U.S. Navy Lifts ALL.SPACE Terminal Fleet to 108 Units

The U.S. Navy has ordered 59 additional Hydra MAX 2 satellite terminals from ALL.SPACE, expanding its inventory to 108 units and pushing cumulative orders with the manufacturer beyond $25 million. The company announced the follow-on procurement on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, from its production base in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

The award builds on the Navy's earlier purchase of 49 Hydra 2 terminals. It marks the first major fleet expansion for the Hydra MAX 2 platform since its introduction in July 2026. That timeline matters because it shows a defense customer returning to a product within months of its launch, an unusually short cycle for naval communications hardware.

Why multi-orbit matters at sea

Modern naval surface operations confront electronic warfare, jamming threats, and bandwidth constraints across widely dispersed operating areas. The Hydra terminals answer that problem by pairing simultaneous links across commercial and military satellites in multiple orbits. Communications-on-the-move no longer depends on a single orbital node that an adversary can target or that congestion can degrade.

The system also supports high-throughput tactical datalinks. Those serve both crewed warships and the emerging fleets of uncrewed surface and subsurface vessels the Navy is developing.

What changed after the York acquisition

The order lands in a corporate context that reshaped ALL.SPACE's position in the defense supply chain. York Space Systems acquired the terminal maker for $300 million and folded it into York's space prime architecture. Separately, ALL.SPACE signed an Other Transaction agreement with the Defense Innovation Unit to scale high-rate terminal production.

Both moves matter for delivery capacity. An Other Transaction agreement is a streamlined contracting vehicle the Pentagon uses to work with commercial companies outside traditional procurement rules, and it signals the Defense Department wants these terminals at volume.

Inside the Hydra MAX 2

The ruggedized platform targets dynamic maritime and land installations. Its defining feature is multi-link tracking inside a single aperture:

• Constellation coverage: wideband Ka-band connectivity with low Earth orbit constellations, while holding concurrent links to geostationary, medium Earth and highly elliptical orbit networks.
• Onboard systems: intelligent multi-link orchestration algorithms and sovereign modem flexibility, which automate beam switching and protect against localized signal disruption.

The single-aperture design distinguishes the platform from setups that need separate terminals for separate orbits. For a ship, one terminal occupying one deck footprint while tracking several constellations is a practical advantage in space and weight.

What the CEO said

"When a customer returns for the next generation of a product, it is a strong endorsement of both the technology and the team behind it," said Rod McCurdy, Chief Executive Officer of ALL.SPACE. "This follow-on order signals continued confidence in our multi-orbit communications capability and reflects growing demand for resilient connectivity in mission-critical operations."

That is a vendor's read of a repeat sale, and the repeat itself is the commercial fact behind the statement. A 59-unit order from a single service branch, on top of 49 earlier units, gives the claim substance.

Where the terminals will be built and when they arrive

Manufacturing and assembly will take place at the Muscle Shoals, Alabama facility, with engineering support from Reading in the United Kingdom. Deliveries to naval operational units proceed through 2027, which sets the timeline to watch for whether the Navy's terminal fleet grows past 108 once the full batch reaches the fleet.