Space
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SpaceSpace Force Awards Launch Prototype Awards to SpaceX, ULA, Rocket Lab, and Blue Origin
The U.S. Space Force‘s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded about $88 million in development contracts to U.S. launch providers for next generation rocket engine testing and upper stage resiliency enhancements. SpaceX, United […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySASC Wants Report on GMTI Efforts to Avoid Duplication with Space-Based Radar
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) wants the Pentagon to outline ground moving target indicator (GMTI) research and acquisition efforts underway to avoid duplication with the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Awards Boeing Possible $1.6 Billion for Minuteman III Guidance Repair
The U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Hill AFB, Utah, on Sept. 17 awarded Boeing [BA] a contract potentially worth more than $1.6 billion through 2039 for guidance repair […]
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SpaceBlue Origin, SpaceX Win NASA Awards to Develop Further Lunar Lander Concepts
NASA has awarded five companies contracts to mature sustainable lunar landing concepts as part of its Artemis program, the agency said Tuesday. Dynetics, Lockheed Martin [LMT], Northrop Grumman [NOC], Blue Origin, and SpaceX received […]
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Business/FinancialRaytheon Technologies To Acquire Space Electronics Company SEAKR Engineering
Raytheon Technologies [RTX] on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire SEAKR Engineering in a deal that strengthens its space business with a suite of space electronics products. Terms of […]
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Business/FinancialBAE Systems Acquires Small U.K. Satellite Company In-Space Missions
Making a jump to have its own in-house capabilities to design and manufacture satellites, Britain’s BAE Systems on Tuesday said it has acquired another United Kingdom-based company, In-Space Mission, which […]
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SpaceL3Harris Confident in Design for SDA Tracking Layer Satellites, But Faces Industry-Wide Parts Shortage
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] believes it has a solid design for four satellites in Tranche 0 of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tracking Layer, but the company, as others in the […]
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SpaceNavy, Industry Officials Discuss Advancements Required To Push AI/ML For Military Satellites
The push to harness artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in military satellite systems in the coming years will require greater use of commercial advancements in data management and […]
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SpaceHASC Concerned About Possible Strategic SATCOM Gap
As the U.S. Space Force plans to start moving away from the extended data rate (XDR) Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) strategic communications satellites in the next decade to field […]
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Business/FinancialGenesis Park Shareholders Approve Merger With Redwire, Clearing Path For New Public Space Company
Shareholders for a publicly graded special purpose acquisition company on Wednesday approved a merger with Redwire, clearing the way for the merger on Thursday and paving the way for the […]