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 […]
U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)
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 $33.6 million contract including options from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program […]
DARPA’s Newest X-plane
DARPA‘s series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration program, known as SHEPARD, sees it’s hybrid-electric uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) receive its official X-plane designation, XRQ-73. SHEPARD is an “X-prime” program, leveraging […]
NAVSYS wins million$ contract from AFRL for commercial PNT alternative solution
NAVSYS has been awarded a contract under the Air Force Research Lab’s (AFRL) Commercial Alternative Positioning, Navigation and Timing for RAPID (CAPR) program to develop and mature key elements of […]
Leidos milestone in hypersonic system development + completes key reviews
Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) has successfully completed two key reviews for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) cutting-edge air-breathing hypersonic system, Mayhem. Completion of the two reviews—conceptual design review and system requirements […]
U.S. Space Force awards $14.49 million contract to Rocket Lab for Space Test Program-30
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) announces its award of a $14.49 million task order from the U.S. Space Force (USSF) to launch an Electron mission from Launch Complex 2. […]
Parsons to continue R&D U.S.A.F support via a million$$ task order
Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) has been awarded a $28 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) command and control (C&C) and space software baselines for the Air […]
Viasat wins Northrop Grumman contract for U.S.A.F. commercial space internet experiments
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) was recently awarded a contract from Northrop Grumman to support the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) initiative, called the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet […]
GA-ASI completes the 1st flight of the XQ-67A OBSS
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew the XQ-67A Off-Board Sensing Station (OBSS) for the first time on February 28, 2024 — OBSS is an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) program […]