Space

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is increasingly using fixed price contracts, even as the agency uses a range of buy options, NRO principal deputy director Troy Meink said on March […]

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) said that it has ironed out wrinkles in Link 16 delivery from space to military forces over existing radios. Last November, SDA […]

The U.S. Space Force (USSF) is requesting nearly $248 million in fiscal 2025 research and development funding for a new program, Protected Tactical Satellite Communications-Global (PTS-G). PTS-G is “a key […]

FARNBOROUGH, U.K. — In a keynote at Space-Comm Expo, the commander of UK Space Command said he is “convinced” that space has a PR problem, as people do not understand the importance and […]

The fiscal limits in last year’s Fiscal Responsibility Act will slow U.S. Space Force modernization in fiscal 2025, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said. “We made a [fiscal 2025] tradeoff […]

Stratolaunch, LLC last Saturday said it successfully completed the first powered flight of its Talon-A test vehicle, reaching high supersonic speeds, a key milestone in the development of the privately […]

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a number of small satellites for the company’s Transporter-10 project launched on March 4 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. Such birds included Arcfield-owned […]

The U.S. Space Force‘s Space Systems Command on March 1 awarded Boeing [BA] a contract worth $439.6 million to build the 12th Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) communications satellite, the Pentagon said. […]

The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio has laid out some details of possible upgrades to the HH-60W Jolly Green II personnel recovery/combat search […]

Terran Orbital [LLAP] on Monday said its board is reviewing a non-binding offer from Lockheed Martin [LMT] to acquire the satellite company and adopted a shareholder rights plan that gives […]