Space
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SpaceSpace Force Awards SpaceX $81 Million Task Order for USSF-178
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) said on Friday that it has awarded SpaceX a nearly $82 million contract to launch the USSF-178 mission under a National […]
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Air ForceDoD Cites E-7 Wedgetail Unit Cost Increase from $588 Million to $724 Million
In proposing the fiscal 2026 cancellation of the U.S. Air Force planned buy of E-7A Wedgetail airborne warning aircraft by Boeing [BA] in favor of space-borne air moving target indication […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyStartup Developing Reusable Satellite Bus Emerges From Stealth
Lux Aeterna on Wednesday emerged from stealth and announced a $4 million pre-seed funding round that will go toward a demonstration mission in 2027 for launching a satellite that will […]
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SpaceNATO Releases its First Commercial Space Strategy
NATO released its Commercial Space Strategy on Tuesday, aimed at integrating commercial solutions more flexibly, and creating more business opportunities while simplifying how space companies engage with NATO. The “Commercial Space […]
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SpaceSpaceWERX Announces Winners For Sustained Maneuver Challenge
The Space Force’s innovation arm last week said it has awarded contracts to 10 companies worth a combined $19 million under its Sustained Space Maneuver (SSM) Challenge that will lead […]
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Intelligence CommunityMaxar Releases Geospatial Monitoring Solution For Predictive Intelligence
Maxar Intelligence on Wednesday announced a new solution suite that applies artificial intelligence-enabled analytics to geospatial imagery for persistent global monitoring of fixed sites and vessels on the open sea […]
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Air ForceSAIC Unseats KBR as Air Force TENCAP HOPE Contractor
Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] has unseated KBR [KBR] as the contractor for the Air Force Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities Hyper-Innovative Operational Prototype Engineering (AF TENCAP HOPE) program run […]
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Missile DefenseLRDR Tracks First ICBM Target Flight
The Defense Department said the S-Band Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) conducted its first flight test tracking of a live missile target on Monday, relaying data to the Control Battle […]
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SpaceSpace RCO Wants Budget Commitment on 12 SCAR Antennas
The U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) in Albuquerque, N.M., is hoping to get a budget commitment in fiscal 2026 for 12 Satellite Communications Augmentation Resource (SCAR) antennas. […]
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SpaceNGA Awards BlackSky Potential $24 Million Luno A Task Order For AI-Based Analytics
BlackSky Technology [BKSY] has received a potential $24-plus million task order to provide the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) with object detection monitoring of military and economic facilities worldwide. The initial […]
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