Space
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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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SpaceDragoon Tactical Comms Satellite Successfully Deployed For SDA Demos
The first of 12 planned prototype tactical communications spacecraft for the Space Development Agency (SDA) was successfully launched and deployed to low Earth orbit (LEO) Monday evening, York Space Systems […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNew Frontier Aerospace Hot Fires 3D-Printed Rocket Engine
New Frontier Aerospace (NFA) on Monday said it has completed a series of successful hot fire tests of its additively manufactured Mjolnir liquid rocket engine the startup is developing for […]
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Air ForceAFRL Wants To Gauge State of Propulsion Innovation
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Aerospace Systems Directorate at Edwards AFB, Calif., wants to gauge the breadth of innovation for future missile propulsion under AFRL’s Rocket Lab Hermes project, […]
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SpaceSpace Force Meadowlands Development in Parallel with Production For L3Harris
Building each U.S. Space Force Counter Communications System (CCS) 10.3 Meadowlands takes a year or two for L3Harris Technologies [LHX] at its Palm Bay, Fla., plant, and several such systems […]
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SpaceDoD CIO Official: Satcom Needs its ‘3GPP Moment’
Satcom leaders at the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer (DoD CIO) are pushing to modernize user terminals and teleports, leaning into software-defined architectures to make use of military, commercial and […]
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SpaceDIU Seeks Funding for Active Response to Interference Against Commercial Satellite Operators
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is lining up funding for a project that will enable Department of Defense entities to actively respond to electromagnetic interference (EMI) incidents against commercial operators. A contract […]
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Business/FinancialSatellite Developer Portal Space Opens First Manufacturing Facility
Satellite developer Portal Space Systems on Tuesday said it has opened a 50,000 square-foot manufacturing facility, the startup’s first as it prepares to begin production of its highly maneuverable Supernova […]
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SpaceBlackSky to Expand Constellation With Multispectral, Large-Area Satellites
BlackSky [BKSY] is planning to expand the capabilities of its Earth Observation (EO) constellation with multispectral, large-area collection satellites called AROS, to launch “as early as 2027.” BlackSky explained the […]
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