Space
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SpaceSpace Systems Command Releases Draft RFP For Epoch 2 Satellites
U.S. Space Systems Command last Friday released the draft request for proposals (RFP) for the planned medium-Earth orbit (MEO) space vehicles for future missile warning and tracking defense. Currently, Space […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPentagon Awards Nearly $200 Million To Transition Technologies To Production
The Defense Department this week said it has awarded $193.8 million in new projects aimed at quickly fielding new technologies to warfighters, the second tranche of fiscal year 2024 awards […]
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Business/FinancialPrivate Equity Firm, Special Aerospace Service Create Space And Defense Technology Platform Company
Godspeed Capital and Special Aerospace Services (SAS) have partnered to create a platform company under the SAS brand that is focused on new space, hypersonics, and missile defense technology and […]
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Air ForceKendall Offers Glimpse Of Two Approved Quick Start Initiatives
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Tuesday added scant detail about two new space-related development initiatives that have been approved to begin execution before Congress has authorized and appropriated funding. […]
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SpaceSDA Expects To Begin To Get Data From L3Harris Tracking Satellites In Late May
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Space Development Agency (SDA) in late May plans to begin gathering test data from four L3Harris Technologies [LHX] satellites the agency launched in February as part of […]
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SpaceRFPs Imminent For Strategic, Tactical Military Satellite Communications Efforts
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—U.S. Space Systems Command will shortly release request for proposals (RFPs) for two new programs, Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (ESS) and Protected TACTICAL SATCOM (PTS), the official overseeing […]
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SpaceCommercial and Military Leaders Wrestle With Issues Around Commercial Protection
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Military space domain operators are working more closely with the commercial satellite industry to not only exchange vital operational information, but also to forge ahead integrating with them, […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Picks Rocket Lab and True Anomaly for VICTUS HAZE
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) said on Apr. 11 that SSC’s Space Safari program office, the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit, and the Space Force’s SpaceWERX innovation arm have […]
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SpaceMaxar Intelligence Plans Increase in Satellite Constellation
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Maxar Intelligence this year plans to expand its constellation of electro-optical (EO) imaging satellites to satisfy data needs for government and commercial buyers, according to a company official. […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Has Chosen Second and Third DARC Sites
The U.S. Space Force has picked the second and third sites for for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC), as the program proceeds apace, a service […]