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Firefly Aerospace ready for Monday launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 Message in a Booster mission

April 27, 2025

Firefly Aerospace’s launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 has now been scheduled for Monday, April 28th, at 6:37 AM -7:29 AM PDT from Vandenberg. Space Launch Complex 2W has launched 97 […]

Filed Under: Firefly Aerospace, Firefly Space Transport Services, Lockheed Martin, Military, NASA, Satellite Buses, Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV), Space Launch Complex, SpaceX, United States Air Force, United States Air Force (USAF), Vandenberg SFB

Forrester’s Digest: Viasat lawsuit reopens satellite bid

February 20, 2025

A lawsuit brought by Viasat against the US Space Development Agency (SDA) has opened the possibility of Viasat winning a 10 satellite contract for the US Air Force. The Air […]

Filed Under: Aviation, Lockheed Martin, Military, Military Contracts, Space Development Agency (SDA), Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, United States Air Force

SES Space & Defense awarded million$$$ USAF combat command contract

July 31, 2024

SES Space & Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, has been awarded a multi-year contract worth $46.8 million by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Air Combat Command (ACC) to provide […]

Filed Under: Air Combat Command, Business Moves, Contracts, GEO, Global Network Operations Center (GNOSC), Military, Military Contracts, Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), SES Space & Defense, United States Air Force

U.S. Air Force + U.S. Space Force announce sweeping changes to maintain superiority

February 14, 2024

The Department of the Air Force’s senior civilian and military leaders have unveiled sweeping plans for reshaping, refocusing, and re-optimizing the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and U.S. Space Force (USSF) […]

Filed Under: Extensive Recalibrations, Military, Reoptimization, U.S. Air Force, United States Air Force, United States Space Force (USSF) Tagged With: Featured

U.S. Air Force awards Viasat a Technology Integration and Architecture contract

January 1, 2024

Viasat is one of several contractors awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract to develop new systems and capabilities for the United States Air Force. Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) will work […]

Filed Under: Development Planning, Military, News, Prototyping, Systems Development, Testing, United States Air Force, USAF Life Cycle Management Center (LCMC), Viasat

Cubic wins multiple contracts from U.S.A.F.

October 25, 2023

Cubic Defense has secured a Multiple Award Contract–Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (MAC ID/IQ) from the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Architecture & Integration Directorate (AFLCMC/XA).  Cubic creates and […]

Filed Under: C5ISR, Command, Control, Communications, computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR), Cubic Corporation, Cubic Defense, Defense, Defense Solution, Digital Intelligence, Government, Military, Military Defense, Multi-Domain Operations, National Defense, United States Air Force

Hypergiant awarded million$$ USAF Contract to deliver JERICO2

July 19, 2023

Hypergiant has been awarded a three year contract with a potential total value of $61 million to continue developing the Joint Effects for Real-time Integrated Command & Control Operations (JERIC2O). […]

Filed Under: Advanced Battle Management System, Business Moves, Contracts, Hypergiant, JADC2, Joint Effects for Real-time Integrated Command & Control Operations (JERIC2O), Military, News, SBIR, United States Air Force

CesiumAstro awarded million$ USAF contract to demo SATCOM on MQ-9A Reaper

June 18, 2023

CesiumAstro has been awarded a contract led by AFWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Air Force (USAF), through the Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) program. CesiumAstro will build, integrate and […]

Filed Under: Active Electronically Scanned Array Antenna (AESA), AFWERX, CesiumAstro, GA-ASI, Military, SATCOM Connectivity, SATCOM for UAV-UAS-AAM, Tactical SATCOM, UAS SATCOM Connectivity, United States Air Force

U.S.A.F. awards contracts to Above: Space Development Corporation + Ascent Solar Technologies

May 14, 2023

Above: Space Development Corporation has been awarded a significant contract from the United States Air Force (USAF) for on-orbit manufacturing of thin-tilm solar photovoltaics in partnership with Ascent Solar Technologies, […]

Filed Under: Above: Space Development Corp., Ascent Solar Technologies, Business Moves, Military, News, On-Orbit Manufacturing, Photovoltaic Technology, Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles, United States Air Force, United States Space Force (USSF)

Cubic awarded U.S.A.F. contract for Halo™ -Enabled Resilient Mesh (HERMes) System

March 24, 2023

Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions (CMPS) was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Air Force Research & Development (R&D) program for Halo-Enabled Resilient Mesh (HERMes) software and a hardware […]

Filed Under: AFRL, Business Moves, Contracts, Cubic Mission & Performance Solutions (CMPS), High-Capacity Backbone (HCB), JADC2, Mesh Network, Military, Prototypes, U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), United States Air Force

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