Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) announces its award of a $14.49 million task order from the U.S. Space Force (USSF) to launch an Electron mission from Launch Complex 2. […]
Space Systems Command
Companies selected for DIU Orbital Logistics Vehicle Project moving forward with prototypes
Using commercial technology to facilitate greater in-space mobility for the Department of Defense (DoD), the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is working with three companies to provide logistics services enabling low-cost, responsive […]
USSF awards Boeing WGS-12 satellite production contract
Boeing [NYSE: BA] received a $439.6 million contract to build the 12th Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) communications satellite for U.S. Space Force‘s Space Systems Command. The WGS constellation delivers vital […]
SSC successfully delivers 1st USSF WSF-M satellite to Vandenberg SFB for a March launch
Space Systems Command (SSC) has successfully delivered the U.S. Space Force (USSF)-62 Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M) Space Vehicle (SV) from Ball Aerospace, Boulder, Colorado, to Vandenberg Space Force Base, […]
Northrop Grumman satellite-refueling tech selected as primary refueling solution interface standard for SSC
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) Passive Refueling Module (PRM) has been selected as the first preferred refueling solution interface standard for use across SSC satellites. The company is collaborating with […]
SSC selects Lockheed Martin for early design of next MUOS Satellites
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command recently awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a firm-fixed-price contract valued at $66 million for risk reduction activities and early design work in support of […]
SSC awards SRP-4 on-ramp contracts
The U.S. Space Force’s Small Launch and Targets Division at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, part of Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Assured Access to Space organization, awarded the […]
U. S. Space Force participates in certification milestone of future launch capability
Space Systems Command (SSC) congratulates United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) launch team on its maiden flight of the company’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket. “This is a groundbreaking day, culminating years of […]
Lockheed Martin selected for USSF OPIR ODETT prototype development
National Security Technology Accelerator (NSTXL), manager of the Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) program, has announced the award of the Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Data Exploitation Technology […]
Three space projects funded in Space Systems Command’s Annual Innovation Competition
A proposal to create a standardized interface between the U.S. and allied partners to share data from the U.S. Space Force’s Unified Data Library was named the winner of Space […]