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Kratos completes GEK800 altitude testing

November 3, 2025

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) has successfully completed the altitude testing of the firm’s GEK800 engine that is designed to power the next generation of affordable unmanned […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), GE Aerospace, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Military, Office of Naval Resarch (ONR), Purdue University’s Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories, Testing, Testing Facility, UAS, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)

Intuitive Machines secures $8.2 million AFRL contract extension

October 30, 2025

Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUNR) has received an $8.2 million contract extension from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/RV) to develop next-generation nuclear power systems for […]

Filed Under: AFRL, AFRL/RV, Agencies, Agency Contracts, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Business Moves, Contract Extension, Contracts, Government Contract, Intuitive Machines, Lunar / Moon Contract, Lunar Infrastructure, Military, Military Contracts, Nuclear Powered Spacecraft, U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)

SpaceX still plans for Thursday launch from the Cape of USSF-36 mission of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle

August 20, 2025

 The U.S. Space Force, in partnership with the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office and SpaceX, is making final preparations for Falcon 9 to launch the eighth mission of the X-37B […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Booster, Booster Recovery, Kennedy Space Center, Military, OTV, SpaceX, SpaceX Falcon 9, U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), United States Space Force (USSF), X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV)

ULA, GO Vulcan! GO Centaur! GO USSF-106! and they did!

August 12, 2025

ULA’s recap: The United launch Alliance rocket departed Space Launch Complex-41 on Tuesday night at 8:56 p.m. EDT. The GEM 63XL solid rocket boosters burned for approximately 90 seconds and […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), GEM, GEM 63 Rocket Motors, Government, GPS, GPS III-7 (SSC), Methane, Navigation, Navigation Satellite System, Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (L3Harris + USSF), NTS-3, PNT, Position Navigation Timing (PNT), Solid Rocket Boosters, Space Launch Complex, U.S. Department of Defense, United Launch Alliance, Vulcan, Vulcan Centaur Tagged With: Featured

Boeing-built X-37B Spaceplane set for 8th mission

July 29, 2025

The Boeing [NYSE: BA]-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) is preparing to launch its eighth mission (OTV-8) from Florida’s Space Coast, with liftoff scheduled no earlier than August 21. This […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Boeing, Boeing X-37B Spaceplane, Cislunar, Deep Space, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), General Chance Saltzman (USSF), Laser Comms, Laser Communications, Military, News, United States Space Force (USSF), Vandenberg SFB

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