This GAO-23-105505 reports was published and publicly released on April 10, 2023. The U.S. Space Force (USSF) runs a network of 19 antennas around the world that communicate with and […]
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DoD announces a new DIU Director
Doug Beck, Vice President at Apple and a Navy Reserve Captain, has been named as the new director of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) as of May 1, 2023. As […]
Spire Global receives NRO contract for RF data
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has been awarded a contract by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for commercial radio frequency (RF) remote sensing. Spire won a contract as part of […]
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) awards contract extension to Kleos Space
Kleos Space Inc. (Kleos), subsidiary of Kleos Space S.A., a space-powered defense and intelligence technology company, has been awarded the Stage Two option on its current contract with the National […]
SDA posts solicitation for Sabre payloads
The Space Development Agency (SDA) seeks industry solutions for a payload system that will add multiple new mission capability demonstrations to the NExT constellation. The payload system will deliver three […]
NOAA awards RO Data Buy II IDIQ contracts
NOAA has awarded Space Sciences and Engineering LLC dba PlanetiQ (Golden, Colorado) and Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc. (Vienna, Virginia) Radio Occultation Data Buy II (RODB-2) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts […]
Spire Global awarded NOAA contract
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”) was recently awarded an IDIQ contract by NOAA to compete for orders under a $59 million ceiling — this award is part […]
‘Your Place in Space’ challenge launched by the U.S. Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education has announced the launch of the Your Place in Space Challenge — this is the first challenge in the CTE Momentum series, an annual challenge […]
Space Systems Command (SSC) collaborates with NASA to launch Space Test Program-H9 experiments to the ISS
Space Systems Command (SCC) is preparing to launch the Space Test Program-Houston 9 (STP-H9) mission to deliver eight DoD Space Test Program (STP) experimental payloads to NASA’s International Space Station […]
Mitsubishi Electric wins Japanese meteorological satellite contract
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) has won the contract from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to build the nation’s newest, geostationary, meteorological satellite. Known as the Himawari-10, this will be […]