The United States Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded contracts to CACI, General Atomics, and Viasat to continue development of space laser communication terminal prototypes in Phase 2 […]
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SES Space & Defense to provide hybrid space-based architecture to U.S. Department of Defense
SES Space & Defense joins the Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Hybrid Space Architecture Network initiative. SES’s Hybrid Space Architecture II project will showcase an automatically orchestrated secure integrated multi-orbit network […]
NASA awards launch service task order for Aspera’s galaxy mission to Rocket Lab
NASA has selected Rocket Lab USA Inc. to launch the agency’s Aspera mission, a smallsat to study galaxy formation and evolution, providing new insights into how the universe works. The […]
Viasat + Blue Origin to partner on launch telemetry demo for NASA Communications Services Project
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has selected Blue Origin as the firm’s launch mission partner to support Viasat’s demonstration of its InRange launch telemetry relay service as part of its work […]
Defense Intelligence Agency releases ‘Golden Dome’ missile threat assessment
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) recently released an unclassified assessment titled “Golden Dome for America: Current and Future Missile Threats to the U.S. Homeland” to depict threats a sophisticated missile […]
Australia’s Gilmour Space Technologies ready to launch maiden Eris Test flight the nation’s first orbital launch in over 50 years
Gilmour Space Technologies is gearing up for their first Eris Test flight, no earlier than May 15. Gilmour Space’s Eris TestFlight1 will be the first Australian-made rocket, #Eris, to attempt […]
New Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director named by Caltech
Dave Gallagher will become the director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California on Sunday, June 1. The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro […]
NGA contracts Booz Allen for NGA Luno A + Luno B GEOINT data and analytics
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has been selected by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to deliver high-quality, commercial geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) data and analytics. Selected as a vendor for both […]
Leidos team completes reusable hypersonic test launches for MACH-TB program + DoD reusability demo of hypersonic test vehicle
A Leidos-led (NYSE: LDOS) industry team has successfully completed two reusable/recoverable innovative hypersonic solution tests for the Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test […]
Terran Orbital selected by USSF for $237 million STEP 2.0 smallsat buses contract
Terran Orbital Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Space Force as one of 12 companies awarded a position on the Space Test Experiments Platform (STEP) 2.0 contract. This 10-year, […]