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 […]
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Hughes to support SES Space & Defense’s + AFRL’s DEUCSI program
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an EchoStar company (Nasdaq: SATS), has been awarded by SES Space & Defense, a wholly owned subsidiary of SES, a contract to provide a flexible, software-defined, […]
Advanced Aircraft Company receives million$+ AFRL + AFWERX contract for tactical UAS testing
Advanced Aircraft Company has been selected by AFRL and AFWERX for a Direct-to-Phase II contract in the amount of $1.25 million to focus on the company’s Hybrid Advanced Multirotor Unmanned […]
AFWERX + Department of Air Force award Qrypt with STTR Phase 1 Contract
Qrypt has been selected by AFWERX for an STTR Phase 1 contract that is focused on the company’s quantum-secure encryption solution to address the most pressing challenges in the Department […]
AFRL’s Oracle systems family developing nation’s 1st cislunar SSA capabilities
Over the last several years, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) unveiled two programs — Defense Deep Space Sentinel (D2S2) and Oracle to develop cislunar space situational awareness (SSA) capabilities. […]
Lockheed Martin jets into nuclear electrical spacecraft power
Hot off the heels of the DRACO announcement in July 2023, Lockheed Martin was awarded $33.7 million from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for the Joint Emergent Technology Supplying On-Orbit Nuclear (JETSON) High […]
CACI awarded million$$$ AFRL contract to advance C5ISR
CACI International Inc. (NYSE: CACI) has been awarded a five year contract, with a maximum ceiling value of $917 million, to continue to provide complete life cycle software and systems […]
IonQ announces million$$ deal with the Air Force Research Lab
IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) has expanded the company’s relationship with the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to deploy two barium-based trapped, ion quantum computing systems for quantum networking R&D. The deal […]
SCOUT Space awarded AFWERX Phase II to develop autonomous satellite software suite
SCOUT Space Inc. has been selected by AFWERX for a Phase II SBIR in the amount of $1.25 million, focused on developing a flight software suite for critical space missions […]
SES Space & Defense awarded AFRL contract to support DEUCSI program
SES Space & Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES that is focused on delivering satellite network solutions for the U.S. Government (USG), has been awarded a multi-year contract by the U.S. Air […]