Space
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyLockheed Martin Ventures Invests In Rocket Engine Startup Venus Aerospace
Venus Aerospace on Wednesday said it has received a strategic investment from Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] venture capital arm to help speed technology development. The value of the investment was not […]
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SpaceVantor Tracking High-Interest Objects For Space Force Under New Award
Vantor on Wednesday said it has received a Space Force contract to track high-interest objects in space that are not visible to ground-based sensors. The value of the work was […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyApex Planning On-Orbit Demonstration Of Commercially Developed Space Based Interceptor Next June
Satellite bus designer and manufacturer Apex next summer plans to demonstrate commercially-developed space-based interceptor (SBI) technology to reduce risk for a key component of the Trump administration’s Golden Dome homeland […]
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Intelligence CommunityPlanet Nabs $13 Million Award Under NGA’s Luno B Award For Data Analytics
Planet Labs [PL] on Thursday said it has received its first award under the Luno B contract, a $12.8 million order to provide data analytics for maritime domain awareness. The […]
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SpaceSecond Batch of SDA Tranche 1, Transport Layer Satellites Launched
The second batch of U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1, Transport Layer communications satellites launched on Wednesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. A SpaceX Falcon 9 […]
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Business/FinancialStoke Space Says $510M Round Will Fund Nova Rocket Through First Flights
Launch startup Stoke Space has raised a $510 million Series D funding round, which the company says will fund its Nova rocket through the first flights. This is the company’s second funding […]
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SpaceViasat Plans To Demonstrate PTS-G Design By Middle of Next Year
Viasat [VSAT] said on Wednesday that it will demonstrate what its dual-band X/Ka-band geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) satellite design will offer for the U.S. Space Force’s Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global (PTS-G) […]
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SpaceMuon Space Tapped By Space Force For Weather Monitoring Satellite Demos
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) on Wednesday said it has awarded Muon Space a $44.6 million contract to provide three demonstration satellites equipped with a new variant of […]
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SpaceBlue Origin Receives Second SSC Commercial Solutions Opening Contract
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) said on Tuesday that it has awarded a more than $78 million contract to Blue Origin to augment space vehicle processing capacity at […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Considering Upgrades for Three Electromagnetic Warfare Systems
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) is eyeing industry demonstrations of hardware and software (HW/SW) improvements for three space electromagnetic warfare (SEW) systems–the Meadowlands Counter Communications System (CCS), […]