AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS) has successfully demo’d the world’s first Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) tactical satellite communications delivering high-throughput data, voice, and video using unmodified mobile devices in collaboration with […]
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Additional contracts awarded by Defense Innovation Unit to expand operational network
The Defense Innovation Unit‘s Hybrid Space Architecture (HSA) project seeks to integrate commercial and government capabilities to preserve operational and informational security, while enabling collaboration between services as well as […]
Upcoming military exercises will highlight commercial tech for GNSS disruption detection
Position, navigation, and timing (PNT) is a daily fixture for private citizens and military operators alike. The Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) include space networks from the European Union, China, […]
X-Bow’s Bolt modular boost rocket launches successfully from White Sands Missile Range
X-Bow Systems (X-Bow) has conducted the successful first launch of the company’s Bolt Rocket at White Sands Missile Range — Bolt is the first vehicle in X-Bow’s new suite of […]
The initial contracts for the DIU’s HSA program awarded to four companies
The Defense Innovation Unit‘s (DIU’s) Hybrid Space Architecture (HSA) program seeks to provide global, ubiquitous and secure internet connectivity throughout the space domain for commercial, civil and military users, including […]
ATLAS Space Operations receives a Defense Innovation Unit award for federated network demo
ATLAS Space Operations has announced that the Defense Innovation Unit awarded the company the Hybrid Space Architecture (HSA) contract to demonstrate a federated network. Leveraging its operational experience and prior development activity, the […]
Virgin Orbit’s Latest Mission Successfully Reaches Above The Clouds With Seven Satellites
Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB) successfully deployed into orbit all seven customer satellites onboard the company’s LauncherOne rocket during the Above the Clouds mission. Virgin Orbit’s 747 carrier aircraft Cosmic Girl […]
DoD’s DIU Strengthens Domestic, sUAS Base With 8 Awards
As part of the nation’s effort to ensure a robust small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) industrial base for national and economic security, the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit […]
National Security Innovation Capital Delivers Million$ Contract To Xplore
Xplore Inc. has received a $2 million contract from National Security Innovation Capital (NSIC) within the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) of the Department of Defense (DoD). This funding will accelerate […]
On-Orbit, Active Phased Array Satellite Testbed Milestone Has Been Reached By CesiumAstro In Their Collaboration With The DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit
CesiumAstro Inc. has reached a key milestone in the firm’s collaboration with the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit; CesiumAstro’s first two spacecraft have been successfully integrated as secondary […]