Space
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Space
Space Force Seeks Missile Warning, Other Support for Ops Command
The U.S. Space Force last week asked feedback on missile warning, missile defense, and space-based weather support for its Space Operations Command (SpOC) as the service develops an acquisition strategy […]
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Space
U.S. Space Force Field Command Heads Meet on Future Plans
Last week, the new heads of U.S. Space Force’s three field commands–Space Systems Command (SSC), Space Operations Command (SpOC), and Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM)–met in Colorado Springs to […]
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Intelligence Community
NGA Planning Second Contract Under LUNO Effort
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) last Thursday released a synopsis for a new contract effort, LUNO B, which will be a multiple award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract over five years. […]
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Final Delta IV Heavy Launch for NROL-70 Upcoming
The final Delta IV Heavy rocket may launch on March 29 from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command said on March 28 that the rocket was […]
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Space Development Agency Lays Out Tranche 2, Transport Layer-Gamma Plan
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) issued a solicitation this week for one contractor to build about 20 Tranche 2, Transport Layer (T2TL)-Gamma satellites, the final in the […]
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Space
Changes Possible to GEOINT Support for Front-Line Military Forces
Will U.S. Space Force or the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), or a combination of the two, have responsibility for rapid, within minutes commercial geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) support to the Combatant […]
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U.S. Space Force Asks Congress to Restore TxDES Funding for Fiscal 2025
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) said that it did not include more than $42 million in its fiscal 2025 budget request for the missile warning portion of the Space Development […]
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DIU Selects Companies For Multi-Orbit Logistics And Firefly For xGEO Missions
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) last week said it is working with three companies to provide in-space logistics services between orbits to further Defense Department efforts for low-cost responsive access […]
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Appropriators Reduce U.S. Space Force R&D Funding By $530 Million
A House-Senate appropriations conference agreement reduces the U.S. Space Force budget request of nearly $19.1 billion to about $18.7 billion–a decrease of $529 million. The conferees decreased the Space Force’s […]
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Space
Boeing Targets Production Capacity of 60 Small Satellites at Dedicated Plant in El Segundo
By the end of next year, Boeing‘s [BA] small satellite plant in El Segundo, Calif., may reach an annual production capacity of 60 satellites. In 2018, Boeing bought Millennium Space […]