SDNX’s primary objective is to evaluate Aalyria’s Spacetime orchestration software for integrating government-owned, commercial, and allied satellite assets into a resilient, mission-tailorable network for the joint force.

Aalyria will work with the AFRL and the broader Space Force community to explore software-driven orchestration for assured, mission-aware connectivity for warfighters.

The selection of Aalyria for SDNX was announced on January 22, 2026.

Spacetime maintains a planetary-scale digital twin of moving platforms and environmental conditions to optimize wireless topologies in real time.

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.

The SDNX effort aligns with the U.S. military’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture and its reliance on integration with commercial satellite providers to enhance orbital resilience.

The SDNX experimentation phase will verify Spacetime’s ability to perform high-cadence link switching and traffic prioritization in contested environments.

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.

The SDNX program is managed by the AFRL’s Rapid Architecture Prototyping and Integration Development (RAPID) office.

Immfly will offer the in-flight connectivity service for the Eutelsat, Gogo, and Immfly partnership.

The in-flight connectivity service will use Gogo’s next-generation Plane Simple electronically steered antenna (ESA).

Eutelsat is working with Gogo and Immfly to offer an in-flight connectivity solution that uses OneWeb connectivity.

Immfly is currently accepting requests for pilot programs for its in-flight connectivity solution.

The in-flight connectivity service is geared toward narrowbody fleets and regional jets that currently lack connectivity.

Jimmy von Korff supports using Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO connectivity and Gogo ESA hardware to bring narrowbody aircraft into the digital era, enable ancillary revenue growth, streamline operations, and provide passengers with connectivity comparable to their ground experiences.

Availability of the Eutelsat, Gogo, and Immfly in-flight connectivity solution is planned for this year.

The in-flight connectivity service will leverage OneWeb Low-Earth Orbit satellite connectivity.

Gogo’s Plane Simple electronically steered antenna is intended for next-generation airborne connectivity installations.

Eutelsat, Gogo, and Immfly announced their in-flight connectivity offering on Jan. 22.

OneWeb provides high-speed Low-Earth Orbit connectivity for the Eutelsat, Gogo, and Immfly in-flight connectivity offering.

The in-flight connectivity service will use Immfly’s onboard server Equilux Aero.

Immfly stated the in-flight connectivity solution can be installed within 24 to 30 hours.

Boeing discovered counterfeit titanium in production in June 2024.

Boeing implemented a 60-to-90-week delay in production timelines to verify affected materials.

Boeing’s discovery of counterfeit titanium rippled across its aerospace supply chain.

The counterfeit titanium was traced through falsified documentation to Chinese suppliers.

Thales Alenia Space in Gorgonzola will develop the onboard computer and mass memory as a single integrated unit for LISA.

The LISA spacecraft design follows the heritage of LISA Pathfinder, which demonstrated the ability to keep test masses in near-perfect free fall with extraordinary precision.

The same precision propulsion system approach used on Gaia and Euclid will be applied on LISA to keep the interferometer beams accurately pointed at the remote spacecraft 2.5 million kilometers away.

Thales Alenia Space in Switzerland is involved in developing part of the instrument electronics and the constellation acquisition system for LISA.

The LISA constellation will follow or precede the Earth in its orbit around the Sun.

Thales Alenia Space in the United Kingdom will be responsible for the design, manufacture, assembly, integration, and test of the LISA propulsion subsystem.

Thales Alenia Space will ensure the electromagnetic, radiation, and self-gravity environment for the LISA payload and will manage the associated budgets.

LISA will consist of a constellation of three satellites arranged in a triangular formation with 2.5 million kilometers between each satellite.

The DFACS on LISA will establish and maintain laser links between satellites and compensate non-gravitational forces on the spacecraft, such as solar radiation pressure, so the test masses follow geodetic motion.

Thales Alenia Space in Turin is part of the LISA Core Team and builds on five years of study experience conducted by Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor.

The phase B2 contract for Thales Alenia Space on LISA will be followed by phases C and D, with a total contract value of €89.5 million.

LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) will be the first space-based observatory dedicated to the study of gravitational waves.

Thales Alenia Space signed a €16.5 million contract with prime contractor OHB System AG to supply the propulsion subsystem for ESA's LISA mission for phase B2.

Thales Alenia Space will provide OHB System AG several critical mission elements, including the DFACS for constellation acquisition and maintenance.

Each LISA satellite will carry two test masses for gravitational-wave measurements.

Leonardo will contribute micro propulsion assemblies to LISA, which are high-precision thruster systems used to control satellite attitude with extreme accuracy.

Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture owned 67% by Thales and 33% by Leonardo.

The three LISA satellites are scheduled to launch in 2035 on an Ariane 6 rocket.

Other Thales Alenia Space facilities may contribute additional subsystems or instrumentation for the LISA spacecraft.

LISA will transmit laser beams between satellites to measure the displacement of test masses with a precision ten times smaller than that of an atom.

D-Orbit will invest in a larger, more autonomous production facility at its headquarters near Lake Como, Italy.

D-Orbit is experiencing demand for its satellites that exceeds current production capacity and plans to increase physical production capacity and expand its workforce.