New Glenn safely reached its intended orbit during today’s NG-1 mission, accomplishing our primary objective. New Glenn’s seven BE-4 engines ignited on January 16, 2025, at 2:03 a.m. EST (0703 […]
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Lockheed Martin delivers 1st Aegis system equipped vessel radar antenna to Japan MoD
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) successfully delivered the first AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar antenna for the Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV) to the Japan Ministry of Defense — the delivery was made through […]
L3Harris showcases robotic drone detection capability for U.S. Army
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has successfully demonstrated a new drone detection and defeat capability for its T7 robot system at Vanguard 24, an annual capstone experiment the U.S. Army hosts at […]
Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch adjusted to Thursday with a weather proviso
In this afternoon’s email the following message, “The vehicle looks good for tonight’s window, but we’re watching weather closely as clouds build over the Space Coast. If we’re unable to launch, […]
Kratos receives new hypersonic system program award
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) recently received an approximate $100 million total potential value hypersonic system program award. Approximately $15 million of funding has been received by Kratos […]
AV announces 2nd delivery order on a $990 million U.S. Army contract
AeroVironment (AV) has been awarded its second delivery order totaling $55.3 million of Switchblade® loitering munition systems as part of U.S. Army’s Directed Requirement (DR) for Lethal Unmanned Systems (LUS). […]
Varda’s W-2 spacecraft launched to orbit with SpaceX with Koonibba Test Range up next
Varda Space Industries has announced the successful launch of the company’s second orbital processing spacecraft and re-entry capsule, W-2, which lifted off aboard the Transporter-12 rideshare mission with SpaceX from […]
Blue Origin scrubs Monday’s launch of New Glenn moments before launch
“We’re standing down on today’s launch attempt to troubleshoot a vehicle subsystem issue that will take us beyond our launch window. We’re reviewing opportunities for our next launch attempt. ” Blue […]
BlackSky wins USSF rapid procurement contracts to support TacSRT missions
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has won multiple rapid procurement contracts for its high-margin, core analytics services through the U.S. Space Force’s online Global Data Marketplace (GDM) supporting a variety […]
ICEYE launches two SAR satellites, expanding Earth observation capabilities
ICEYE in Helsinki, Finland announced it has launched two new synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites into orbit, expanding its capacity for high-resolution Earth observation. The satellites were deployed as part […]