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Rocket Lab partners with U.S.A.F. | AFRL for Neutron launch for rocket cargo missions

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) will launch their medium-lift, reusable rocket—Neutron—for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for a Rocket Cargo mission that supports point-to-point cargo transportation and […]

Oracle-M Hot Fire Test is SSC and AFRL milestone in cislunar Space Situational Awareness and national security

The United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) have reached a critical milestone in advancing cislunar Space Situational Awareness (SSA) with […]

UK + U.S. hit major milestone in development of hypersonic weapons

UK scientists have completed a major hypersonic propulsion test that was enabled by close collaboration between the UK government, industry and the U.S. government. The propulsion system is set to […]

Hydrosat gains million$ contract from the U.S.A.F. to enhance thermal imagery for National Defense

Hydrosat has been selected by the U.S. Air Force for a $1.9 million contract to provide Hydrosat’s thermal satellite data to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of […]

Northrop Grumman completes hybrid SATCOM demo, connecting to commercial space internet

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) successfully completed the firm’s first over-the-air demonstration of a hybrid SATCOM solution, providing seamless connection with Viasat and a commercial Proliferated Low Earth orbit (PLEO) […]

Viasat awarded U.S.A.F. DEUCSI contract for phased array antenna tech development

Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has been awarded a $33.6 million contract including options from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program […]

DARPA’s Newest X-plane

DARPA‘s series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration program, known as SHEPARD, sees it’s hybrid-electric uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) receive its official X-plane designation, XRQ-73. SHEPARD is an “X-prime” program, leveraging […]