Space
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SpaceAnduril Receiving Air Force Contract for Rocket Cargo Design Study
Anduril Industries is receiving an up to $1 million contract for a Department of the Air Force (DAF) Rocket Cargo-related design study, Air Force Materiel Command and the Air Force […]
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SpaceAs Space Force Plans Zeroing of Fiscal 2026 Funds for Tranche 3, Transport Layer, Service Plans Sole-Source Award to GD for Ground Segment of Tracking Layer
While the U.S. Space Force explores future communications options and plans to halt fiscal 2026 funding for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 3, Transport Layer low Earth orbit satellites, […]
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SpaceSpace Force Association Warns of ‘Federal Overreach’ That May Result from Executive Order on Commercial Space Launch
Upon the release of the Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry executive order last week, NASA Administrator Sean Duffy predicted that the deregulation would lead to 1,000 commercial space […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyVoyager Technologies Invests In Software Company Latent AI
Space and defense technology company Voyager Technologies [VOYG] has invested Latent AI to leverage the software firm’s artificial intelligence technology for use on space-based assets. The value of the investment […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD R&E Office Awards More APFIT Contracts
The Defense Department’s Research and Engineering (R&E) office in June quietly announced a dozen new awards under a program designed to help small businesses transition their technologies into production. The […]
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SpaceRGNext Drops Court Protest of $4 Billion SFRC Award
Last week, the Range Generation Next LLC (RGNext) joint venture of RTX‘s [RTX] Raytheon and General Dynamics‘ [GD] information technology business dropped a U.S. Court of Federal Claims bid protest […]
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SpaceBruno: First Military Launch of Vulcan Marks “New Era in National Space Security”
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral shortly before 9 p.m. on Tuesday for the U.S. Space Force USSF-106 mission in the military debut of […]
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SpaceBlackSky Heralds New Two-Year Early Access Agreement with International Buyer for 35 Centimeter Imagery
BlackSky Technology [BKSY] has a new “early access” international buyer of the company’s Generation-3 35-centimeter imagery, the company said on Tuesday. The company “secured a two-year Gen-3 early access agreement […]
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Business/FinancialRocket Lab Adds Payload Capability With Acquisition Of Geost
Rocket Lab [RKLB] on Tuesday said it has completed its $275 million acquisition of Geost, a developer and supplier of optical sensors for spacecraft, in a deal that builds out […]
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SpaceULA Foresees Significant Ramp Up of Vulcan Launches in Next Two Years
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is to ramp up Vulcan rocket launches significantly in the next two years to a possible annual number of more than 30 by 2027–60 percent for […]