New Flat-Panel Satellite Antenna Technology Available To Support European Allies
Kymeta, a world leader in flat-panel satellite antenna technology, announced that its new Goshawk u8 satellite receiver terminal is available to support European allies. The new satellite offers a critical solution for nations prioritizing secure and resilient deployable communications.
The Goshawk u8 combines low-Earth orbit and geostationary orbit satellite technologies for improved responsiveness and is more lightweight and economical than last year’s Osprey u8, according to Ryan Stevenson, senior vice president and chief scientist at Kymeta.
“We launched the Osprey [u8] last year at SATShow, but that was very specifically designed for U.S. DoD [Department of Defense] and heavily ruggedized," he said, referring to the Satellite Conference & Exhibition in Washington, D.C. “The Goshawk maintains that multi-orbit capability but in a less rugged, more economical package for enterprise-level requirements, foreign MODs [ministries of defense], other government agencies, rather than just U.S. DoD."
The Kymeta team returned to SATShow in March 2025 to showcase the Goshawk u8, which is compact and engineered for seamless mobility across diverse vehicles and vessels.
“As you look at the defense battlefield today, it's highly mobile, it's very fast and you have to have communications on the move,” explained Tom Jackson, executive vice president and chief revenue officer at Kymeta. “That's what our terminal enables.”
In Europe specifically, said Jackson, countries are pushing to have more ability to control their own network, “to have sovereign networks.”
Kymeta has previously worked on providing satellite capabilities during disaster recovery efforts, including Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and, most recently, Hurricane Helene. They also provided satellite terminals for Chunghwa Telecom, a partner company in Taiwan, after the 2024 earthquake in Hualien.
“We’re very excited about the opportunity for the approach that we’ve taken to be multi-orbit and multi-network,” said Jackson. “As the leader in flat panels, to be the first company to do that, it’s positioned us very well to be able to respond to our customers’ needs.”
