Space
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SpaceDoD Looks for Launch Alternatives, as Launch Emerges As ‘Long Lead Item’
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is examining launch sites in Australia, Spain, Scotland, and French Guyana, as DoD searches for launch companies that can offer alternatives to SpaceX. The latter’s […]
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SpaceSpace Development Agency Independent Review Team Begins Work
Originally to start launch last September, the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 satellites–the first to link to military forces in the field–are to begin orbiting late […]
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Missile DefenseCollins: Missile Defense ‘Magazine Depth Is Going to Be Crucial’
AURORA, Colo.–Iran’s missile and drone attacks against Israel last year and what DoD officials have often stated is a significant Chinese threat have led to Pentagon missile defense officials urging […]
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SpaceNational Security Space Association Pushes for Doubling of Space Force Budget by FY 2030
The National Security Space Association (NSSA) believes that the U.S. Space Force (USSF) budget should more than double from the $29.4 billion requested in fiscal 2025 to $60 billion by […]
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SpaceYork Space Systems Completes Environmental Testing For Experimental National Security Mission
York Space Systems has completed vibration testing and is ready to ship a satellite it has developed for an experimental national security mission for an undisclosed customer to demonstrate autonomous […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySmall Startup With Natural Language Processing Tool Launches AI-Powered Public Sector Offering
Danti, a two-year-old venture backed firm specializing in natural language processing, on Thursday announced a public sector offering based on an artificial intelligence-powered knowledge engine to allow users to sift […]
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SpaceNTS-3 May Launch This Year on Vulcan Centaur
AURORA, Colo.–More than two years after the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) had planned to launch the L3Harris Technologies‘ [LHX] Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3), it may get into orbit this […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Expects GPS OCX Fielding Decision This Year
AURORA, Colo.–The U.S. Space Force expects Ready to Transition to Operations (RTO) and fielding decisions this year on RTX‘s [RTX] Global Positioning System Next-Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX). “What […]
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SpaceLead Aviation Platform for MGUE Increment 1 Changed from B-2 to Gray Eagle
AURORA, Colo.–Last fall, U.S. Space Force decided to switch the lead platform for the Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) Increment 1 aviation card from the Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth […]
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Air ForceAir Force Hopes To Begin Rocket Cargo Logistics Demonstrations In 2025
The Department of the Air Force is planning an environmental assessment to evaluate the impacts of building and operating two landing pads at a remote Pacific atoll in preparation for […]