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BlackSky wins next phase of U.S. Navy Optical inter-satellite link research contract to advance Gen-3 comms for military ops

July 31, 2025

BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has won the next phase of a competitive U.S. Navy research contract to further develop optical inter-satellite link (OISL) terminal apps for its Gen-3 constellation. […]

Filed Under: , an Earth Observation (EO) satellite for the Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC), BlackSky, BlackSky Technology Inc., Business Moves, Contracts, Gen-3 Imaging Satellite (BlackSky), LEO, Military, Military Smallsats, Optical inter-satellite links (OISL), Research, Research Contract, SmallSat, SmallSat Builds, Smallsat Company, Smallsat Constellation, Smallsat Contract, Smallsat Fleet, Smallsat Missions, Smallsat Payloads, smallsats, U.S. Navy

Launch Update: York Space Systems + Space Development Agency (SDA)

July 9, 2025

York Space Systems (York) has successfully deployed and made contact with the Dragoon mission, a contract executed under an accelerated timeline for the Space Development Agency (SDA). The satellite launched […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Dragoon Mission (York SDA), Government Agencies, LEO, Military Agencies, Military Smallsats, Smallsat Contract, Smallsat Deployment, Smallsat Launch, Smallsat Launches, Smallsat Missions, smallsats, Space Development Agency (SDA), York Space Systems

Rocket Lab completes CDR for SDA’s T2TL-Beta constellation

July 2, 2025

Rocket Lab National Security LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rocket Lab USA (Nasdaq: RKLB), successfully completed the firm’s Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 2 […]

Filed Under: Critical Design Review (CDR), Government Agencies, LEO, Military, Military Agencies, Military Constellations, Military Contracts, Military Defense, Military Funding, Military Satellites, Military Smallsats, Military Space, News, Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), PWSA, Rocket Lab, Rocket Lab National Security, SmallSat, SmallSat Builds, Smallsat Components, Smallsat Constellation, Smallsat Contract, SmallSat Design, Smallsat Development, Smallsat Fleet, Smallsat Manufacturing, Smallsat Missions, Smallsat Propulsion, SmallSat Technologies, smallsats, Space Development Agency (SDA), Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta Data Transport Satellites (T2TL - Beta)

Maxar awarded contract by NGA to deliver AI-powered object detection services

June 30, 2025

Maxar Intelligence has been awarded Delivery Order 01 under the Luno A program by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). This award is focused on delivering commercial analytic services, specifically, automated […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Business Moves, Contracts, Geospatial Intelligence, LEO, Maxar, Maxar Intelligence, Military, Military Agencies, Military Constellations, Military Contracts, Military Defense, Military Smallsats, Military Space, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), Object Detection Services, Satellogic, SmallSat

General Atomics awarded USSF contract for Phase 2 of the Enterprise Space Terminal Program

May 11, 2025

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) for Phase 2 of the Enterprise Space Terminal (EST) program. […]

Filed Under: beyond Low Earth Orbit (bLEO), Communication Solutions, Enterprise Space Terminal (EST), GA-EMS, Inter-Constellation Communications, Military, Military Agencies, Military Comms, Military Connectivity, Military Constellations, Military Contracts, Military Defense, Military Networks, Military Satellites, Military Smallsats, Military Space, News, OTA, Other Transaction Authority (OTA), Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC), Space Systems Command, Space Systems Command, U.S. Space Systems Command, United States Space Systems Command

USSF strengthens missile warning mission with FORGE Enterprise OPIR solution award

May 6, 2025

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) recently awarded the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) Enterprise Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Solution (EOS) contract to SciTec, Inc.—the $259 million award […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Contracts, Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) system, LEO / MEO, Military, Military Contracts, Military Smallsats, Missile Defense, Missile Tracking, Missile Warning, Missile Warning Satellites, Missile Warning System, News, Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Program, OTA, Other Transaction Authority (OTA), SciTec Inc., SmallSat, smallsats, Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC), Space Systems Command, Space Systems Command, U.S. Space Systems Command, United States Space Systems Command

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

May 1, 2025

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 & […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Department of Defense (DoD), IDIQ, Military, Military Smallsats, News, Science & Technologies, SmallSat, smallsats, Space Systems Command, Space Systems Command, Space Test Experiments Platform (STEP) (SSC), Space Test Program, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Space Systems Command, United States Space Systems Command Tagged With: Featured

Rivada expands Outernet access to 33 countries + secures $16 billion+ in global business

April 29, 2025

Rivada Space Networks has secured market access to its Outernet constellation in 33 countries and every continent, with Belgium, the Czech Republic, Sweden, and Costa Rica among the latest nations […]

Filed Under: LEO, LEO Commercialization, LEO Connectivity, LEO Missions, LEO Payloads, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Market Access, Military Connectivity, Military Defense, Military Smallsats, Military Space, OuterNET™, Rivada Outernet, Rivada Space Networks, SmallSat, Smallsat Constellation, Smallsat Deployment, SmallSat Design, Smallsat Development, Smallsat Fleet, Smallsat Markets, smallsats

Millennium Space Systems completes FOO Fighter CDR in 10 months

April 7, 2025

Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing [NYSE: BA] company, completed the Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter (FOO Fighter) CDR in just 10 months after authorization to proceed with the project. FOO Fighter […]

Filed Under: Boeing, CDR, Critical Design Review (CDR), FOO Fighter Program (SDA), LEO, LEO Missions, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Military Smallsats, Millennium Space Systems, News, SmallSat, SmallSat Builds, Smallsat Contract, SmallSat Design, Smallsat Development, Smallsat Fleet, Smallsat Form Factors, Smallsat Manufacturing, Smallsat Markets, Smallsat Missions, Smallsat Modeling, SmallSat Technologies, smallsats Tagged With: Featured

SSC On-Ramps 2 new providers to National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 contract

April 3, 2025

The U.S. Space Force (USSF’s) Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded Firm Fixed-Price (FFP), Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 contracts to Rocket Lab USA, […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Contracts, Firm-Fixed Price (FFP), IDIQ, Military, Military Contracts, Military Smallsats, National Security Space Launch, Rocket Lab, SmallSat, smallsats, Space Systems Command, Space Systems Command, Stoke Space, U.S. Space Systems Command, United States Space Systems Command

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