The National Reconnaissance Office is advancing space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) beyond what was thought possible, with new capabilities on orbit, on the ground, and everywhere in between.

Dr. Chris Scolese, director of the NRO, delivered this message in his keynote address at the 38th Space Symposium, an annual gathering of more than 10,000 space industry professionals.

“We’ve long talked about what the future could look like,” Dr. Scolese said. “In fact, it’s already here.”

Comtech announced today that the company recently secured multiple orders for significant quantities of its CDM-780 high-speed software defined modems. These modems will be delivered to innovative, next generation satellite operators as well as to the U.S. Department of Defense who will be assessing, evaluating, and fielding these modems in a variety of scenarios to enable broad scale government and commercial deployments to provide end users with access to high-speed connectivity in some of the hardest to reach places in the world.

During the Welcome Session at NAB Show 2023 today, NAB President and CEO Curtis LeGeyt spoke with Univision Los Angeles' Gabriela Teissier in a fireside chat about the state of the broadcast industry. LeGeyt discussed a wide range of topics, including:

ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, has reinforced its long-standing partnership with Roberts Communications Network (RCN) to further augment the latter’s performance and efficiency to deliver live events for some of the biggest names in live sports broadcasting.

An emerging set of in-orbit services aimed at increasing flexibility, sustainability, and safety for satellite operators from launch to end of life, could materialize into a space logistics ecosystem featuring frequent service interactions between spacecraft in orbit, according to leading space consultancy and market analysis firm Euroconsult in its recently published ‘Space Logistics Market’ report (2nd edition).

IABM has released its latest State of MediaTech Report at NAB Show 2023. The full report is available to IABM members and a summary version for non-members can be accessed at http://theiabm.org/state-of-mediatech-report-nab-2023.  The report is based on extensive quantitative and qualitative research and surveys carried out by IABM’s Business Intelligence Unit over the preceding months, and gives an authoritative overview of the state of MediaTech from both media company and vendor perspectives.

SKYflow ecosystem solution will deliver free educational TV channels, OTT content and media products to people across Peru, allowing access to information and transforming learning experiences

The World Teleport Association (WTA) today released Ground Segment: Just a Service?, a new research report that examines the differing business models of today’s ground-segment-as-a-service (GSaaS) providers, the markets they serve, and the issues around integrating a teleport’s physical and data systems with this new class of service providers.

Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), announced today that K. Guru Gowrappan has been appointed as the new company President, effective April 13, 2023. As President, Gowrappan will work closely with Mark Dankberg, Viasat’s Chairman of the Board and CEO in leading Viasat’s global operations and the company’s growth strategy.