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Skydio has fulfilled the first order under the U.S. Army's Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) Tranche 2 program with the delivery of X10D small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS)—with this order, Skydio X10D is the only system delivered to date as part ...

In collaboration with NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, DARPA recently released the Lunar Assay via Small Satellite Orbiter (LASSO) solicitation. The LASSO program aims to develop technologies to support significantly increasing the U.S.' ability to conduct operations in support of space situational ...

BAE Systems has been selected by U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command to provide a new satellite command and control (C2) system for its Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) program. Infographic courtesy of Space Systems Command. FORGE C2 will ...

Posted at SAM.GOV is DARPA's Lunar Assay via Small Satellite Orbiter (LASSO) solicitation for their program that seeks to develop technologies to support significantly increasing the United States’ ability to conduct operations in support of space situational awareness (SSA). The ...

The United States Space Force (USSF) has released the Space Warfighting framework that outlines the service's vision for achieving and maintaining space superiority, while ensuring the long-term safety and sustainability of the space domain. This landmark document underscores the critical ...

U.S. Space Force Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Mike Guetlein, center, and U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency director, right.U.S. Air Force photo by Chad Trujillo. U.S. Space Force Vice Chief of Space Operations, Gen. Mike ...

The U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) Front Door office has launched a new initiative that is designed to enhance unclassified threat-information-sharing with commercial space companies. On March 21st, Front Door launched Orbital Watch, its rapid communication platform, ...

Flight Works announced has been selected by AFWERX for a Direct-to-Phase 2 (D2P2) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract that will support rapid response and sustainable space operations capabilities for the Department of the Air Force (DAF). The almost $2 ...

Screenshot The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Aerospace Propulsion Outreach Program (APOP) will hold their 16th annual conference poster session at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, April 17, 2025, from noon to 3 ...

UK scientists have completed a major hypersonic propulsion test that was enabled by close collaboration between the UK government, industry and the U.S. government. The propulsion system is set to power a cutting-edge hypersonic cruise missile concept—233 test runs were ...

Sierra Space has successfully demonstrated the company’s Resilient GPS (R-GPS) technology for the U.S. Space Force (USSF). This major accomplishment, generating all GPS navigation signals required for the R-GPS mission, was achieved in collaboration with General Dynamics Mission Systems. This ...

Above: A combined assault force of U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK) special operations personnel conduct a direct action raid on a time sensitive target in an underground facility during a multi-day training event associated with exercise Freedom Shield 25 ...

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY​) earlier this month announced the company's on-time and early deliveries for the Space Development Agency's (SDA) proliferated constellation with the delivery of the 100th large format focal plane module, counting deliveries from the Tranche 0, Tranche ...

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) continues its multi-phased acquisition strategy for the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) Command and Control (C2) ground system to bolster its missile warning and tracking ground mission. Through SSC's Space Enterprise Consortium ...

Just one year after signing a ground-breaking trilateral agreement, the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) partnership is completing facilities construction at the first of three sites that will host a global network of advanced ground-based sensors. Based on technology ...

U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s Small Business Office, in collaboration with SpaceWERX, recently hosted their inaugural Sub-contracting Forum to accelerate the space acquisition process by connecting small businesses with space and defense industry prime contractors and Department of ...

Artistic rendition of Japan's Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6 A U.S. space domain awareness payload hosted on Japan's Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6 successfully launched on a Japanese H-3 launch vehicle from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Tanegashima Space ...

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 Henry has also spent 5 years at SpaceX (he joined in ...

Artistic rendition of GPS III on-orbit, courtesy of Lockheed Martin. The U.S. Space Force transferred Satellite Control Authority of the Global Positioning System (GPS) III Space Vehicle 07, to the 2nd Navigation Warfare Squadron, Mission Delta 31, operating at Schriever ...

‍Slingshot Aerospace, Inc. has been awarded $1.9 million from the United States Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) to further develop Slingshot’s existing GPS jamming and spoofing detection, as well as more precisely geolocate the sources and predict patterns ...