Aalyria Technologies is a global networking and laser communications company focused on revolutionizing connectivity on Earth and in space. They offer Tightbeam, a free space optics solution, and Spacetime, a software-defined network orchestration platform that operates across various domains. Aalyria partners with organizations like Intelsat, Telesat, ESA and the U.S. Government to enhance connectivity and enable hybrid space architectures, offering secure and high-speed networking solutions for both commercial and government customers.
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The selection of Aalyria for SDNX was announced on January 22, 2026.
The STAR-FISH contract tasks Aalyria with advancing software-defined networking solutions to manage complex, multi-domain military communications.
Aalyria previously provided orchestration for Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation and Rivada Space Networks.
Under the SDNX contract, Aalyria will demonstrate Spacetime as a foundational candidate for the future Space Data Network (SDN).
Aalyria’s Spacetime is a temporospatial software-defined networking platform originally developed over decades within Alphabet.
Airbus assembled a consortium for the SpaceRAN demonstrator that includes Aalyria, AccelerComm, CesiumAstro, Deutsche Telekom, Eutelsat, the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Keysight Technologies, Onati, Radisys, Sener, and ST Engineering iDirect.
Airbus has formed a consortium of partners for this initiative, including the Spanish company Sener, Aalyria, AccelerComm, CesiumAstro, Deutsche Telekom, Eutelsat, ITRI in Taiwan, Keysight Technologies, Onati, Radisys, and ST Engineering iDirect.
Airbus is collaborating with industry partners including Aalyria, AccelerComm, CesiumAstro, Deutsche Telekom, Eutelsat, the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Keysight Technologies, Onati, Radisys, Sener, and ST Engineering iDirect.
Aalyria's Spacetime 5G NTN RAN intelligent controller will be used in the demonstration for real-time control and optimization.
Chris Taylor, CEO of Aalyria, selected 'One Last Goodbye ‘Tribute to Shane' by Dropkick Murphys and The Scratch for Spotify Wrapped in Space 2025.
All.Space and Aalyria are partnering to demonstrate interoperable communications across domains for defense scenarios.
All.Space’s Hydra terminals and Aalyria’s Spacetime orchestration software will be used in the demonstration.
Aalyria has demonstrated its Spacetime orchestration software platform to the U.S. government as part of the Defense Innovation Unit’s Hybrid Space Architecture.
Aalyria Technologies has been contracted by the U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office under IDIQ multi-year task orders to develop ground systems software for the R2C2 program.
Aalyria’s Spacetime network orchestration software platform was used to operate a multi-vendor, multi-operator, multi-orbit SATCOM network across secure Department of Defense and multiple commercial provider locations.
Since emerging from stealth, Aalyria has received awards from and developed partnerships with the Defense Innovation Unit, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Comtech, the European Space Agency, Telesat, Intelsat, Airbus, and Rivada Space.
Brian Barritt, Aalyria’s chief technology officer, previously worked at Google and helped develop Spacetime under Project Loon.
Alphabet shut down Project Loon in 2021, enabling the opportunity for Aalyria to acquire Spacetime technology.
Aalyria successfully demonstrated its software platform to manage a mesh network of communications satellites on 2023-12-07 at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C.
Aalyria is working under an $8,700,000 contract from the Defense Innovation Unit to implement its Spacetime software in support of a hybrid space architecture.