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Maxar’s Critical Design Review for first Maxar 300™ platform developed for the Space Development Agency is completed

July 24, 2023

Maxar Technologies, provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, completed the first Critical Design Review (CDR) of the Maxar 300™ series bus for L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) […]

Filed Under: Buses, California, Critical Design Review (CDR), Hypersonic, L3Harris Technologies, LEO, Maxar, Missile Warning, News Tagged With: Featured

Kongsberg NanoAvionics’ new MAIT facility doubles production capacity and hires 100+ employees across all of its offices

February 9, 2023

Satellite production will be doubled with Kongsberg NanoAvionics‘ (NanoAvionics), the small satellite mission integrator and bus manufacturer, as they open their manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing (MAIT) facility in Vilnius, […]

Filed Under: Buses, Commercial, Facility, Government, Investments, NanoAvionics, New Office, Satellite Constellation Operations, Satellite Manufacturing, SmallSat

Raytheon Intelligence & Space’s contract with U.S. Space Force for missile track custody system

January 4, 2023

Raytheon Intelligence & Space has been awarded a prime contract to develop a prototype Missile Track Custody system for the U.S. Space Force. MTC is the service’s first Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) […]

Filed Under: Buses, Business Moves, Command + Control, Contracts, Data Processing, Final Design Review, Lockheed Martin, Manufacturing, MEO, Missile Tracking, OPIR, Prototypes, Raytheon I&S, Space Vehicles, Space Warfighting, U.S. Space Force, Warfighters Tagged With: Featured

Spire Global has unveiled their next-gen smallsat bus

November 21, 2022

Earlier this month, Spire Global, Inc. revealed the firm’s next-gen 16U satellite bus design — the bus is tailored for customers with missions that require larger payloads and more power, […]

Filed Under: Buses, Constellation, News, Satellite Build, Satellite Deployer, Satellite Design, SmallSat

Kongsberg NanoAvionics’ growth plans as prime supplier for small satellite constellations

October 26, 2022

Kongsberg NanoAvionics (“NanoAvionics”) has announced a multi-million investment plan to support and accelerate its goal of becoming the prime supplier for small satellite constellations, globally. As a result of the […]

Filed Under: Buses, Constellations, Cybersecurity, SmallSat Tagged With: Featured

Blue Canyon Technologies + SEAKR Engineering deliver 1st flight unit + payloads for the DARPA Blackjack Program

September 7, 2022

Blue Canyon Technologies, LLC, and SEAKR Engineering, LLC, wholly owned subsidiaries of Raytheon Technologies, have announced that they have delivered one, Saturn-class, microsat bus and have also completed acceptance testing […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Blackjack, Blue Canyon Technologies, Buses, Business Moves, Command + Control, Comms, Contracts, DARPA, DoD, Electric Propulsion, Ground Test Unit, LEO, Microsat, Military, Multiple Payloads, National Security, Raytheon I&S, RF, SEAKR Engineering, SmallSat Tagged With: Featured

Blue Canyon’s multiple spacecraft and components on Virgin Orbit launch

July 18, 2022

Slingshot 1 is the first-ever Blue Canyon 12U CubeSat bus carrying 19 payloads to low Earth orbit. Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies LLC (“BCT” or […]

Filed Under: Batteries, Buses, Cubesats, GPS, Guidance, LEO, Navigation, Radiation, Radios, Satellite Control, Solar Arrays, U.S. Navy

Northrop Grumman selects Airbus U.S. Space — Defense Inc. to supply 42 satellite bus platforms

July 6, 2022

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) (NYSE: NOC) has selected Airbus U.S. Space & Defense Inc. as the commercial provider of satellite platforms for NGC’s proliferated-LEO constellation. Under the terms of the […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Buses, Business Moves, Constellation, Contracts, LEO, Mesh Network, Military, SDA, SmallSat Tagged With: Featured

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace Enlists NanoAvionics For Three Surveillance Satellites

May 19, 2022

In combination with advanced data analysis, the surveillance capacity will contribute to defense operations and Norway’s important role in surveillance of the High North. Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (Kongsberg) […]

Filed Under: AIS, Buses, Business Moves, Comms, Constellation, Contracts, Data Analytics, Defense, Encryption, Maritime, Maritime, Secure Comms, SmallSat, Surveillance

Terran Orbital Delivers 1st Bus to Lockheed Martin in Support Of SDA’s Transport Layer Tranche 0

May 12, 2022

Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) has delivered the first of ten satellite buses to Lockheed Martin in support of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 Transport Layer. This foundation layer […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Buses, Joint All-Domain Ops, Manufacturing, Military, National Defense Space Architecture, SDA, Secure Comms, SmallSat, Tactical, Warfighters Tagged With: Featured

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