Space
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SpaceSpace 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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CyberDebate Over Space as a Critical Infrastructure in Europe Takes Center Stage at Cysat
PARIS — French and European government and military leaders speaking at the Cysat event in Paris on Wednesday said that Europe’s changing geopolitical environment is leading to increased cybersecurity threats against […]
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Missile DefenseLockheed Martin Transfers Long Range Discrimination Radar To MDA
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Monday said it has transitioned the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) to the Missile Defense Agency, setting up plans for a decision on an Operational Baseline […]
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SpaceSpace Systems Command Releases Draft RFP For Epoch 2 Satellites
U.S. Space Systems Command last Friday released the draft request for proposals (RFP) for the planned medium-Earth orbit (MEO) space vehicles for future missile warning and tracking defense. Currently, Space […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPentagon Awards Nearly $200 Million To Transition Technologies To Production
The Defense Department this week said it has awarded $193.8 million in new projects aimed at quickly fielding new technologies to warfighters, the second tranche of fiscal year 2024 awards […]
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Business/FinancialPrivate Equity Firm, Special Aerospace Service Create Space And Defense Technology Platform Company
Godspeed Capital and Special Aerospace Services (SAS) have partnered to create a platform company under the SAS brand that is focused on new space, hypersonics, and missile defense technology and […]
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Air ForceKendall Offers Glimpse Of Two Approved Quick Start Initiatives
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Tuesday added scant detail about two new space-related development initiatives that have been approved to begin execution before Congress has authorized and appropriated funding. […]
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SpaceSDA Expects To Begin To Get Data From L3Harris Tracking Satellites In Late May
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Space Development Agency (SDA) in late May plans to begin gathering test data from four L3Harris Technologies [LHX] satellites the agency launched in February as part of […]
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SpaceRFPs Imminent For Strategic, Tactical Military Satellite Communications Efforts
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—U.S. Space Systems Command will shortly release request for proposals (RFPs) for two new programs, Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (ESS) and Protected TACTICAL SATCOM (PTS), the official overseeing […]
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SpaceCommercial and Military Leaders Wrestle With Issues Around Commercial Protection
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Military space domain operators are working more closely with the commercial satellite industry to not only exchange vital operational information, but also to forge ahead integrating with them, […]