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 […]
Critical Design Review (CDR)
Rubicon’s ASCENT propulsion system to power NASA dual-mode project
Late last month, Rubicon Space Systems received a NASA contract to deliver ASCENT propulsion systems for use in a technology development effort to advance dual-mode propulsion. Dual-mode propulsion (sometimes called […]
UCAnFly moves to satellite production
UCAnFly, a CubeSat project from the University of Cadiz, Spain, is marking significant strides toward its own production and launch. Part of the third edition of Fly Your Satellite!, an […]
Lockheed Martin: Smallsat rapid development facility opens + also completes the CDR for SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has opened a facility that streamlines small satellite (smallsat) processing to enable high-rate delivery. The multi-million dollar facility will house the company’s Space Development Agency (SDA) […]
Maxar’s Critical Design Review for first Maxar 300™ platform developed for the Space Development Agency is completed
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) […]
Millennium Space Systems Missile Track Custody PDR completed in four months
Millennium Space Systems completed the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s Missile Track Custody Program Design Review in just four months, ensuring the program is on schedule for Critical Design […]
ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite progressing toward launch
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Arctic Weather Satellite has passed the Critical Design Review (CDR), a key step to start the manufacturing of the satellite ahead of planned launch in […]
Northrop Grumman completes USSF’s DARC CDR
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 […]