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. […]
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Launch Update: York Space Systems + Space Development Agency (SDA)
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 […]
Rocket Lab completes CDR for SDA’s T2TL-Beta constellation
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 […]
Maxar awarded contract by NGA to deliver AI-powered object detection services
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 […]
General Atomics awarded USSF contract for Phase 2 of the Enterprise Space Terminal Program
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. […]
USSF strengthens missile warning mission with FORGE Enterprise OPIR solution award
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 […]
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 & […]
Rivada expands Outernet access to 33 countries + secures $16 billion+ in global business
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 […]
Millennium Space Systems completes FOO Fighter CDR in 10 months
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 […]
SSC On-Ramps 2 new providers to National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 contract
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, […]