Susceptibility to jamming is a significant military vulnerability of the Global Positioning System (GPS) signal—through a Defense Innovation Unit contract, Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) is developing an alternative navigation technology that […]
Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
DIU solicitation: CUAS Low Cost Sensing Challenge
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), in collaboration with the U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), seeks to identify solutions for scalable, cost-effective, unmanned aircraft system (UAS) detection, identification, and tracking. This challenge […]
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 […]
Rocket Lab awarded new HASTE launch contract for the DoD by Kratos
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has been selected by Kratos to launch a full-scale, hypersonic test flight for the Department of Defense (DOD) under the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic […]
Umbra selected by SpaceWERX as participant in STRATFI program to develop next generation spacecraft
Umbra has been selected for a Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) opportunity by SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force—STRATFI is designed to accelerate the transition of […]
Firefly Aerospace awarded DoD contract for responsive on-orbit mission with Elytra spacecraft
Firefly Aerospace has been awarded a contract to perform a responsive on-orbit mission with the company’s Elytra spacecraft in support of the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit […]
Sidus Space and Arkisys ‘leap forward’ in space operations in 2025
Arkisys™, a provider of on-orbit services on a stable long duration platform to support ISAM applications, announces the successful collaboration with Sidus Space, sending the iSSI™ post launch connectable interface to LEO on […]
Defense Innovation Unit: Thinking forward with commercial help
By Chris Forrester Gary Henry, Senior Advisor at the Defense Innovation Unit. With 27-years in the USAF (“and I would do it all over again in a heartbeat”), Mr […]
Blue Origin’s New Glenn reaches orbit after successful Thursday launch, “Today marks a new era”
New Glenn safely reached its intended orbit during today’s NG-1 mission, accomplishing our primary objective. New Glenn’s seven BE-4 engines ignited on January 16, 2025, at 2:03 a.m. EST (0703 […]
Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch adjusted to Thursday with a weather proviso
In this afternoon’s email the following message, “The vehicle looks good for tonight’s window, but we’re watching weather closely as clouds build over the Space Coast. If we’re unable to launch, […]