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Blue Origin’s major milestone toward permanent + sustainable lunar infrastructure

September 10, 2025

Blue Origin has revealed that the company’s in-space resource utilization system, Blue Alchemist, has successfully completed its Critical Design Review (CDR), marking a transformative milestone toward humanity’s permanent expansion beyond […]

Filed Under: Blue Alchemist, Blue Origin, CDR, Critical Design Review (CDR), Lunar, Lunar Exploration, Lunar Habitat, Lunar Infrastructure, Lunar Missions, Lunar Outpost, Lunar Power, Lunar Services, Lunar Test Facility, Moon, News, Power Transmission on the Moon, Solar Power Systems

Astrobotics’ LunaGrid-Lite completes CDR and the flight model is now underway

August 20, 2025

Astrobotic Technology has announced that its planned lunar power demonstration mission, LunaGrid-Lite, has reached another major development milestone and is nearing flight readiness. LunaGrid-Lite (LGL) will deploy 500 meters of […]

Filed Under: Astrobotic, CDR, Critical Design Review (CDR), CubeRover (Astrobotic), LunaGrid (Astrobotic), Lunar, Lunar Power, News, Power Transmission on the Moon

Intuitive Machines receives $9.8 million OTV contract

July 31, 2025

Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUNR) has secured a $9.8 million Phase Two government contract to advance its Orbital Transfer Vehicle (“OTV”) through Critical Design Review (CDR)—the final engineering milestone on […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, CDR, Contracts, Critical Design Review (CDR), Government Contract, Intuitive Machines, Manufacturing, News, Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV), OTV, Spacecraft Manufacturing

Millennium Space Systems completes FOO Fighter CDR in 10 months

April 7, 2025

Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing [NYSE: BA] company, completed the Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter (FOO Fighter) CDR in just 10 months after authorization to proceed with the project. FOO Fighter […]

Filed Under: Boeing, CDR, Critical Design Review (CDR), FOO Fighter Program (SDA), LEO, LEO Missions, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Military Smallsats, Millennium Space Systems, News, SmallSat, SmallSat Builds, Smallsat Contract, SmallSat Design, Smallsat Development, Smallsat Fleet, Smallsat Form Factors, Smallsat Manufacturing, Smallsat Markets, Smallsat Missions, Smallsat Modeling, SmallSat Technologies, smallsats Tagged With: Featured

GL Communications’ NetSurveyorWeb™ comprehensive network surveillance system

April 25, 2024

GL Communications Inc., a provider in telecom test and measurement solutions, revealed their advanced network monitoring and surveillance system,  NetSurveyorWeb™. Customized for IP, Wireless, and TDM networks, this platform provides […]

Filed Under: 3G / 4G / 5G, CDR, IP Solutions, Multi-Protocol, Surveillance, Telecommunications, Test and Measurement Equipment, Wireless Network

BAE Systems reaches major development milestone with enhanced M-Code global nav system tech

February 1, 2024

BAE Systems’ program to design and manufacture an advanced military GPS receiver and next-generation semiconductor has completed Critical Design Review (CDR). The Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) Increment 2 Miniature […]

Filed Under: BAE Systems, CDR, Critical Design Review (CDR), GNSS, GPS Receiver, Military, Military Comms, Military Networks, NG ASIC

Northrop Grumman’s completes RGS-A CDR in support of future missile warning satellites

October 25, 2023

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) successfully completed a Critical Design Review (CDR) for Relay Ground Station-Asia (RGS-A) for a contract with U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific, on behalf […]

Filed Under: Antenna Builds, Antenna Design, Antenna Systems, Antennas, CDR, Critical Design Review (CDR), Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) system, L3Harris Technologies, Military, Missile Warning System, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC), News, NIWC, Northrop Grumman, Relay Ground Station-Asia (RGS-A), U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Systems Command

Northrop Grumman completes USSF’s DARC CDR

June 4, 2023

Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) and software demonstration for the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability Program (DARC). Following the completion of […]

Filed Under: CDR, Critical Design Review (CDR), Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability Program (DARC), Military, Monitoring, Northrop Grumman, Space Domain Awareness, Space Surveillance Network, United States Space Force (USSF)

Northrop Grumman rapidly completes their CDR for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer

April 19, 2023

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) recently completed a critical design review (CDR) for the firm’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL), part of Space Development Agency’s (SDA) LEO network designed to […]

Filed Under: CDR, Constellation, JADC2, LEO, Military, MILSATCOM, Northrop Grumman, SDA, SmallSat, SmallSat Builds, SmallSat Design, Space Development Agency (SDA), Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL)

L3Harris’ Viper Shield electronic warfare system completes Critical Design Review milestone

January 30, 2023

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) announced having achieved a critical design review (CDR) milestone for the Viper Shield electronic warfare (EW) system, which will provide improved offensive and defensive EW capabilities […]

Filed Under: Aircraft, Business Moves, CDR, COTS, Electronically Scanned Array (ESA), EW, L3Harris Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Milestone, Military, USAF

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