Kymeta, founded in 2012, is a communications company specializing in flat panel satellite antennas and related technology, headquartered in Redmond, Washington. They are known for their metamaterial-based electronically steered antennas, like the u8 terminal, which provide mobile broadband connectivity via satellite and hybrid satellite-cellular networks. Kymeta partners with companies like OneWeb and Intelsat and serves government, military, maritime, transport, and public safety clients globally, offering solutions for connectivity on the move. Associated keywords include: flat panel antennas, satellite communications, mobile connectivity, metamaterials, electronically steered antennas.
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Kymeta exhibited the Osprey u8 HGL at SATELLITE 2024 in Washington, DC on 2024-03-18–20 in meeting room 156.
Kymeta’s Osprey u8 HGL is a hybrid geostationary/low Earth orbit (GEO/LEO/LTE) terminal purpose-built for military users.
Rick Bergman will become President and CEO of Kymeta effective 2024-04-01.
Doug Hutcheson and Walter Berger are retiring from Kymeta effective 2024-03-31.
The Kymeta Osprey™ u8 hybrid-GEO-LEO (HGL) terminal provides multi-orbit capability for mission-critical operations while on the move.
Kymeta’s Osprey u8 HGL achieved up to 7 Mbps download, 2 Mbps upload, and latency between 600 and 700 milliseconds while operating on GEO during tests.
Kymeta’s multi-orbit Osprey u8 HGL terminal weighs 57 kg, roughly 10% more than Kymeta’s GEO-only Osprey released in March 2022.
Kymeta will begin shipping ruggedized Osprey u8 HGL hybrid GEO/LEO terminals for military vehicles on Eutelsat’s network in March 2024.
Kymeta’s Osprey u8 HGL achieved up to 195 megabits per second download, 32 Mbps upload, and latency under 70 milliseconds while operating on a LEO network during tests.
Kymeta’s Osprey u8 HGL terminal successfully switched between geostationary and low Earth orbit satellites during a field trial at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in February 2024.
Kymeta raised $84,000,000 from investors in 2022 to fund product launches.
Kymeta Corporation develops software-enabled, metamaterials-based electronically steered antennas that provide mobile satellite and cellular communications.
Kymeta launched the Peregrine u8 LEO for maritime customers in March 2023.
Kymeta’s military-focused Osprey u8 GEO terminal was launched in March 2022 and is currently in use by multiple branches of the United States Department of Defense in ongoing conflicts.
Kymeta launched the Hawk u8 LEO in January 2023.
Kymeta launched the Osprey u8 HGL hybrid geostationary/low Earth orbit (GEO/LEO) terminal at the AUSA 2023 Annual Meeting and Exposition.
Hanwha Systems has invested in U.S.-based antenna maker Kymeta and U.K.-based Phasor Solutions to build out its space ambitions.
Kymeta launched its maritime product line in 2017.
Kymeta completed the first shipment of the company’s electronically steered Hawk™ u8 OneWeb LEO terminal via its partnership with OneWeb.
Kymeta’s products enable Vuzix/OPTAC-X solutions to be deployed in remote areas by providing missing connectivity.