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Northrop Grumman invests $50 million in Firefly Aerospace to advance Eclipse™ medium launch vehicle

May 29, 2025

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has invested $50 million into Firefly Aerospace to further advance production of the companies’ co-developed medium launch vehicle, now known as Eclipse™. Filling a void […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Eclipse™ Medium Launch Vehicle, Firefly Aerospace, Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), Low Earth Orbit (LEO), NASA, News, Northrop Grumman, SmallSat, Smallsat Launch Vehicles, smallsats, Wallops Flight Facility (NASA), Wallops Island Tagged With: Featured

Rocket Lab on-ramped to multi-billion$ U.S. + U.K. defense contracts for hypersonic HASTE

April 14, 2025

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has been selected to provide hypersonic test launch capability via the company’s HASTE launch vehicle, engineering expertise, and other services through its participation in […]

Filed Under: HASTE Rocket, Hypersonic, Hypersonic Launch Systems, IDIQ, Military, News, Rocket Lab, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2, U.S. Air Force, UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), Wallops Flight Facility (NASA), Wallops Launch Complex Tagged With: Featured

Firefly Aerospace awarded NASA contract to launch INCUS mission from Wallops

March 4, 2025

Firefly Aerospace has been awarded a fixed-price NASA’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) contract for a dedicated Alpha launch of the agency’s Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS) mission […]

Filed Under: Alpha Missions (FIrefly), Alpha Rocket, Business Moves, Contracts, Firefly Aerospace, Launch Contract, NASA, NASA VADR, News, VADR Launch Services Contract, Wallops Flight Facility (NASA)

Rocket Lab’s HASTE suborbital launch vehicle soars testing hypersonic test launch capabilities

November 24, 2024

Rocket Lab’s second dedicated mission for Leidos successfully lifted off on November 24, 2024, at 06:00 UTC. The launch was performed by HASTE, a vehicle derived from the two-stage orbital-class […]

Filed Under: Analysis / Reports, China, Commercial, Electron, HASTE Missions, HASTE Rocket, Hypersonic, Hypersonic Weapon System, Leidos, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), Payload Delivery, Rocket Lab, Ukraine, Wallops Flight Facility (NASA)

Successful 1st flight of Kratos’ Erinyes™ Hypersonic Test Bed

June 30, 2024

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) recently revealed that the firm’s Space & Missile Defense Systems Business Unit, a part of Kratos’ Defense & Rocket Support Systems (DRSS) […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Government, Hypersonic, Hypersonics Capabilities, Kratos Defense & Rocket Support Services, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Kratos Erinyes™ Hypersonic Test Bed, Kratos Space & Missile Defense Systems, Military, Missile Defense Agency (MDA), NASA, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NAVSEA), News, Technology Readiness Level (TRL), Testing, U.S. Department of Defense, Wallops Flight Facility (NASA), Warfighters

U.S. Space Force awards $14.49 million contract to Rocket Lab for Space Test Program-30

April 8, 2024

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. […]

Filed Under: Electron Launch Vehicle, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Military, Neutron, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2, smallsats, Space Systems Command, U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), U.S. Space Force, Wallops Flight Facility (NASA)

NASA to launch sounding rockets into the Moon’s shadow during solar eclipse

March 26, 2024

NASA intends to launch three sounding rockets during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, to study how Earth’s upper atmosphere is affected when sunlight momentarily dims over a […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Dartmouth College, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Ionosphere, Launches, Massachusets Institure of Technology (MIT), NASA, NASA Sounding Rockets Program Office, Solar Eclipse, Sounding Rocket, Wallops Flight Facility (NASA), White Sands Test Facility (NASA)

Rocket Lab lets it fly with ‘Live and Let Fly’ its first launch for NRO’s spy satellites

March 21, 2024

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched a dedicated mission for the National Reconnaissance […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Electron, Launch, Military, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Neutron, New Zealand, Wallops Flight Facility (NASA) Tagged With: Featured

Rocket Lab’s Thursday ‘Live and Let Fly’ mission is first launch for NRO

March 19, 2024

Rocket Lab is ramping up for a launch Thursday, March 21 at 2:40 am from Launch Complex 2, NASA Wallops Flight Facility at Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops, […]

Filed Under: Electron, Launch, Military, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Rocket Lab, Wallops Flight Facility (NASA)

NASA Wallops signs Space Act Agreement to support STEM outreach

January 1, 2024

NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility has reaffirmed a 25-year relationship with the Virginia Space Flight Academy (VASFA) through the signing of a new Space Act Agreement. This formal partnership provides outreach […]

Filed Under: Agencies, NASA, STEM, Training, Training Programs, Virginia Space Flight Academy (VASFA), Wallops Flight Facility (NASA), Wallops Launch Complex

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