Space

In this monthly column, Defense Daily highlights individuals from across the government, industry and academia whose efforts contribute daily to national defense, from the program managers to the human resource […]

On July 8, the U.S. Space Force began an operational trial of L3Harris Technologies‘ [LHX] Consolidated Operational Data Archive (CODA) system, the service’s Space Systems Command (SSC) in El Segundo, […]

The Space Force in August expects to issue the draft request for proposals (RFP) for its planned proliferated satellite communications (SATCOM) architecture that provides secure and moderately assured access to […]

KBR [KBR] on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire LinQuest Corp. in a $737 million cash deal that will add digital integration capabilities and expand its work in the […]

Commercial satellite radar providers are ready to meet the operational needs of U.S. government users but plans to develop a program of record for these capabilities in fiscal year 2026 […]

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command on Wednesday said it awarded the second on-ramp to its Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4 contract to Blue Origin and Stoke Space Technologies, bringing […]

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) last Friday night successfully launched the second mission of its proliferated space architecture aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, executing on plans to sustain relatively […]

Gen. Stephen Whiting, the head of U.S. Space Command, said on June 24 that he does not yet know when the command is to receive the initial fielding of space-based […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) last Thursday released a request for proposals (RFP) for the ground infrastructure for its fire control efforts, with bids due in early August and an […]

NASA said on June 18 that it awarded Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Littleton, Colo., operation a $2.27 billion contract for the next generation weather satellite constellation–Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO)– for the […]