The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has awarded a contract to ThinKom Solutions to test and evaluate one of the company’s Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) aeronautical phased-array antenna systems as a solution […]
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USSF Delivers GPS II (SV) 04 To Launch Site + Completes M-Code Installs For GPS Operational Control System
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) successfully delivered the fourth Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, July 14. […]
Ovzon’s US$3.9 Million Contract for Steerable Beam From Intelsat General Corporation
Ovzon‘s announcement of a contract that covers three months, from early September to early December 2020, is valued at a total of US$3.9Million, with the U.S. Department of Defense (U.S. […]
Northrop Grumman Completes Delta Critical Design Review of EPS-R CAPS Program
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announces the successful completion of a delta Critical Design Review (dCDR) with the U.S. Space Force for the Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization (EPS-R) Control and […]
US Space Force Selects General Atomics For EO/IR EWS Satellite Program
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has been selected for the United States Space Force Electro-Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Weather System (EWS) satellite program under the Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC). GA-EMS will […]
Enhancing ISR Missions With Viasat’s New Dynamic Video Encoding Tech
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has rolled out their Viasat Dynamic Video Encoding (DVE) capability, a new satellite communications (SATCOM) technology enhancement that optimizes sensor data for military aircraft on Intelligence, […]
CDR For Experimental Satellite Program Cleared By L3Harris Technologies
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) is on track to start building the U.S. Air Force’s first Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) after completing the program’s critical design review (CDR). L3Harris will integrate the […]
Lt. Generals Dickinson + VanHerck Up For U.S. Space Command + U.S. Northern Command Confirmations
Army Lt. Gen. James H. Dickinson and Air Force Lt. Gen. Glen D. VanHerck have testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee as part of the confirmation process to be […]
Space Force Rockets Toward Milestones
Gen. John W. Raymond, chief of space operations of the Space Force and commander of U.S. Space Command, held a video briefing today at the Pentagon, hosted by the Center […]
USSF Virtual Activation and Deactivation Ceremony
During a virtual pre-recorded ceremony on July 24, the U.S. Space Force executed numerous organization changes in its first realignment actions to transition from the previous Air Force major command […]