The Boeing [NYSE: BA]-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) is preparing to launch its eighth mission (OTV-8) from Florida’s Space Coast, with liftoff scheduled no earlier than August 21. This […]
United States Space Force (USSF)
USSF releases ‘Principles for Space Access Resourcing Decisions’
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) has released the organization’s Principles for Space Access Resourcing Decisions Annex to the Commercial Space Strategy. The annex details how the service will consider and […]
Astroscale U.S. signs Space Act Agreement with NASA to advance national security on-orbit servicing capabilities
Astroscale U.S. has signed a reimbursable Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to test rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking (RPOD) capabilities of the Astroscale U.S. Refueler […]
L3Harris has the future of PNT ready now
L3Harris recently demonstrated a cutting-edge Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) solution for the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command that is adaptable to different platforms, is fully reprogrammable on-orbit, […]
Boeing secures $2.8 billion contract to enhance U.S. Strategic SATCOM capabilities
Boeing [NYSE: BA] was recently awarded a $2.8 billion contract for the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (ESS) program, the space-based component of the U.S. nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) […]
Modernized GPS operating system closer to operational integration
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Operations Command has accepted a modernized operating system for Global Positioning System (GPS), which is designed to maintain resiliency of the constellation and improve positioning, […]
SSC awards $2.8 billion contract for the first two satellites of the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (SATCOM) [ESS] program
The United State Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded a $2.8 billion contract to The Boeing Company to build and deliver the first two satellites of the Evolved Strategic […]
Axient selected for USSF STEP 2.0 contract to accelerate military space innovation
Astrion, through its legacy company Axient LLC, was selected earlier this month by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) as one of 12 awardees on the Space Test Experiments (STEP) 2.0 […]
SSC selects CACI, General Atomics, and Viasat to develop EST Phase 2 prototypes providing on-orbit crosslink compatibility in future DoD space systems
The United States Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded contracts to CACI, General Atomics, and Viasat to continue development of space laser communication terminal prototypes in Phase 2 […]
Sierra Space marks 3rd testing milestone with USSF’s R-GPS satellite program
Sierra Space has accomplished another successful demo of the company’s Resilient GPS (R-GPS) technology for the USSF via an SSC contract. In this third milestone, Sierra Space demonstrated an early […]