Space
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Space
Space and Airborne Mix Likely Required for Future Joint STARS Replacement
A mix of space and airborne assets is likely required for a future ground moving target indication (GMTI) replacement for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar […]
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Space
U.S. Space Force Budgets About $130 Million in Fiscal 2025 for Flexible SATCOM
The U.S. Space Force’s fiscal 2025 budget includes nearly $130 million for an Enterprise Management and Control (EM&C) system to enable military forces to switch rapidly from one satellite band, […]
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Space
Government Exploring Longer-Term Acquisition Of Commercial Satellite Radar Imagery
Pleased with successes so far in acquiring and exploiting commercially-developed space-based remote sensing imagery and data, the executive branch is working toward establishing a program of record for commercial satellite […]
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Space
NGA Looking To Expand Commercial Services Acquisitions As Demand Grows
Demand has grown significantly over the past few years across the Defense Department and federal civil sector for analytic services tied to commercial remote sensing, which is leading the National […]
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Air Force
Fixed Price Contracts Increasingly Part of NRO Buys, Official Says
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is increasingly using fixed price contracts, even as the agency uses a range of buy options, NRO principal deputy director Troy Meink said on March […]
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Air Force
Tournear: Link 16 From Space Working After Software Modifications
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) said that it has ironed out wrinkles in Link 16 delivery from space to military forces over existing radios. Last November, SDA […]
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Space
U.S. Space Force Requests $247 Million for Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global New Start
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) is requesting nearly $248 million in fiscal 2025 research and development funding for a new program, Protected Tactical Satellite Communications-Global (PTS-G). PTS-G is “a key […]
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Space
U.K., Canadian, and French Space Command Officials Push the Importance of Space Security
FARNBOROUGH, U.K. — In a keynote at Space-Comm Expo, the commander of UK Space Command said he is “convinced” that space has a PR problem, as people do not understand the importance and […]
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Air Force
Kendall: Fiscal Responsibility Act Constraints Will Slow U.S. Space Force Programs
The fiscal limits in last year’s Fiscal Responsibility Act will slow U.S. Space Force modernization in fiscal 2025, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said. “We made a [fiscal 2025] tradeoff […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Stratolaunch, With Ursa Major’s Hadley Engine, Completes First Powered Talon-A Hypersonic Flight
Stratolaunch, LLC last Saturday said it successfully completed the first powered flight of its Talon-A test vehicle, reaching high supersonic speeds, a key milestone in the development of the privately […]
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