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 […]
Military Space
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. […]
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 […]
USSF defines path to space superiority in 1st warfighting framework
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 […]
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 […]
New UK-made space system to help protect military satellites
Innovative UK-made tech will help the military monitor space following a new £65 million deal. The Borealis command, control and data processing system will help the UK military and the […]
Oxford Space Systems selected for UK EO mission
The UK Ministry of Defence has announced that the Oberon Earth Observation (EO) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite mission has been awarded to Airbus Defence and Space, with Oxford Space […]
Rocket Lab on track in development of spacecraft constellation for SDA
Rocket Lab National Security LLC has successfully completed the company’s Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta (T2TL-Beta) program — this milestone marks […]
Rivada tapped for VNO contract with U.S. Navy + establishes secure services office
The United States Navy has contracted Rivada to develop and deliver Virtual Network Operator (VNO) capabilities via the company’s Outernet constellation. The Rivada Outernet is a next-generation LEO satellite constellation. […]