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Rocket Lab awarded new HASTE launch contract for the DoD by Kratos

April 23, 2025

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has been selected by Kratos to launch a full-scale, hypersonic test flight for the Department of Defense (DOD) under the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Department of Defense (DoD), Government, HASTE Missions, HASTE Rocket, Hypersonic, Hypersonic Technologies, Hypersonic Weapon System, Hypersonics Capabilities, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Leidos, Military, Multi-Service Advanced Capabilities Hypersonic Testbed (MACH-TB), News, Rocket Lab, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Department of Defense, Wallops Island, Wallops Launch Complex

Space Systems Command partners with the National Reconnaissance Office for Proliferated Architecture Mission

April 20, 2025

 Statement from: The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Assured Access to Space (AATS) organization and their mission partners successfully supported the launch of the National Reconnaissance Office […]

Filed Under: Acquisitions, Assured Access to Space (AATS), Business Moves, Department of Defense (DoD), DoD, Falcon 9, Military, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Partnerships, Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), SpaceX, SpaceX Falcon 9, United States Space Force (USSF), Warfighters

L3Harris expands their Indiana facility to support the U.S. Golden Dome on-orbit defensive technology

April 17, 2025

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has completed a $125 million expansion at its space manufacturing facility in Fort Wayne to support the Department of Defense’s urgent need for on-orbit technology to defend […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Department of Defense (DoD), Golden Dome Defensive Technology, Government, L3Harris Technologies, Military, Missile Defense, Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Department of Defense

Northrop Grumman’s “superb launch” NROL-174 on secret reconnaissance mission for Space Force and NRO

April 16, 2025

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Small Launch and Targets Division, Space Launch Delta 30, and Northrop Grumman, successfully launched multiple […]

Filed Under: Communication Network, Cybersecurity, Defense Cybersecurity, Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Humanitarian, Humanitarian Funding, Launch Services, Military, Military Constellation, Minotaur IV Rocket, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), National Security Launch, Natural Disasters, Northrop Grumman, NROL, Orion, Payloads, Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP - SSC), Satellites, SpaceX, Team Forces, Teaming, U.S. Space Force, Vandenberg SFB, Warfighters

Northrop Grumman ready to launch NROL-174 the 2nd secret mission launch in a week, and one more to come

April 14, 2025

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command/Rocket Systems Launch Program, Space Launch Delta 30, and Northrop Grumman, are scheduled to launch the […]

Filed Under: Department of Defense (DoD), Falcon 9, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Military, Minotaur IV Rocket, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Natural Disasters, Networks, Northrop Grumman, NROL, Orion, Orion Capsule, Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP - SSC), Smallsat Constellation, smallsats, U.S. Space Force Commercial Space Strategy, Vandenberg SFB

Firefly Aerospace awarded DoD contract for responsive on-orbit mission with Elytra spacecraft

April 7, 2025

Firefly Aerospace has been awarded a contract to perform a responsive on-orbit mission with the company’s Elytra spacecraft in support of the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit […]

Filed Under: Agencies, BLue Ghost Lunar Lander (Firefly), Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Defense Information Network, Elytra spacecraft (Firefly), Firefly Aerospace, Government, LEO, Military, Military Agencies, Military Contracts, Military Defense, News, SmallSat, smallsats, U.S. Department of Defense Tagged With: Featured

Intelsat secures USSF contract to provide Maritime satellite connectivity

April 4, 2025

Intelsat has been awarded a U.S. Space Force (USSF) contract to provide commercial satellite communications bandwidth, equipment and services to the U.S. Defense Department (DoD) for global maritime coverage. The […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Comms, Contracts, Department of Defense (DoD), Government, Intelsat, Intelsat Government Solutions, Maritime, Maritime, Maritime Connectivity, Military, Military Contracts, proliferated Low Earth Orbit (pLEO), U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Space Force

Space Systems Command awards two new providers, Rocket Lab USA and Stoke Space to National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 contract

March 27, 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: Assured Access to Space (AATS), Blue Origin, Department of Defense (DoD), DoD, IDIQ, Intelligence Gathering, Launch Systems, Military, Military Contracts, National Security Space Launch, Neutron Launch Vehicle (Rocket Lab), RFP / RPP, Rocket Lab, Space Portfolio, SpaceX, SSC, Stoke Space, United Launch Alliance, Warfighters

Rocket Lab’s Neutron Rocket On-Ramped for the USSF’s $5.6 billion NSSL program

March 27, 2025

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has been selected by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) to compete for the Department of Defense’s highest-priority national security missions for the National Security […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Department of Defense (DoD), Government, IDIQ, Medium-Lift Launch Vehicle, Military, Neutron Launch Vehicle (Rocket Lab), News, NSSL Phase 3, Rocket Lab, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 3, Rocket Lab National Security, U.S. Department of Defense, United States Space Force (USSF), Wallops Island, Wallops Launch Complex Tagged With: Featured

Ligado details bankruptcy exit plan

March 25, 2025

Ligado Networks entered Chapter 11 in January. It has now presented its exit plan to the Delaware Bankruptcy Court. A key portion of the exit scheme is an agreement with […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Agreement, Agreement, AST SpaceMobile, Bankruptcy, Business Agreements, Business Moves, Canada, Contract Amendment, Contracts, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense (DoD), Government, Inmarsat, L-Band, License, Ligado Networks, Military, Satellite Spectrum, Spectrum, Transition, United Kingdom (UK), United States, Viasat

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