SES Space & Defense will provide satellite communications capabilities in support of the U.S. Army Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WINT-T) training activities. The five-year, Commercial Satellite Communications (COMSATCOM) Transponded Capacity (CTC) […]
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Space Systems Command (SSC) awards STP-S29B launch service Task Order to Astra Space, Inc.
The U.S. Space Force’s Small Launch and Targets Division’s Office at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, part of the Space Systems Command (SSC) Assured Access to Space organization, […]
USSPACECOM outlines requirements for sustained maneuver, ‘Dynamic Space Operations’
U.S. Space Force Lieutenant General John Shaw, deputy commander of U.S. Space Command, called upon commercial space professionals to be part of a solution that delivers U.S. Space Command sustained […]
L3Harris awarded million$$$ contract to modernize U.S. SDA capabilities
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has been awarded option year four of the Maintenance Of Space Situational Awareness Integrated Capabilities (MOSSAIC) program. The $145 million contract from the U.S. Space Force continues […]
Fleet Space awarded contract by Australia’s Defence Space Command
Fleet Space Technologies has signed a AUD$6.4 million contract with Australia’s Defence Space Command, marking the company’s first defence contract. The agreement will see Fleet’s next-generation of Centauri satellites used […]
Raytheon Technologies awarded million$$$ counter-UAS contract
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) was awarded a $237 million U.S. Army contract for Ku-band Radio Frequency Sensors (KuRFS) and Coyote® effectors to detect and defeat unmanned aircraft. The contract includes […]
Rocket Lab intros their HASTE suborbital testbed launch vehicle
Rocket Lab has formally introduced the HASTE rocket (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron), a suborbital testbed launch vehicle derived from Rocket Lab’s heritage Electron rocket. HASTE provides reliable, high-cadence flight […]
DIU awards 1st contracts for prototyping hypersonic systems
As the Department of Defense (DoD) pursues joint research and development on hypersonic defense programs, the Department’s ability to test those systems is critical. Currently, testing is limited to land- […]
DARPA seeking innovative concepts for nexgen antennas
DARPA is soliciting disruptive ideas from small businesses and nontraditional defense contractors for novel antenna designs, materials, manufacturing, or processing as the first topic issued under the agency’s Bringing Classified […]
Northrop Grumman rapidly completes their CDR for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) recently completed a critical design review (CDR) for the firm’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL), part of Space Development Agency’s (SDA) LEO network designed to […]