The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, launched the Space Power InfraRed Regulation and Analysis of Lifetime, or SPIRRAL, experiment, November 4, 2024. SPIRRAL, flown by AFRL through the DOD Space Test […]
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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 $33.6 million contract including options from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program […]
DARPA’s Newest X-plane
DARPA‘s series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration program, known as SHEPARD, sees it’s hybrid-electric uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) receive its official X-plane designation, XRQ-73. SHEPARD is an “X-prime” program, leveraging […]
NAVSYS wins million$ 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 […]