An up and coming  company is leveraging the  transformative technology of High Altitude Platforms  (HAP) to bridge the digital divide and provide broadband services for various vertical market applications   at a shorter time-to-market deployment and lower costs. AVEALTO Ltd., a UK-based company formed to design, build and operate a fleet of HAP vehicles which can transparently replace point-to-point satellite services at a lower cost, with higher quality service has began customer acquisition activities.  

Mission Microwave Technologies, LLC, a manufacturer of highly efficient Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) and Block Up Converters (BUCs) has received a multi-million dollar order from a US Department of Defense (DoD) contractor to provide updated versions of the contractor’s highly integrated transceivers for their signature Man-Portable VSAT terminal.  This design win replaces incumbent providers and brings Mission’s efficient and reliable GaN power amplifiers integrated with receiver components to create products that are form, fit, and function replacements for older version technolog

RevGo Global Inc. announced that it has entered into a US$ 10 million dollar supply contract for its satcom RF ground station equipment with SES to help build SES’s next generation high data throughput medium earth orbit (MEO) intelligent satellite network and managed services.

AXESS Networks (AXESS) a global provider of encompassing connectivity solutions via satellite has been chosen by ARAB Satellite Communications Organization (ARABSAT) to provide connectivity and teleport services on Appendix 30BC-Band space segment on-board its ARABSAT-5A Satellite at an orbital location of 30.5°E with coverage footprint across Europe, Middle East, and Africa.

After signing a contract with one of the largest national television companies, The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has entered Brazil’s television market. More than three million viewers in the state of Maranhao now watch the Brazilian TV channel TV Difusora using the Express-AM8 satellite.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL), a leading global provider of next-generation 911 emergency systems and secure wireless communications technologies, announced today, that during its fourth quarter of fiscal 2021, it was awarded multiple contracts aggregating US$ 6.3 million for 500-Watt Ka-band traveling wave tube amplifiers (“TWTAs”) for both military and commercial High-Throughput Satellite (“HTS”) systems.

Specialists of the Operations Department of the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC)  have completed the relocation  of the Express-AM33 satellite from the orbital position of 96.5° E to the 11° W slot. The satellite commenced operation on its new orbital slot on August 17, 2021. 

Mission Microwave Technologies, a manufacturer of highly efficient Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) and Block Upconverters (BUCs) has received follow-on orders from a government contractor to provide Ku and Ka-band Block Upconverters (BUCs) as components of complex SATCOM transportable terminals in support of the US Army. This third order for the ongoing program is valued at US$ 6 million. At the completion of this third tranche of BUCs, the program will be roughly one-third complete.

AVEALTO Ltd., a UK-based company formed to design, build and operate a fleet of High Altitude Platform (HAP) vehicles which can transparently replace point-to-point satellite services at a lower cost, with higher quality service has began customer acquistion activities.  AVEALTO  announce that it will open discussions with potential early customers at the SATELLITE 2021 event in Washington D.C. from September 7-10  and also at the GSMA Conference in Los Angeles from October 26–28.

Teams from ST Engineering iDirect and Gilat Telecom have achieved the successful remote installation and commissioning of two Newtec Dialog® hubs to power cellular backhaul services for mobile network operator, Vodacom, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the largest country in Sub-Saharan Africa. The new hubs enabled Vodacom to migrate its VSAT-based 2G network to 3G across 150 Base Tranceiver Station (BTS) sites with the Base Station Controller located in Kinshasa.