National Security Programs

While the global aerospace press has remained focused on the logistical updates regarding the SpaceX Starship program and recent Iridium contract wins, a seismic shift in national security doctrine has occurred in the contract logs of the Pentagon. SatNews Research ...

WASHINGTON – (December 3, 2025) – Shield AI and Sedaro have announced a strategic partnership focused on advancing autonomous operations in the orbital domain. The collaboration establishes Shield AI’s Hivemind Pilot as Sedaro’s preferred autonomy software for on-orbit demonstrations, extending ...

Tech executives testify on People's Republic of China (PRC) cyber threats Key Themes from China Tech Hearings Congressional hearings have consistently focused on the growing technological capabilities of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and their implications for U.S. national ...

Iridium Communications holds a long-standing and strategic partnership with the U.S. Space Force (USSF), primarily centered around the Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS) program. Most recently, on December 2, 2025, Iridium was awarded a new infrastructure contract (SITH), further solidifying ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nov. 29, 2025 – The U.S. Space Force has awarded initial contracts for the development of space-based interceptor (SBI) prototypes to Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Anduril Industries, and True Anomaly. These awards represent the first material procurements ...

Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) has been awarded a $44 million phase 2 contract to advance the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Otter very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) mission to demo the world’s first, air-breathing spacecraft and advance next-generation orbital ...

New System Delta will support Space Systems Command’s Military Communications & Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (MCPNT) Program Executive Office portfolio. The stand-up synchronizes acquisition efforts for critical space system capabilities with the new SYD working closely with USSF’s Combat Forces ...

Voyager Technologies [NYSE: VOYG] recently acquired ExoTerra Resource, a developer of electric propulsion systems. ExoTerra’s proprietary technology delivers precise maneuvering, extended lifetimes and high efficiency delta-V – essential for spacecraft across national defense architecture layers that must be able to ...

U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s (SSC) achieved a major milestone during a demonstration event in early August, showcasing the Joint Antenna Marketplace (JAM) and successfully transferring the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Transmit/Receive Enterprise (TREx) Service from a ...

Quantum Space has completed their Manufacturing Readiness Review (MRR) for the firm’s upcoming Ranger Prime mission, marking a key milestone toward the projected June of 2026 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The Ranger Prime mission will validate the on-orbit ...

U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s (SSC) System Delta 831 (SYD 831) hosted a successful three-day Maritime and Aviation Receiver Card (MAVRC) Industry Day on September 9, 2025, bringing together 30 representatives from 10 leading industry partners to discuss ...

U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) stood up the organization's new Satellite Communications (SATCOM) System Delta (SYD 88) through an assumption of command ceremony at Los Angeles Air Force Base. USSF Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant, Space Systems Command ...

To enable more commercial space capabilities, the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s (SSC’s) Commercial Satellite Communications Office has joined the U.S. Air Force working capital fund (WCF). through the activation of a new Enterprise Space Activity Group (ESAG) ...

Muon Space has been awarded a $44.6 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Firm Fixed Price Phase III Other Transaction Authority (OTA) Agreement from the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command System Delta 810 (SYD 810). The OTA Agreement ...

Cosmic Shielding Corporation (CSC), has been awarded a Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) contract from the U.S. Department of War, managed through AFWERX to accelerate the development of next-generation radiation protection systems for space electronics. The $4 million award includes a ...

Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman has announced that Space Systems Command’s Front Door initiative has been renamed the Space Force Front Door during his keynote address at the Air and Space Forces Association’s annual Air, Space & Cyber ...

At AV's Albuquerque, New Mexico, manufacturing center, the initial BADGER units near completion for the USSF. Photo is courtesy of the company. AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) has received a new, firm‑fixed‑price (FFP) contract option with the U.S. Space Force Space ...

Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) is developing a new, space-based encryption solution to support data security for U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC). Under this multi-year development award, Viasat’s encryption team within its Defense and Advanced Technologies segment will ...

Q-CTRL has been selected for two awards under DARPA’s Robust Quantum Sensors (RoQS) program—with this selection, these contracts are valued at A$38 million ($24.4 million) to augment Q-CTRL’s field-validated quantum sensing technologies for demanding real-world use cases in high-performance military ...

During a press conference at the White House today, President Donald J. Trump announced that U.S. Space Command — one of the Defense Department's 11 unified combatant commands — would be relocating from Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, to the ...