Orbit Fab has completed the testing of its refueling payload and testing of the GRIP™ capture and active in-space refueling nozzle with automated docking, which eliminates the need for complex […]
Military
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 […]
Two additional nations to provide NATO SATCOM support
Starting next year, Spain and Luxembourg will join four other NATO nations that provide SATCOM services to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as part of a satellite services project that began […]
VMU-3 advancing operations: The shift to SATCOM launch + recovery
Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 3 achieved a significant operational milestone with the successful execution of a SATCOM Launch and Recovery (SLR) flight with the Marine Air-Ground Task Force […]
U.S. Space Command reports break-up of Russian-owned space object
U.S. Space Command confirms the break-up of RESURS-P1 (#39186), a Russian-owned, decommissioned satellite, that occurred in LEO on June 26, 2024, at approximately 1000 MT (1600 UTC), resulting in more […]
Successful 1st flight of Kratos’ Erinyes™ Hypersonic Test Bed
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) recently revealed that the firm’s Space & Missile Defense Systems Business Unit, a part of Kratos’ Defense & Rocket Support Systems (DRSS) […]
SpaceX launches NROL-186 spy satellite mission to increase “space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance”
On Friday, June 28 at 8:14 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the NROL-186 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This was […]
Thales unveils new range of tactical wideband High Frequency radios
Thales has unveiled the first two radios in the company’s new HF XL range of resilient high-data-rate wideband HF radios for command posts deployed by land forces in the theater […]
Hybrid SATCOM successfully tested at Sentry Aloha Exercise
The Air National Guard/Air Reserve Command Test Center conducted a force development evaluation on the HC-130J Ku/Ka communications suite during the Sentry Aloha exercise in June. The suite adds a […]
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 […]