ALL.SPACE

ALL.SPACE, formerly Isotropic Systems, is a communications technology company founded in 2013 by John Finney, a veteran of the satellite and telecoms industry. Finney's experience, including his role as a founding employee and Chief Commercial Officer at O3b Networks, revealed a significant gap in ground system technology capable of leveraging the new wave of satellite constellations. This insight led to the creation of ALL.SPACE, with a mission to unify satellite and terrestrial communications. The company has since secured substantial funding, totaling approximately $160 million, from investors including Seraphim Space, Boeing, AE Industrial Partners, and BOKA Group, which has supported the development and forthcoming commercial launch of its technology. In 2024, Paul McCarter, a seasoned leader with experience at Thales, Serco, and Cobham, took over as CEO to steer the company through its next phase of growth, while Finney remains involved as a founder and board director.

The company operates in the satellite communications market, with a primary focus on the defense, aerospace, and government sectors, where resilient and uninterrupted connectivity is critical. Its business model revolves around the design, manufacture, and sale of advanced satellite communication terminals. ALL.SPACE addresses a key industry challenge: the inability of separate satellite networks to connect with each other. The core of its offering is a software-defined smart terminal, the Hydra range, which is the first of its kind capable of establishing simultaneous, full-performance connections to multiple satellites in different orbits (LEO, MEO, GEO) and integrating with terrestrial cellular networks (4G/5G). This multi-link capability ensures that a connection is always maintained, automatically switching between networks to provide seamless communications-on-the-move (COTM) for land, sea, and air applications.

The company's key product, the 'smart terminal,' utilizes patented radio frequency optics and lens technology to achieve its multi-beam functionality. This allows for sophisticated beam shaping and industry-leading scan performance at lower power consumption compared to competitors. The technology enables convergence of satellite and ground-based networks, providing continuous coverage and high bandwidth for applications ranging from secure military communications to in-flight entertainment for commercial airlines. This eliminates single-link failures and allows users to avoid being locked into a single satellite operator. The terminals have been successfully field-tested with the U.S. and UK militaries and various satellite operators, proving their capability to deliver resilient connectivity in diverse and demanding operational conditions.

Keywords: satellite communications, SATCOM, multi-orbit terminal, multi-network connectivity, defense communications, aerospace connectivity, government communications, communications-on-the-move, COTM, smart terminal, software-defined network, antenna technology, John Finney, Isotropic Systems, network resilience, satellite ground segment, LEO, MEO, GEO, network convergence, intelligent routing, edge computing, military communications, government SATCOM, resilient communications, Hydra terminal, multi-beam antenna