Space
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Business/FinancialAE Industrial Partners Completes Acquisition Of Rocketdyne From L3Harris
The private equity firm AE Industrial partners on Tuesday said it has closed its $845 million acquisition of the rocket engine and space propulsion and electronics business of L3Harris Technologies […]
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Missile DefenseJohns Hopkins APL Picked As SBI Technical Direction Agent
The Space Force has selected Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) to serve as the technical direction agent for the Space-Based Interceptor (SBI) program, the service announced Friday. In […]
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SpaceEarth Remote Sensing Company Orbital Sentry Raises Pre-Seed Funding
Orbital Sentry, which is focused on infrared imaging systems for geosynchronous orbit (GEO), on Monday said it closed a pre-seed round to begin sensor development and expand commercial and government […]
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SpaceSpace Force Awards Contracts Worth Up To $981 Million For Test And Training Technologies
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded contracts to 15 companies for advanced technologies for test and training–contracts that could be worth a total of $981 million over […]
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Space$1.6 Billion In NSSL Phase 3, Lane 1 Task Orders Awarded To SpaceX
SpaceX [SPCX] has won $1.6 billion in two task orders for 18 launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., for the company’s Falcon 9 rocket by the end of next […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Delivers New Nuclear Detonation Sensors To Space Force
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has delivered its fifth next-generation Global Burst Detector (GBD) sensor payload to the Space Force to monitor nuclear detonations above-ground globally. The payload will […]
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SpaceSpace Force Awards ESS Mission Planning App To Sphinx Defense
The Space Force’s Space Systems Command on Monday said it awarded a $287 million contract to Sphinx Defense to develop and complete a prototype of the mission planning application to […]
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SpaceRocket Lab Nabs Largest Launch Award; Establishing Site In Alaska
Rocket Lab [RKLB] on Monday said a recent $266 million contract it received from the Space Force is the company’s largest ever launch contract, which calls for at least 12 […]
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Air ForceHouse NDAA Would Require White House To Create GPS Modernization Plan
The House version of the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would require the White House to devise a plan within six months of the law’s passage to accelerate […]
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SpaceAinsworth: Launch of 500 U.S. Space Force Satellites Planned By End Of 2027
By the end of next year, U.S. Space Force (USSF) is planning a multi-fold increase in the service’s launches and its number of orbiting satellites. Last week, Space Force Space […]