Space
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Air ForceNRO’s Troy Meink, Who Accelerated Agency Use of Fixed Price, is SECAF Pick
Troy Meink, the principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), is President-elect Trump’s pick to become Air Force secretary. Meink, a former U.S. Air Force KC-135 navigator and […]
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SpaceBlue Origin’s New Glenn Debuts, Company to Re-test Booster in Coming Months
Blue Origin‘s New Glenn rocket had its debut launch early Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. Named after the late John Glenn, the first U.S. astronaut to […]
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Intelligence CommunityNGA Selects 13 Companies For Luno B Program For GEOINT Data
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) selected 13 companies to provide geospatial intelligence under the Luno B contract, the agency said Wednesday. Luno B is an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract […]
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SpaceBlackSky Wins 1-Year Extension for EOCL Contract with the NRO
BlackSky Technology won a one-year extension with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for the Electro-Optical Commercial Layer (EOCL) contract for its satellite imagery, the company said on Tuesday, adding the […]
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SpaceRocket Lab USA Completes Preliminary Design Review for SDA Communications Satellites
Rocket Lab USA [RKLB] said that it has completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) phase for the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL)-Beta program. “This […]
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SpaceYork Space Systems Announces Satellite Linkage with SpaceX Bird
A question mark for the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) has been whether one company’s satellites would link with other companies’ birds, but […]
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InternationalBiden Memo Offers More Flexibility for Launch Vehicles, UAS Under Tech Control Regime
The White House this week announced a new classified National Security Memorandum (NSM) that provides increased flexibility for certain space launch vehicles and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) as part of […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyRocket 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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SpacePTS-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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SpaceBlue 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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