The 450RM operates on iDirectGov’s Evolution Defense, Viasat GX, SES Flex and DVB-S2X networks, as well as the military-standard 188/165B Enhanced Bandwidth Efficient Modem (EBEM). It supports operations across geostationary (GEO), highly elliptical (HEO), medium Earth orbit (MEO), and low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations, while maintaining the highest security standards.

Designed for space-constricted environments, the half-rack unit allows two 450RMs to be mounted side-by-side in the rack, minimizing rack space requirements while providing a protected, durable form factor.

“The 450RM is resilient, secure and flexible to suit our troops’ satellite communications at the tactical edge,” said Tim Winter, iDirectGov president. “Its multi-technology architecture delivers optimized performance and efficient operations.”

The 450RM is powered by the 4‑Series SDM architecture, which integrates iDirectGov’s Communication Signal Interference Removal (CSIR) technology and a Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)-140-3 Level 3 approved Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Cryptographic engine for secure, resilient communications. This architecture enables a TRANSEC‑compliant network design that exceeds U.S. government standards and delivers high‑quality voice, video and data across contested environments.

Source: iDirectGov

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Vindlér detects and geo-locates targeted RF emissions, enabling operators to identify and track items of interest for enhanced situational awareness and decision making in complex environments. The technology is specifically designed to address a growing national security and commercial need for timely, precise RF data.

In partnership with Muon Space, SNC launched three satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base on SpaceX’s Transporter-16 rideshare mission last month. SNC continued working closely with the space systems provider to conduct satellite tracking, initiate orbital maneuvering and confirm full payload aliveness within 30 days of launch. SNC also confirmed it has successfully tasked all payload collections and begun data delivery—continuing the company’s long-established leadership in providing digital RF solutions and data streaming directly to the warfighter.

“We are excited that our Vindlér 2.0 design is already proving to be successful,” said Lisa Godenick, senior vice president of strategy at SNC. “This architecture enables the military to receive critical data from space within minutes, anywhere around the world. At a time where speed is relevance and information is dominance, SNC is continuously investing in ways to improve the quality and speed of our data.”

Leveraging a more than 60-year legacy of RF, electronic warfare systems and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance solutions, SNC’s Vindlér technology can simultaneously detect a wide range of emitters from VHF to Ka-band with high accuracy and throughputs rivaling or exceeding entire competitor constellations. Critical applications include GPS jamming and spoofing detection, maritime domain awareness, dark vessel tracking and more in support of national security efforts. This technology is particularly critical when evaluating operations in contested or denied access environments.

SNC is now advancing designs for future Vindlér launches, with a focus on strengthening data fidelity, accuracy and mission resilience. Over the next several years, the company plans to increase the constellation to more than 20 satellites, all of which will collect additional RF bands and provide multiple revisits throughout the day.

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Contrivian Constellation dynamically orchestrates traffic across Starlink, Amazon Leo, and other satellite systems in real time, operating as a unified connectivity layer across multiple satellite networks. Constellation ensures continuous connectivity even during network congestion, degradation, or full network outages. It is powered by proprietary software that eliminates both single-constellation dependency and multi-provider operational complexity.

“For years, satellite connectivity has been treated as best effort. That doesn’t work when you’re coordinating disaster response, transmitting critical healthcare data, monitoring energy infrastructure, or keeping remote operations online. When a connection drops, the consequences are real. We built Contrivian Constellation to eliminate that risk, bringing resilience and performance standards we expect from terrestrial networks into LEO,” said Grant Kirkwood, CEO at Contrivian. “If you rely on satellite for mission-critical operations, it shouldn’t feel fragile. It should just work. Connectivity is the solution, but performance is the point.”

Built on the company’s Lighthouse technology, the platform continuously measures path performance across each constellation and dynamically steers traffic over the best-performing links. This real-time coordination maintains session stability, prevents disruption during network events, and allows critical applications to operate without interruption.

“With Contrivian Constellation, we’ve engineered an active-active model where all available LEO paths are continuously measured and optimized in real time. Depending on configuration, traffic steering occurs in a matter of hundreds of milliseconds so that live sessions remain intact, even when changing underlying LEO connections. This isn’t about faster session recovery. It eliminates disruption entirely,” said Tom Daly, principal Technologist at Contrivian.

Contrivian supports enterprise and government connectivity with more than 600 global carrier relationships and reach in 160 countries. The company operates 24×7 global network operations coverage with engineering teams across the US, UK, Europe, and Asia, managing complex multi-access environments spanning fiber, broadband, LTE/5G, and LEO satellite.

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The report highlights high-level cybersecurity risks and mitigation strategies for users of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communication (SATCOM) systems. The risks and mitigations are detailed through the lens of the space segment comprising the satellites themselves; the ground segment encompassing satellite control centers, ground stations, gateways, and user terminals; the user segment that includes end-user devices, applications, and associated interfaces that connect to LEO SATCOM services; and the communication links and broader supply chain for LEO SATCOM systems.

The CSI suggests numerous mitigation strategies for the space segment and legacy space equipment, including implementing tailored security measures, and using frequency-hopping signals, redundant communication paths, and anti-jam antennas. For the ground segment, continuous monitoring and anomaly detection are essential. The user segment should focus on strengthening endpoint security and enforcing secure access practices.

The report also provides frameworks for maintaining the resilience of critical networks, while offering valuable insights and guidelines for users to understand their roles and responsibilities in securing LEO SATCOM systems.

LEO SATCOM systems improve network resilience and enable emergency communications across both government and private sectors; however, as LEO satellite constellations grow, the attack surface open to adversaries increases, significantly increasing the risk to the system if the correct cybersecurity measures are not applied.

In LEO SATCOM networks, Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability — known as the CIA triad — are critical to maintaining secure and reliable operations. LEO SATCOM systems face unique challenges due to their distributed architecture and limited physical access to space-based assets. They also rely on radio frequency links that are susceptible to jamming, spoofing, and interception.

Organizations that use LEO SATCOM services are encouraged to review this guidance and adopt the outlined cybersecurity mitigations.

Other agencies co-sealing this CSI are the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre), New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ), and Australian Space Agency.

Read the full report here.

Source: NSA

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SSC Space Go was created to provide streamlined, affordable EO/RS data delivery in alignment with its broader modernization goals. By leveraging OpenSpace’s virtualization and orchestration capabilities, SSC Space has accelerated its service delivery and supports the high throughput, agility, and responsiveness required for today’s modern missions from any orbit.

“We chose OpenSpace because its orchestration and integrated signal processing deliver the scalability and flexibility required for LEO small sats in a way traditional hardware‑based options could not,” said Nicholas Priborsky, president at SSC Space. “OpenSpace is an enabler of our growth strategy, giving us the extensibility to evolve our services and introduce new network functions that unlock meaningful revenue opportunities across our global footprint.”

OpenSpace Platform is the industry’s only commercially available, fully orchestrated satellite ground system designed to support multiple missions. It eliminates the need to manually integrate disparate ground system functions. Functions and capabilities can be added based on specific needs spanning satcom and EO/RS missions. Virtual network functions are combined with the automated configuration of physical systems-including Kratos digitizers and SSC Space’s antenna control systems-to deliver a complete end‑to‑end service,

“OpenSpace was built to meet the needs of today’s missions while creating a foundation for what comes next,” said Greg Quiggle, SVP of product management for Kratos’ Space Division. “Its fully software‑defined architecture gives partners like SSC Space the freedom to scale, adapt, and continually evolve their networks-positioning them to capture new opportunities as the industry moves toward more dynamic, interoperable, and mission‑driven operations.”

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Awarded as a sole-source contract, the agreement will see the agency consolidate all aero communications across its fleet to this single contract over the next five years. With the consolidation of multiple contracts into a single contract, procurement time and complexity are dramatically reduced. In addition, the agreement allows users to focus resources on the mission rather than managing diverse contracts and vendors.

This is the first SDG government contract to optimize the company’s integrated multi-orbit, multi-band, multi-network capabilities. The deal also includes provision for the government to add new technology and services as they become available over the life of the contract.

The agency’s missions demand consistent, reliable high-bandwidth satellite connections in every theatre of operations globally, as well as the highest encryption levels for secure communication and data transfer. SDG’s deep experience in the government and defense markets, combined with its ability to deliver 24/7/365 expert customer support, will ensure the customer retains consistent critical mission connectivity.

As the contract’s full scope is realized, it will employ Gogo’s air-to-ground networks, low-Earth orbit (LEO), medium-Earth orbit (MEO), high-Earth orbit (HEO) and geostationary orbit (GEO) constellations for Ku- and Ka-band connectivity as required.

“We are proud that the US government has chosen SDG to deliver this mission-critical connectivity. The customer agency will benefit from our extensive expertise, support, and cybersecurity expertise, along with our agnostic ability to provide the best-performing connections and terminals across multiple orbits on its diverse fleet of aircraft,” says Hayden Olson, head of SDG. “We are providing a simple, seamless solution for the agency to procure resilient airborne communications. The streamlined access to all types of connectivity will enable seamless procurement and support, which is extremely valuable to a busy government agency.”

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Solstar provides space-based inter-satellite data relay communications, space-to-ground and local area Wi-Fi systems and services to enhance on-orbit operations. The combined offerings include Solstar Deke Narrowband Space Communicators and Slayton Wideband Space Communicators, Solstar Space Walker Wi-Fi and Solstar Space Airtime and Data Services and Momentus logistics, and deployment services and ongoing integration of Solstar communications solutions aboard one or more Momentus Orbital Service Vehicle(s).

Founder and CEO of Solstar Space Brian Barnett said, “In-space communications have been severely limited by crucial missing pieces. Outdated space comms approaches originating in the 1960s oftentimes leave space assets disconnected. Solstar is filling those space communications gaps just as Momentus is filling gaps for spacecraft and payload deployment and in-space servicing. Together we are removing roadblocks to advancing space operations.”

“The demand for reliable space connectivity is growing exponentially. Prime space industry drivers we address include Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) for national security, defense and commercial applications, In-Space Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM) for space object inspection and relocation, resupply, connecting pre-manufactured components and raw materials, and Rendezvous, Proximity Operations and Docking (RPOD) for spacecraft interaction, refueling, supply and astronaut transfers,” Barnett continued. “These missions cannot operate reliably and securely without persistent space-based communications.”

John Rood, CEO of Momentus Space, said, “We are pleased to deepen our partnership with Solstar Space as we continue to scale our in-space servicing capabilities. This collaboration gives Momentus key advantages to provide resilient spacecraft-to-spacecraft operations including refueling and repair, on-orbit inspection and reliable data relay capabilities. Our joint efforts enable enhanced surveillance, situational awareness, and defense-grade support for national security missions. This is particularly important as space becomes increasingly congested. Momentus and Solstar are well-positioned to deliver the end-to-end infrastructure that future space architectures demand. Our 2026 spaceflight will enable our companies to demonstrate real-time, continuous communication with space systems across diverse mission profiles—unlocking greater capabilities for the commercial sector.”

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“Acquiring Phase Four’s multimode propulsion assets marks a major inflection point for Quantum Space,” said Kerry Wisnosky, CEO of Quantum Space. “It gives us the agility, resilience, and efficiency required to serve the most demanding national security missions, support civil science objectives, and meet commercial customers where they are headed. Mission areas such as Golden Dome, maneuverable GEO, and life extension, all will benefit—this is about providing unmatched space mobility.”

Phase Four’s multimode capability expands Rangers rapid maneuvering for responsive missions with efficient station-keeping and phasing and simplifies refueling by using a single propellant. This added agility supports faster response times, more versatile mission profiles, and longer-duration presence in orbit, capabilities that are increasingly critical for defense, scientific exploration, and commercial infrastructure.

“Phase Four has always set out to deliver propulsion systems that bridge the gap between traditional chemical performance and electric efficiency with our innovative radio frequency propulsion technology,” said Steve Kiser, CEO of Phase Four. “Partnering with Quantum Space ensures that this technology scales and finds its way into the missions that matter most—defense, science, commercial infrastructure. I’m proud of what the Phase Four team built, and Quantum Space is the right partner to get the multimode capability on orbit.”

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Optical communications are essential for proliferated low-Earth orbit architectures, resilient space networks and real-time decision advantage that customers require.

“By compressing development into a much shorter timeframe, we’re able to respond to one of the fastest-growing needs in defense and commercial communications,” said Dylan Taylor, chairman and CEO of Voyager. “With the acquisition, we can accelerate the rollout of optical solutions that will support Department of Defense missions while positioning the solutions for commercial adoption in parallel.”

Voyager can now develop differentiated systems on a much shorter schedule, enabling the company to address the growing requirements for secure, high-throughput low-latency connectivity. The technology also supports commercial applications, including linking aircraft to commercial satellite constellations for higher data throughput across global networks.

The acquisition builds on Voyager’s capabilities in advanced sensors, AI-enabled edge processing and on-orbit infrastructure, reinforcing the company’s ability to deliver mission-ready solutions across domains.

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The successful demonstration represents a significant step forward in the strategic partnership between Globalstar and Parsons, moving the opportunity into the commercial phase.

“At Parsons, we are building for the future of defense and emergency communications, where adaptability, resilience, and global reach are essential,” said Mike Kushin, president of defense and intelligence for Parsons. “Globalstar’s infrastructure gives us the low latency, global coverage, and proven performance that our customers demand. This successful proof of concept confirms that Globalstar’s capabilities combined with Parsons’ innovative technologies are driving the future of mission-critical communications.”

Parsons collaborated with Globalstar to validate its software-defined communications platform under real-world operating conditions, following earlier prototype testing in the continental U.S. The system leverages Globalstar’s LEO satellite constellation to deliver fast and reliable communications worldwide, particularly in areas where traditional infrastructure is compromised.

“This milestone is powerful validation of the resiliency and reliability of Globalstar’s network to support mission-critical government and defense communications,” said Dr. Paul Jacobs, Globalstar CEO. “With successful proof of concept behind us, we are proud to have demonstrated our capabilities in providing steady, dependable connectivity to Parsons’ solution set.”

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