French armed forces to rely on Thales expertise to expand their secure satellite communication...
The French Ministry for the Armed Forces renewed its confidence in Thales by selecting the Group as prime contractor for the development and...
Space Defence Set for Meteoric Rise
Published in the December 2020/January 2021 issue - As space operations are increasingly under threat, the United Kingdom is joining the United Space in...
Speaker Line-Up for Military PNT 2021 Announced
SMi Group are delighted to announce that the Military PNT conference will return for its second year on 17th – 18th May 2021, and...
The Dragon’s Senses
A new report sheds some important light on China’s operational and strategic airborne electronic warfare platforms.
The People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s (PLAAF’s) Electronic...
Boeing-built Space Force Satellite Passes Design Review
Boeing and the U.S. Space Force successfully completed the first major engineering design review for the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)-11+ communications satellite.
This successful...
Space for Growth
One year after launching its first three RF sensing and geolocation satellites, Hawkeye 360 is planning a major enlargement of its constellation.
Hawkeye 360...
BRO-mance
The exclusive space SIGINT club is about to receive to new members as the Netherlands and Norway forge ahead with their BROS satellite programme.
The...
SOF Countercommunications Denial
As the operating environment for special operations forces (SOF) increasingly incorporates missions in anti-access/area denied (A2AD) and command and control denied or degraded environments...
Space on Budget
Reducing launch and spacecraft costs could enable more countries to affordably develop military communications satellites.
Space Costs & Spendings
Director Ridley Scott’s 1979 science fiction epic...
US Space Force to Present Exclusive Briefing at MilSatCom USA 2020
SMi reports: Clare Grason, Chief, Commercial Satellite Communications Office, US Air Force Space Command, will be attending and speaking at the MilSatCom USA conference...