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Cal Biesecker
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SpaceGovernment Behind In Plans To Create Program Of Record For Commercial Satellite Imagery, ICEYE Exec Says
Commercial satellite radar providers are ready to meet the operational needs of U.S. government users but plans to develop a program of record for these capabilities in fiscal year 2026 […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyX-Bow Raises $70 Million In New Investment Round That Includes Boeing For First Time
X-Bow Systems on Wednesday said it has completed the initial close of a Series B round that raised more than $70 million and includes Lockheed Martin [LMT], an existing investor […]
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BudgetAs New Entrants Vie To Build Rocket Motors, SASC Wants DoD To Help
The Defense Department the past few years has helped strengthen the position of legacy solid rocket motor suppliers through increased funding but insufficient capacity remains and as new suppliers enter […]
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Business/FinancialAE Industrial Partners Attracts $1.3 Billion In Funding To Invest In Aerospace And National Security
The private equity firm AE Industrial Partners (AEI) on Tuesday said it has closed a new $1.3 billion investment fund that will primarily focus on companies with critical capabilities and […]
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PentagonDoD To Issue Classified Plan Later This Summer To Implement Industrial Base Strategy
The Defense Department last Friday released an interim report on actions it has taken so far to implement its recent National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS) and plans later this summer […]
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Air ForceDoD Review Of Sentinel Finds Further Cost Increases, Schedule Delays; Program To Be Restructured
The Air Force’s next-generation ICBM will continue but will be restructured amid further cost increases and schedule delays and the decision in 2020 to initiate the engineering and manufacturing development […]
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SpaceBlue Origin, Stoke Space Added To Space Force’s OSP-4 Launch Contract
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command on Wednesday said it awarded the second on-ramp to its Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4 contract to Blue Origin and Stoke Space Technologies, bringing […]
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UncategorizedAir Force Expanding Commercial Space Internet Effort To Additional Constellations
Building on initial successes with an experimentation effort aimed at developing common hardware—radios and antennas—that would be installed on aircraft to communicate with different satellite communications (SATCOM) constellations in multiple […]
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Business/FinancialBooz Allen Adds Shift5’s Operational Tech Awareness Tools
Booz Allen Hamilton [BAH] and Shift5 on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership that integrates Shift5’s technology that collects data on networks and platforms such as weapon systems into Booz Allen’s […]