Blue Canyon Technologies, LLC, and SEAKR Engineering, LLC, wholly owned subsidiaries of Raytheon Technologies, have announced that they have delivered one, Saturn-class, microsat bus and have also completed acceptance testing […]
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ATLAS Space Operations secures $26M in Series B Funding led by Mitsui
ATLAS Space Operations, provider of cloud-based space communications solutions, received $26 million in Series B Funding led by Mitsui & Co., Ltd. The investment round furthers confidence in ATLAS’ Ground […]
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, […]
Space Force controls all military satellites
For the first time in the agency’s history, one military branch is in control of all of the Defense Department’s military satellite communication functions. The Army transferred control of their […]
AeroVironment Acquires Planck Aerosystems, Provider of Advanced Unmanned Aircraft Navigation Solutions
AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), provider in intelligent, multi-domain robotic systems, has acquired Planck Aerosystems, Inc. (“Planck”), a leading provider of advanced unmanned aircraft navigation solutions. The acquisition will significantly accelerate AeroVironment’s […]
Lockheed Martin taking space-augmented JADO (Joint All-Domain Operations) from concept to orbit in 2023
To date, limited experiments on Earth show how space could potentially enhance Joint All-Domain Operations (JADO) — but that’s about to change quite significantly. In 2023, Lockheed Martin will launch […]
UPDATE 3: Via an Atlas V 541 rocket, ULA advances the USSF-12 mission to GEO + Northrop Grumman’s ESPAStar™ satellite
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 541 rocket has accomplished the launch of the USSF-12 mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC). The USSF-12 features two […]
Virgin Orbit’s launch window for the USSF’s STP-S28A + DoD payloads to ‘go’ on June 29th
Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB)’s launch system is in place at the Mojave Air and Space Port. The dress rehearsals are complete and the company remains on track for their upcoming […]
DoD CDAO Partners with USAF to Conduct Developmental Test Flight of AI and autonomy-enabled Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
“Autonomy is in high demand right now. It helps alleviate problems with communications and jamming, and relieves burdens from routine tasks that Pilots, Sensor Operators, and Intelligence Analysts face during […]
Raytheon Intelligence & Space’s success with machine-to-machine communications exercise before Valiant Shield 2022
JADC2 is the Department of Defense’s vision for a future command and control operating construct that connects the battlespace across every domain — sea, air, land, space, cyber and the […]