BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) recently won a competitive U.S. Navy research contract to explore applications for advanced optical intersatellite link terminals on board the company’s Gen-3 imaging satellites, giving […]
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Apex + Anduril announce partnership to advance space capabilities
Anduril Industries has announced a strategic partnership with Apex to enable rapid development and delivery of space systems for the United States and partners. Anduril will use Apex’s buses for […]
Vulcan rolls out for Wet Dress Rehearsal preparing to launch on second certification mission (CERT-2)
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan VC2S rocket will launch the second certification (Cert-2) mission from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on Friday, October 4, […]
Slingshot’s Agatha AI IDs outlier satellite in group of Chinese reconnaissance satellites
Earlier this year, Slingshot Aerospace unveiled Agatha, an AI tool developed in conjunction with DARPA to identify outlier satellites within the rapidly growing population of large constellations in LEO. Agatha […]
L3Harris to provide propulsion for hypersonic defense system
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) will provide two key propulsion systems to Northrop Grumman to support the Missile Defense Agency’s Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) program, a defensive weapon intended to defeat […]
Anduril’s Ghost-X selected for U.S. Army’s company level sUAS directed requirement
The United States Army has announced that Anduril’s Ghost-X UAS has been selected for the company level Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) Directed Requirement (DR) which takes a novel approach […]
Space Force awards four ‘Quick Start’ Resilient GPS agreements
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command awarded four agreements to Astranis, Axient, L3 Harris, and Sierra Space to produce design concepts for Lite Evolving Augmented Proliferation one of the Resilient Global […]
Viasat awarded U.S.A.F. DEUCSI contract for phased array antenna tech development
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has been awarded a $33.6 million contract including options from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program […]
Japan’s IGS Radar 8 top secret reconnaissance government satellite to launch on Wednesday
On Wednesday, September 25, at 10:24 PM – 10:25 PM PDT, the IGS Radar 8 Japanese radar reconnaissance satellite will launch from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. […]
Reticulate Micro demos 1st ever video streaming over MUOS network
Reticulate Micro, Inc. has announced the company has successfully demo’d what the firm believes to be the first-ever, real-time video streaming over the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) tactical satellite […]