Space
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SpaceSpace Operations Command Wants Faster Support For Warfighters; NGA Says It Is Meeting Their Needs
KISSIMMEE, Fla.—Combatant commanders and the warfighters they employ need instant access to warning and targeting data without the delays inherent in sorting that information out in distant headquarters organizations, the […]
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SpaceMaxar In Long-Term Deal To Supply Geospatial Products For F-35 Simulator
Maxar Intelligence on Monday said it agreed to a long-term deal with Lockheed Martin [LMT] to provide two- and three-dimensional geospatial products for the F-35 fighter’s Full Motion Simulator (FMS) […]
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CyberCIA Cyber Threat Official Outlines Importance Of GEOINT, Challenges From Adversaries
KISSIMMEE, Fla.—Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) plays a key role in helping the CIA better understand the cyber threats facing the U.S. and its interests, a senior official with the agency’s Center […]
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SpaceMaxar’s First 2 WorldView Legion Satellites Launch After Years of Delays
The first two satellites in Maxar’s long-awaited WorldView Legion constellation launched on Thursday afternoon, a significant milestone for the program after years of delays. SpaceX launched the satellites on a Falcon 9 […]
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SpaceNext-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 TechnologySpace 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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SpaceDARPA 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 ForceKendall: 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/FinancialSpace 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 DefenseMillennium 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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