The Department of the Air Force’s top space acquisition official said that he wants to use the cost and schedule realism injected by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) into its competitions over the last few years. ‘They’ve gotten really good over the last few years of really pushing for cost realism and schedule realism in The post Space Acquisition Lead Says Space Force Should Explore Fixed Price Contracts appeared first on Via Satellite.

TIM, Broadpeak, and Eutelsat have been testing multicast signal distribution over a satellite network in Italy, the companies announced June 27. The testing, delivered through the TimVision Box in Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) multicast mode, was developed in collaboration with Eutelsat, which owns and operates the Konnect satellite dedicated to providing internet services in Europe and The post Eutelsat and TIM Tests Validate Multicast Transmission appeared first on Via Satellite.

A new report from Credit Suisse explores possibilities for consolidation among the largest companies in the satellite sector, estimating that in the event that SES and Intelsat merged, it could provide more than 30% uplift to the equity value. Credit Suisse shared the report, “European Satellite: Scaling Up” with Via Satellite. Ben Lyons, a satellite The post Credit Suisse Report Highlights Synergy of Hypothetical SES/Intelsat Merger appeared first on Via Satellite.