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Space
U.S. Space Force Releases New Solicitation for NSSL Phase 3, Lane 1
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) on Wednesday released a new solicitation for Phase 3, Lane 1 of the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program, and SSC said that […]
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Space
Propulsion and On-Orbit Servicing Areas for OSC Investment
Propulsion and on-orbit repair and refueling of satellites are underfunded innovation areas that the DoD Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has looked to take on. “Our 2024 investment strategy talks […]
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Budget
Special Aerospace Services Adds Missile And Hypersonic Weapons Company To Portfolio
Special Aerospace Services (SAS) on Monday said it has acquired Concordia Technologies, which has expertise in hypersonic weapons and missile defense modeling and simulation, a deal that adds to its […]
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Space
DIU Awards Astra Up To $44 Million Development Of New Launch System
Astra last week said it has received a potential $44 million contract from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to further develop and scale production capabilities of a new launch system […]
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Space
SDA’s HALO Pool Opens the Door to Non-Traditional PWSA Vendors
The Space Development Agency has selected 19 space companies to be a part of a hybrid acquisition pool known as HALO to compete for demonstrations for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) constellation. […]
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Intelligence Community
NROL-167 Launch Another Step in ‘U.S. Government’s Largest Satellite Constellation in History’
The NROL-167 mission launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., is a step toward what the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is calling […]
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Northrop Grumman and Boeing’s Millennium Receive Big Missile Defense Awards
Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Boeing‘s [BA] Millennium Space Systems on Wednesday received U.S. Space Force (USSF) missile defense awards of nearly $1.8 billion and $386 million, respectively. The almost $1.8 […]
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Space
DIU Rolling the DICE to Align DoD Innovation Arms
While the Defense Innovation Unit Community of Entities (DICE) is a bureaucratic-sounding term of word salad–a simple DICE synonym would be “group”–a key DICE effort is aimed at the opposite […]
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Space
Tactical Nodes, No Ground Terminal, for Umbra Contract with SDA
While Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration Frank Calvelli has stressed the need to improve the ground systems segment of the U.S. Space Force’s architecture, […]
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Space
SpaceX Nabs $744 Million In New National Security Space Launch Task Orders
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) last Friday awarded SpaceX task orders worth $733.6 million to launch spacecraft for the Space Development Agency (SDA) and the National Reconnaissance […]