Space
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SpaceHawkEye 360 Gets NRO Award For Sustained Use Of Commercial RF Sensing Data
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Monday said it has awarded HawkEye 360 [HAWK] a contract to augment the agency’s portfolio of classified space-based intelligence systems by taking greater advantage […]
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SpaceAnduril’s First Satellite On Orbit With Imaging Payloads
Anduril Industries last Thursday evening said its first satellite launched and reached orbit in July carrying three imaging payloads, and featured another first for the company, the use of its […]
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SpaceD-Orbit, Firefly And Katalyst Nab Deorbit-As-A-Service Awards From DIU And SDA For Designs
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and Space Development Agency (SDA) last Thursday said they have made initial awards to three companies for preliminary designs and risk reduction efforts for commercial […]
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SpaceSPACECOM Officials See Use For, And Threat From, Space Fires
HUNSTVILLE, Ala. – Top officials at U.S. Space Command said they see space fires, including laser weapons, as a threat to defend against as well as a resource to attack […]
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SpaceSpace Force Selects Five Companies To Help Leverage Commercial Satellites As Part Of SDN
The Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded contracts worth up to $60 million across five vendors to ensure different commercial satellites can interoperate with the future Space Data […]
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Missile DefenseGolden Dome’s Space-Based Interceptor Competition Passes First Test; Homeland System Needs AI
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Space-Based Interceptor (SBI) competition cleared the first of four “gates” in the Space Force’s competitive prize competition, with all competitors moving forward, the head of the […]
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SpaceImpulse Space Gets Space Force Award For More Tactically Responsive Space Missions
Impulse Space has received a $28 million contract from the Space Force for two more in-space maneuvering missions, VICTUS SALO 2 and 3, that build on an award the company […]
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SpaceRocket Lab Introduces Containerized Launch System For Global Deployments
Rocket Lab [RKLB] this week unveiled GHOST, a containerized platform to support suborbital and orbital launches globally using the company’s Electron and HASTE rockets. The Global Hypersonic & Orbital Spacecraft […]
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Intelligence CommunityCapella, ICEYE US, And Umbra Receive NRO Commercial SAR Contracts
IonQ‘s [IONQ] Capella Space, ICEYE US, and Umbra have received Radar Commercial Augmentation (RCA) sole source contracts from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for commercial synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, […]
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SpaceSpace Force Awards Additional SB-AMTI Contracts, Including One To Rocket Lab
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded $615 million in Other Transaction Authority contracts for Space Based Airborne Moving Target Indication (SB-AMTI) to Rocket Lab [RKLB], STR LLC, […]