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 […]
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Blue Origin’s Blue Ring to demo operation capabilities on DarkSky-1 mission
Blue Origin will demonstrate Blue Ring’s mission operation capabilities and core flight systems on an upcoming Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)-sponsored launch, furthering its mission to build a road to space. […]
Terran Orbital’s $15.2 Million contract with U.S. Space Force
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP), a global provider in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, announced it was awarded a $15.2 million contract to supply Ambassador Class satellite […]
BAE Systems to develop ground system prototype for U.S. Space Force missile warning system
BAE Systems has been selected by the Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) to provide a prototype ground system for the U.S. Space Force’s SSC Future Operationally Resilient Ground […]
Space capabilities highlighted in 2nd annual CENTCOM Theater Space Forum
U.S. Space Forces Central hosted the second annual U.S. Central Command Theater Space Forum recently, bringing together more than 140 space experts from all five branches of the Defense Department, […]
True Anomaly’s 1st Jackal AOVs are ready for launch at Vandenberg SFB
True Anomaly‘s first two Jackal autonomous orbital vehicles (AOVs) have arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base and have completed functional testing, fueling, and mating to the SpaceX Falcon 9 Rideshare […]
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 […]
Lockheed Martin sends NOAA’s newest weather satellite to Florida for launch preparations
The next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-U has successfully arrived at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to begin preparing for its spring launch. This is the final of four satellites all […]
Space Operations Command welcomes new commander
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Operations Command held a change of command ceremony at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, where Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting relinquished command to Lt. Gen. David […]
SSC continues Microsoft partnership to develop collaboration platform + ecosystem for USSF
Space Systems Command (SSC) has renewed the organization’s partnership with the Microsoft Corporation to apply the latest commercial innovations to U.S. Space Force (USSF) missions. The Integrated, Immersive, Intelligent Environment […]