The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) and ULA successfully launched the USSF-51 mission aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket today at 6:45 a.m. EDT (3:45 […]
Department of Defense (DoD)
DoD’s 2024 Arctic Strategy publication “is critical to the defense of our homeland”
Today, the Department of Defense (DOD) released its 2024 DOD Arctic Strategy. This is the first update to DOD’s approach to the region since 2019. “The Arctic region of the […]
Northrop Grumman builds next generation hybrid electric uncrewed X-Plane for DARPA
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has announced the design and construction of the Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration (SHEPARD) vehicle — this uncrewed air system developed for DARPA recently […]
Redwire Developing advanced thruster tech to support the DoD smallsat supply chain
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) has signed a strategic cooperation agreement (SCA) with Phase Four to build and deliver advanced thruster technology designed for reliable, high-volume production to meet the surge […]
Gilat awarded million$+ to support critical connectivity requirements for U.S. DoD
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT) has announced that Gilat’s wholly owned U.S.-based subsidiary, DataPath Inc, received more than $9 million in orders in support of the U.S. Department […]
DARPA’s Newest X-plane
DARPA‘s series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration program, known as SHEPARD, sees it’s hybrid-electric uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) receive its official X-plane designation, XRQ-73. SHEPARD is an “X-prime” program, leveraging […]
Missile Defense Agency satellites track first hypersonic launch
The Defense Department’s advanced missile tracking satellites logged their first views of a hypersonic flight test this week, according to the Missile Defense Agency. MDA didn’t disclose the date of […]
DoD extends Sidus Space + L3Harris Mentor-Protégé Program
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIDU) announced that the Department of Defense (DoD) Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP) relationship with L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has been extended for an additional year. The DoD Mentor-Protégé […]
iDirect Government to build 5G co-channel interference mitigation prototype for DIU
iDirect Government (iDirectGov) has won a contract with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to build an operational 5G co-channel interference mitigation solution prototype, leveraging iDirectGov’s Communication Signal Interference Removal (CSIR™) technology. […]
EchoStar awarded a U.S. Navy contract to provide 5G smart devices + services for DoD + others
EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) has been awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract as part of the U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command Spiral 4 wireless products and services purchasing program. […]