Space
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Space
Pentagon Says SDA Meeting Minimum Viable Product, But GAO Notes Problems
DoD says that the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) has met the “minimum viable product” (MVP) standard for the agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture Tranche 0 Transport Layer […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Sea-Based Launch Platform Company Seagate Space Exits Stealth
Seagate Space Corp. announced its formation yesterday with a goal to provide offshore launch platforms to expand access to space. The Florida-based company said it is targeting early 2026 for […]
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Space
DIU Awards BlackSky Tactical GEOINT Contract For Gen-3 Satellite
BlackSky Technology [BKSY] on Tuesday said that it won a “multimillion dollar” contract from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to manage and operate one of the company’s Generation-3 Earth imaging […]
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Space
Rocket Lab’s Spacecraft Design For VICTUS HAZE Passes Key Hurdle Ahead Of Launch This Year
Rocket Lab USA [RKLB], one of two company’s building spacecraft for a U.S. Space Force demonstration of a rapid response to aggressive behavior by an adversary in space, on Monday […]
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Space
Space Radar Sensor Startup Kapta Emerges From Stealth With Goal To Lower Costs, Provide Target Tracks
Kapta Space, a startup developing advanced radar sensing technology for space platforms, last Friday announced a $5 million seed round as it emerged from stealth with an aim accelerate a […]
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SDA to Re-Bid Tyvak’s Contract for 10 Gamma T2TL Satellites After Viasat Protest
The Space Development Agency (SDA) will cancel a contract with Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems and issue a new solicitation for 10 spacecraft following a bid protest by Viasat [VSAT]. Viasat filed a suit in September […]
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Air Force
Sullivan-Cramer Bill Would Upgrade PARCS Radar
Upgrade of Cavalier Space Force Station, N.D.’s AN/FPQ-16 Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System (PARCS) radar, originally built by General Electric [GE] in the 1970s, is a provision in a […]
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Space
Space Systems Command Looks for Industry Capacity to Supply PTES Joint Hub Spares
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) wants to hear from companies on their capacity to provide joint hub (JH) hardware spares for the future Protected Tactical Enterprise System (PTES), […]
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True Anomaly Expanding Into California’s ‘Space Beach’ With New Production Capacity
Defense spacecraft and software company True Anomaly on Thursday said it is expanding beyond its Colorado roots by adding new development and production capacity in Southern California as part of […]
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Firefly Aerospace Readies for Another U.S. Space Force TacRS Mission
Firefly Aerospace said on Friday that its Alpha rocket will launch another U.S. Space Force Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission–VICTUS SOL–under a nearly $22 million U.S. Space Force contract. For […]