Air Force
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUp to $2.5 Billion Awarded for SDA Tranche 2, Tracking Layer Satellites
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) said on Jan. 16 that it has awarded contracts worth up to $2.5 billion to three companies for 54 infrared sensor-equipped satellites […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNASA and Lockheed Martin Debut X-59 ‘Quiet’ Supersonic Demonstrator
NASA and Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk Works division on Jan. 12 rolled out the X-59 “quiet” supersonic demonstrator aircraft in Palmdale, Calif. “The ceremony marked a significant milestone in Lockheed […]
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Air ForceFormer DTRA Official Argues for Some Sentinels to Be Mobile
Robert Peters, the former chief of strategic trends and effects for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) from 2019 to 2022, argues that some of the future Northrop Grumman [NOC] […]
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman Heralds Expected International Collaboration on DARC Radar
Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] on Jan. 11 heralded last September’s signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by the Australia, United Kingdom, U.S. (AUKUS) alliance on the company’s Deep Space Advanced […]
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SpaceSpace Development Agency Plans Award Fees for Future Ground Segment Integration Program
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) wants a ground segment integrator for the agency’s future Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA)–a network of optically-linked satellites in low Earth orbit […]
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Business/FinancialFirehawk Aerospace Nabs Army, Air Force SBIR Awards To Further Rocket Motor, Engine Development
Firehawk Aerospace, a Texas-based startup that bills itself as a propulsion solutions company, in the past two weeks has announced two separate awards from the Army and Air Force to […]
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Space18 Rocket Lab Satellites for SDA to Carry Standard Tactical SATCOM Radios, As Agency Awaits Funding for Advanced Tactical Data Links
The 18 Rocket Lab USA [RKLB] satellites for the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2, Transport Layer (T2TL)-Beta are to have standard tactical satellite communications (SATCOM) links, as […]
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SpaceSDA Awards Rocket Lab Up to $515 Million Contract for Transport Layer
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) on Jan. 8 announced an up to $515 million award to Rocket Lab for 18 Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL)-Beta satellites that […]
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Air ForceTexas Federal Court Finds No ‘Irreparable Harm’ to F-35 Deliveries in Ongoing Titanium Price Dispute
A Texas federal judge ruled on Dec. 29 that Pittsburgh’s Howmet Aerospace [HWM] likely broke its contract to supply titanium mill products to Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the F-35 fighter, […]
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Air ForcePentagon Inspector General Outlines 83 Planned Projects, Including Evaluation of Space Defense and Project Maven
The Pentagon Inspector General (IG) has outlined 83 projects–54 audits and 29 evaluations–that it plans to undertake in fiscal 2024. Among the projects are a DoD/National Reconnaissance Office space defense […]