EXCLUSIVE: Freeman out as head of Amazon Leo Government
Ricky Freeman joined the company in 2023 as part of an increased focus in the defense market.
Amazon launches first 27 operational Kuiper satellites to compete with Starlink
There are a lot of hopes within DoD and the Space Force for Project Kuiper's success, with officials seeing the constellation as offering diversity beyond Starlink in the supplier base for so-called proliferated LEO services.
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Interoperability becomes the price of entry for next-gen warfighting tech
AI, autonomous systems, cyber, and EW converge as industry targets faster battlefield effects.
SES to buy Intelsat, further shrinking SATCOM gene pool
Space industry analyst Todd Harrison said the $3.1 billion purchase is latest in a "shakeup" in the satellite communications landscape following the proliferation of LEO birds.
US wins protections for Pentagon radar spectrum at WRC-23
The US and its allies managed to block a move by China to open up the 6 GHz band Beijing uses for 5G mobile wireless communications to global use — a move that would have empowered Chinese telecom firms such as Huawei.
Space-BACN sizzling along as DARPA awards Phase 2 contracts in laser link project
Long-range, high-speed optical communications will be critical for the service's plans for a "hybrid architecture" that would see networks of old and new military satellites, as well as commercial and allied networks, all communicating seamlessly to shift vast quantities of data around the world in near real-time.
Amazon, OneWeb slowly stalk SpaceX for piece of Pentagon SATCOM pie
Amazon recently launched the first two prototypes for its Project Kuiper; OneWeb now has all 634 satellites it needs to provide global internet access.
Modernizing defense enterprise IT without disrupting the mission
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
A Musk monopoly? For now, Ukraine has few options outside Starlink for battlefield satcoms
"I think everyone agrees that if there's a reasonable cost-based argument that paying for use does make sense," industry analyst Tim Farrar said. But "I think Elon has made that more difficult rather than less difficult because you don't normally negotiate your weapons contracts on Twitter."
US needs to temper reliance on at-risk undersea internet cables, satellites can help: Aerospace
"Undersea cable infrastructure is ripe for sabotage," said Karen Jones, one of the authors of the study.