Space
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Rocket Lab To Supply HASTE Suborbital Launch Vehicle As Part Of New Hypersonic Test Effort
Rocket Lab [RKLB], one of the subcontractors to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] under a new $1.5 billion contract to continue to provide the Defense Department with affordable hypersonic […]
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Space
PTS-P Build and Design Done, Northrop Grumman Says
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Monday that it has finished building and testing the company’s Protected Tactical SATCOM Rapid Prototype (PTS-P) payload and has delivered it to the company’s Gilbert, […]
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Space
Blue Origin Receives FAA License for New Glenn
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the first launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. “The FAA determined Blue Origin met all […]
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Business/Financial
ICEYE Adds $65 Million To Existing Funding Round
Earth observation company ICEYE on Wednesday said it has closed a $65 million extension to an earlier growth funding round, bringing the total amount raised in 2024 to $158 million. […]
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Air Force
Space Force Launches Seventh GPS III, As Others Await Vulcan Certification
U.S. Space Force launched the seventh Lockheed Martin [LMT] Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Monday night from Cape Canaveral Space Force […]
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Intelligence Community
NRO Successfully Launches Last Proliferated Architecture Mission Of 2024
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Tuesday morning successfully launched its sixth and final proliferated satellite architecture mission of the year, marking 10 total missions in the last 19 months […]
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Space
Rogers Says He Favors Budget Boost for U.S. Space Force, Opposes ‘Endless’ Cost Plus Contracts
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) says he favors an increase in U.S. Space Force numbers, including more general officers and personnel with acquisition experience and the service’s […]
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Space
SpaceX Proposing 25 Starship/Super Heavy Launches Annually
SpaceX wants the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to approve 25 annual launches of the company-touted reusable Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy boosters from SpaceX’s Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas. That […]
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Business/Financial
Boeing Taps Former Terran, Virgin Orbit Executive To Lead Millennium Space Systems
Boeing [BA] on Monday said it hired Tony Gingiss as the new CEO of its small satellite business, Millennium Space Systems, effective Dec. 9. Millennium was being led on an […]
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Space
Next-Gen OPIR GEO Enters System Testing
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said that its first Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) Block 0 satellite has advanced to system level testing at the company’s plant […]
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