Loft Orbital has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by AFWERX and sponsored by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC) […]
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USSF / SMC Awards Raytheon Intelligence & Space GPS OCX 3F Contract
The United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) awarded a $228 million contract to Raytheon Intelligence and Space for the Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational […]
Northrop Grumman One Of Three Companies Selected By USSF SMC To Continue With PTS Rapid Prototyping
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been selected by the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to proceed with the company’s ongoing Protected Tactical SATCOM (PTS) […]
Space & Missile Systems Center To Be Re-Designated As The USAF’s New Space Systems Command
The U.S. Space Force has released the organizational structure for the military arm’s new Space Systems Command — the Command is set to officially stand up in the summer of […]
ULA’s Atlas V Arrives @ Canaveral To Launch The Lockheed Martin-Built SBIRS GEO-5 Satellite For The USSF
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket built to carry a sophisticated U.S. national security satellite (SBIRS GEO Flight 5) into space arrived at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April […]
USSF Awards Four Task Orders For FY21 Phase 2 Launch Missions
The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), in partnership with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), awarded four National Security Space missions to Space Exploration Technologies, Inc. (SpaceX) and United Launch […]
U.S. DoD Weather Satellite Will Fly With Navigation Receiver From RUAG Space
RUAG Space has been awarded a contract from Ball Aerospace to provide a navigation receiver for Weather System Follow-on — Microwave (WSF-M), a next-generation Department of Defense (DoD) operational environmental […]
Experimental Research Rocket Launched By USSF + SMC From Wallops
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) and the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC)’s Launch Enterprise (PDF) successfully propelled an experimental research payload for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) aboard […]
USSF’s SMC WGS MAJE Program’s Trio Of Virtual Tests Successful
The Space and Missile Systems Center’s Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) Mitigation and Anti-Jam Enhancement (MAJE) program successfully conducted three virtual system tests during the last quarter of 2020. The tests […]
Space & Missile Systems Center Now Posting Their MilsatMagazine Authored Articles To Their Social Media Platform
An FYI: The United States Space Force’s Space and Satellite Missile Systems Center (SMC) is now posting their authored MilsatMagazine articles to their online social media platform. Access the latest […]