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SSC’s Space Test Experiments Platform 2.0 to bolster USSF spacecraft procurement—12 companies selected

The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Department of Defense (DOD) Space Test Program (STP) office is paving the way to procure full lifecycle solutions for Science & […]

USSF awards WSF-M satellite Initial Operational Capability improving weather monitoring

Space Systems Command’s Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M) satellite has been formally accepted and declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) by Space Operations Command (SpOC).   SSC launched WSF-M (Space Vehicle […]

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 […]

L3Harris expands their Indiana facility to support the U.S. Golden Dome on-orbit defensive technology

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has completed a $125 million expansion at its space manufacturing facility in Fort Wayne to support the Department of Defense’s urgent need for on-orbit technology to defend […]

Astroscale U.S. to lead the 1st refueling of a USSF asset in GEO

Astroscale U.S. Inc. will conduct two refueling operations of a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) satellite in GEO for the United States Space Force (USSF)—this mission will demonstrate the ability […]

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 […]

Intelsat secures USSF contract to provide Maritime satellite connectivity

Intelsat has been awarded a U.S. Space Force (USSF) contract to provide commercial satellite communications bandwidth, equipment and services to the U.S. Defense Department (DoD) for global maritime coverage. The […]

Rocket Lab’s Neutron Rocket On-Ramped for the USSF’s $5.6 billion NSSL program

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has been selected by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) to compete for the Department of Defense’s highest-priority national security missions for the National Security […]

USSF selects L3Harris to continue modernization of the ATLAS Space Domain Awareness program

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a $90 million follow-on, sole-source contract from U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command to further advance the nation’s Space Domain Awareness (SDA), a top Department […]