid architectures.

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Geostationary operator Viasat is in advanced talks to buy broadband capacity from Telesat’s future low Earth orbit satellites as competition from Starlink is set to intensify in the incoming Trump Administration.

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The satellite, which covers the Americas, is now supporting the Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38 and the 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment

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The contract is part of the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program

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The Blue Force Tracker is a military system that helps soldiers and commanders know where friendly forces are located on the battlefield in real-time

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Viasat’s shares rocketed 38% Aug. 8 after the geostationary fleet operator raised annual revenue expectations amid strong government and aviation broadband business growth.

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Viasat plans to demonstrate automated constellation management software in 2026 to help small satellites operate independently in increasingly congested low Earth orbit.

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Amazon is preparing to demonstrate data relay services for NASA in the spring using upcoming production satellites for its Project Kuiper broadband constellation.

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NASA is just months away from closing off its data relay satellite fleet to new users in preparation for switching over to commercial alternatives.

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The broadband terminals will communicate with commercial satellite networks and with Spain’s next-generation military constellation

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ASBM-1 and ASBM-2 host payloads from the U.S. military, the Norwegian Ministry of Defense and the commercial satellite operator Viasat

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Blue Origin, CACI International, General Atomics, and Viasat will design optical communications terminals for military spacecraft

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Geostationary fleet operator Viasat is talking to multiple low Earth orbit constellations to bring multi-orbit connectivity to all its mobile broadband services.

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Geostationary fleet operator Viasat is buying capacity from OneWeb’s low Earth orbit satellites for maritime customers in the latest multi-orbit challenge to Starlink’s growing dominance. 

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Viasat is considering investing in spacecraft with other Mobile Satellite Service operators as the promise of direct-to-smartphone technology drives unprecedented cooperation among historically isolated networks.

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The Pentagon is seeking $134 million in its fiscal year 2025 budget for “commercial satcom integration” compared to $71 million in 2024

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Spanish defense contractor Indra has teamed up with local air navigation services provider Enaire to order two satellites next year to test their proposed air traffic surveillance and communications constellation.

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The companies are working under the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program

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The company plans to upgrade 105 ships under a 2022 agreement with the Military Sealift Command

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A group of satellite operators have joined forces to push the fledgling direct-to-smartphone market to adopt services using their radiowaves, rather than spectrum derived from terrestrial mobile network operators.

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Viasat expects to start providing Wi-Fi to planes by the end of June from ViaSat-3 F1, the satellite that lost more than 90% of its 1 terabit per second capacity after an antenna deployment failure last year.

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Viasat has successfully demonstrated a satellite navigation signal on an airplane that could help the United Kingdom replace capabilities lost after leaving the European Union, the operator announced Jan. 18. 

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Two satellites designed to bring mobile broadband coverage to the Arctic region for civilians and military users have completed key tests ahead of their planned launch next summer.

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A proposal to review satellite transmission power limits risks curtailing investments and innovation in geostationary orbit where space companies such as Viasat operate, an executive for the operator warned.

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