Space
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SpaceSDA Awards IonQ’s Capella $49 Million For Tactical Space Comms Demonstration
The Space Development Agency (SDA) on Tuesday said it awarded IonQ’s [IONQ] Capella Space business a potential $48.9 million prototype agreement to demonstrate advanced tactical waveform performance, adaptive beamforming and […]
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Air ForceDepartment Of Air Force Requests $457 Million More For Counterspace Systems Procurement
The Space Force’s fiscal 2027 budget request includes more than $459 million for counterspace systems, a more than $457 million increase from the amount appropriated by Congress last year. The […]
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Business/FinancialOn-Orbit Services Startup Starfish Space Raises $110 Million To Execute Missions, Boost Production
Starfish Space on Tuesday said it has raised about $110 million in a Series B round that will be used to execute orbital servicing missions already on contract, boost production […]
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Air ForceSpace Force Requests More Than $8 Billion For Space-Based AMTI
While the Space Force has said it views the fielding of space-based ground moving target indication (GMTI) as preceding operational air moving target indication (AMTI) satellites, the service’s fiscal 2027 […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyMoving Target Indication, Orbital Warfare Among Areas Needing Increased Investment, Space Force Official Says
Space-based moving target indication, launch infrastructure, orbital warfare, and positioning navigation and timing are some segments of the defense industrial base that need more funding, a U.S. Space Force official […]
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SpaceSaltzman Wants NASA’s Help For Cislunar Space Domain Awareness
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman wants to collaborate with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, a billionaire and commercial astronaut, on common mission areas, such as cislunar space domain awareness. […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAs DAF Considers Future Communications Architecture, SDA Stays Focused On Supplier Diversity
As the Department of the Air Force (DAF) considers a future sensor-to-shooter communications architecture that may reserve a key spot for SpaceX, the Space Development Agency (SDA) intends to stick […]
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SpaceSpace Force Looks To Begin Doubling Size With FY ’27 Budget Request
The Space Force is expecting a huge increase in the amount of spending authority it will have in fiscal year 2027 as the service looks to double in size, the […]
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SpaceMeink And Duffey Determining Path Forward For GPS Ground System
Pentagon leaders, including Defense Department acquisition chief Michael Duffey, are weighing options for the future GPS ground system–options that include a cancellation of the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System […]
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SpaceVantor Nabs Small Luno B Award To Provide Government Agencies Imagery Of Space Objects
Satellite imagery and analytics provider Vantor on Wednesday said it won a $2.3 million task order under the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) Luno B program to supply the agency and […]