Speedcast Wins Contract Renewal for Asia-Pacific Teleport Services from Airbus and UK’s Ministry of Defence

Dedicated facility at Speedcast Australian teleport provides high-security access to SKYNET military communications satellite over the region Sydney, Australia – January 10, 2023 – Speedcast, a leading communications and IT services provider, has been awarded a contract extension by Airbus to provide gateway hosting services offering secure access to its SKYNET military satellite system from the Asia-Pacific region. Airbus is the trusted partner for the UK’s secure military satellite communications program. In 2016, Speedcast built two 11m antenna systems at one of its leading teleport facilities in Australia and has…

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Airbus in Germany chooses Sentinel 3 RF over fibre system

PPM are pleased to announce that another European Airbus site has chosen Sentinel 3. Airbus Defence and Space headquarters in Ottobrunn, near Munich, have chosen to integrate the Sentinel 3 RF over fibre system to their data acquisition platform. About Airbus Munich Airbus are a partner in the Eurofighter Typhoon consortium which also includes BAe Systems and Leonardo. Other activities at the site include development and manufacture of Arian 5 rocket engines and production of solar panels for satellites. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was built in the Ottobrunn site…

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