Space
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SpaceDoD Releases Strategy To Bolster Efforts To Leverage Commercial Space Sector
The Defense Department on Tuesday released its first Commercial Space Integration Strategy that outlines priorities for pursuing commercial solutions and describes the national security space mission areas where these capabilities […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyLockheed Martin Makes Venture Investment In Space Propulsion Company Helicity
Helicity Space, a small startup developing fusion space propulsion and power technology, on Tuesday said it has received an investment from Lockheed Martin Ventures that will be used to advance […]
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SpaceSpace 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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SpaceU.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 CommunityNGA 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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SpaceFinal 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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SpaceSpace 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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SpaceChanges 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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SpaceU.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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SpaceDIU 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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