Space
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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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SpaceAppropriators Reduce U.S. Space Force R&D Funding By $530 Million
A House-Senate appropriations conference agreement reduces the U.S. Space Force budget request of nearly $19.1 billion to about $18.7 billion–a decrease of $529 million. The conferees decreased the Space Force’s […]
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SpaceBoeing Targets Production Capacity of 60 Small Satellites at Dedicated Plant in El Segundo
By the end of next year, Boeing‘s [BA] small satellite plant in El Segundo, Calif., may reach an annual production capacity of 60 satellites. In 2018, Boeing bought Millennium Space […]
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SpaceSpace 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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SpaceU.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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SpaceGovernment 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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SpaceNGA 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 […]