Germany’s armed forces, the Bundeswehr, has awarded Airbus the SATCOMBw 3 prime contract for the next generation, secure, military satellite system that includes geostationary satellites as well as ground segment, […]
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Orbit Fab delivers 1st GRIP™ in-space refueling nozzle following successful testing
Orbit Fab has completed the testing of its refueling payload and testing of the GRIP™ capture and active in-space refueling nozzle with automated docking, which eliminates the need for complex […]
Defense Threat Reduction Agency contracts for combating weapons of mass destruction
Applied Research Associates Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico (HDTRA124D0002); Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., McLean, Virginia (HDTRA124D0003); Leidos Inc., Reston, Virginia (HDTRA124D0004) + (HDTRA124D0008 ; Peraton Inc., Herndon, Virginia (HDTRA124D0005); SRC Inc., […]
The Exploration Company completes NYX-Moon spacecraft testing
The Exploration Company, a leading European commercial space company developing, manufacturing, and operating a reusable space capsule called Nyx, has announced a positive update from the firm’s latest test campaign, […]
Raytheon’s KuRFS + Coyote detect + defeat UAS targets during U.S. Army summer test period
Raytheon, an RTX business, successfully demonstrated the capabilities of the Low, slow, small-unmanned aircraft Integrated Defense System, or LIDS, during the U.S. Army‘s annual summer test period. Joining U.S. Army […]
Successful test of rotating artificial gravity space station for Above: Orbital
Above: Orbital, a company that designs and develops adaptable, space-based platforms for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and commercial customers, successfully completed a test of the firm’s proprietary cold […]
Major development milestones completed by Sierra Space for their 1st commercial spacestation
Sierra Space’s LIFE™ habitat (Large Integrated Flexible Environment) has successfully completed its second, sub-scale, Ultimate Burst Pressure (UBP) test. Following the success of its first UBP test in July of […]
Keysight delivers new Solar Array Simulator solution for satellite power systems
Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced the new MP4300A Series Modular Solar Array Simulator (SAS) to emulate the behavior of photovoltaic (PV) segments. The SAS solution simulates all conditions a craft or […]
Successful nexgen solid rocket motor test by Aerojet Rocketdyne @ their new test facilites
With the recent successful test of a next generation large solid rocket motor called eSR-19, Aerojet Rocketdyne has validated advanced motor technology while demonstrating the production maturity of new and […]
Firefly Aerospace reaches orbit as the Alpha rocket deploys customer payloads
Firefly Aerospace, a provider of launch, spacecraft, and in-space services, announced that its Alpha FLTA002 mission successfully reached orbit and deployed customer payloads, lifting off on October 1 at 12:01am […]