Germany’s armed forces, the Bundeswehr, has awarded Airbus the SATCOMBw 3 prime contract for the next generation secure military satellite system which includes geostationary satellites as well as ground segment, launch and operation for 15 years.

AAC Clyde Space ("AAC Clyde Space") has entered into a share sale and purchase agreement, whereby AAC Clyde Space acquires 100 percent of the outstanding shares in Spacemetric AB ("Spacemetric") for a consideration amounting to approximately MSEK 16 and possible earn-outs based on certain milestones of up to a total of approximately MSEK 9 (the "Transaction").

Globe has expanded its partnership with satellite-direct-to-phone (sat2phone) company Lynk Global, the world’s leading satellite-direct-to-standard-phone service provider, launching a live customer pilot program to assess the potential of satellite-direct-to-phone communication services in remote places in the Philippines.

After road transport from Airbus in Friedrichshafen to Bremen on 2 July, the Airbus-built Sentinel-2C satellite, the third Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, is about to be shipped to the European spaceport in French Guiana.

Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), the UAE’s flagship satellite solutions provider, (ADX trading Symbol: YAHSAT), has selected SpaceX for the launch of its advanced new geostationary satellites Al Yah 4 (“AY4”) and Al Yah 5 (“AY5”) using SpaceX’s flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket.

HawkEye 360 Inc., the global leader in defense technology for space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, announced that its Cluster 8 satellites have entered initial operating status.

Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIDU) (the “Company” or “Sidus”), a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service satellite company, announced that in partnership with NASA Stennis Space Center, the primary objectives of the NASA Autonomous Satellite Technology for Resilient Applications (“ASTRA”) payload mission were successfully met on July 1, 2024.

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT), a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services, announced today that Gilat’s wholly owned US-based subsidiary, DataPath Inc, received over $9 million in orders in support of the US Department of Defense and other agencies worldwide participating in Field Service and Technical Service Programs.

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) announces that its RF/RRM Carrier Acceptance Toolset (RCAT) has enabled SGS to become a facilitator for the Skylo Technologies non-terrestrial network (NTN) device certification program.

GSOA published the latest of its White Papers: “New Satellite Technologies for Transformative Connectivity” during the Global Symposium of Regulators 2024, organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Kampala, Uganda.

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and U.S. space transportation company Firefly Aerospace have signed a collaborative agreement to jointly launch satellites with Firefly’s Alpha rocket from the newly inaugurated spaceport at Esrange Space Center in Sweden, starting in 2026.

Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global leader in satellite communications, today announced that it is expanding its work with Airbus Defence and Space to provide its secure, flexible broadband Ku- and Ka-band airborne technology for the Airbus C295 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) that have been acquired by the Spanish Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT), a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services, announced today that it has secured over $14 million in orders from several prominent service providers and system integrators for its In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) products and solutions.

Dryad Networks, a leader in ultra-early wildfire detection and forest monitoring, today announceda strategic partnership with Kinéis, a French satellite operator and global connectivity provider for the Internet of Things (IoT).

Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), today announced the promising results of the ASCEND (Advanced Space Cloud for European Net zero emission and Data sovereignty) feasibility study.

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC Space US) has signed a collaboration agreement with the U.S. lunar exploration company ispace technologies U.S., Inc. (ispace-U.S.), to support their upcoming Mission 3 with the APEX 1.0 lunar lander.