Space
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Space
Next-Generation OPIR Polar Satellite Completes Critical Design Review, Ready To Build
U.S. Space Systems Command (SSC) on Wednesday said that the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Polar (NGP) space vehicle being developed by Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently passed the critical […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Space Based GMTI Radar Satellites to be in Low Earth Orbit
A U.S. Space Force official on May 2 said that the Space Based Radar (SBR) under development by the Space Force and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) will be a proliferated […]
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Space
DARPA Selects Northrop Grumman, Umbra For Phase II Of DRIFT Program
Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Umbra have been awarded small contracts by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to continue to the second phase of a program designed to collect […]
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Air Force
Kendall: Funds Shortfall Led Department of the Air Force to Scrimp on Counterspace
The Department of the Air Force scrimped on fiscal 2025 plans to advance U.S. counterspace technology to deter China because of constraints in the Budget Control Act, Air Force Secretary […]
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Business/Financial
Space And Missile Defense Company SAS Acquires Small Firm Serving MDA
SAS on Tuesday said it has acquired Willbrook Solutions, Inc., a small company with expertise in ground and space-based missile defense, the first deal by SAS since partnering recently with […]
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Missile Defense
Millennium Space Systems Nabs $414 Million SDA Award For FOO Fighter Satellites
The Space Development Agency (SDA) on Tuesday awarded a potential $414 million contract to Boeing’s [BA] Millennium Space Systems unit to build and deliver eight missile defense fire control satellites […]
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Weapons
Evolution Space Static Fires Full-Scale Rocket Motor
Rocket motor and launch vehicle startup Evolution Space on Monday said it successfully conducted a full-scale statie fire of a solid rocket motor (SRM) designed to meet current tactical applications. […]
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Homeland Security
Coast Guard Plans Testing Of Proliferated LEO SatCom, Other Capabilities
The Coast Guard this summer plans to assess a proliferated low-Earth orbit (pLEO) satellite system on one of its cutters in the Arctic region for a number of applications such […]
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Space
Space Systems Command Delivers Cybersecurity, Additional Capabilities To Missile Tracking Center
U.S. Space Systems Command (SSC) last Friday said it has delivered the first of many new software capabilities to a Space Force operations center to increase cybersecurity, and enhance missile […]
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Space
Space Systems Command Wants Industry Input On Space-Based Environmental Monitoring
U.S. Space Systems Command (SSC) this week release a Request for Information to industry seeking feedback on their capabilities in space-based environmental monitoring (SBEM) as it pursues two separate efforts […]
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