Space
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SpaceSandhoo Named SDA Director, PAE For Missile Warning And Tracking
After serving as the acting director of the Space Development Agency (SDA) since last September, Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo was named director of the agency effective May 11, SDA said on […]
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Business/FinancialYork Space Systems To Acquire Space Solar Tech Company Solestial To Shore Up Supply Chain
York Space Systems [YSS] on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire Solestial Inc., a domestic developer and manufacturer of solar cells and related technology used on spacecraft, in a […]
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SpaceSpace Force Awards Northrop Grumman $398 Million For Enhanced PTS-P
The Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $398 million firm-fixed price contract to develop and build an Enhanced Protected Tactical Satellite Communications-Prototype (PTS-P) for […]
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SpaceSpace Force Soliciting Industry Prototypes For $783 Million Program To Upgrade Ground-Based Radars
The Space Force’s fiscal 2027 future years defense plan includes $783 million to upgrade eight ground-based radars in collaboration with the Missile Defense Agency, including nearly $129 million in fiscal […]
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SpaceSPACECOM Chief: Maneuver Needed For High Value Satellites
While safety in numbers is a defining trait of low Earth orbit satellites, including those in the Space Development Agency’s future Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, key geosynchronous orbit satellites, such […]
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SpaceNRO Launches 13th Proliferated Architecture Mission
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Monday night launched its 13th proliferated architecture mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNRO Created GPU-Based Testing Environment To Validate AI Models, Director Says
To test and verify the artificial intelligence-based models that the agency is increasingly using as it applies the technology to its workflows, on-orbit checkout, satellite tasking and data fusion, the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUSSOCOM Experimenting With Commercial GEOINT Imagery And Analytics At The Edge
SkyFi is under a research and development contract with U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to allow Special Forces to assess the startup’s commercial-based self-service Earth observation platform and analytics on […]
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SpaceSpace Control Budget More Than Doubles To About 30 Percent Of Space Force Request
Space Control is about 30 percent of the Space Force’s fiscal 2027 budget request of $71 billion, which is to include $12 billion in a future reconciliation bill, according to […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNGA Director Focused On AI Support for Mission, Transformation, And Workforce
AURORA, Colo.—To ensure the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is postured to meet rapidly evolving threat and warfighters’ needs, is resilient, and exploits emerging technologies, the agency’s new director on Wednesday […]