Space
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Second Launch of SDA Tranche 0 Satellites on Aug. 31 to Be Followed by Third Later This Year
Last November, Derek Tournear, the director of the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA), said that SDA was working to resolve delayed deliveries of microelectronics and space system components […]
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Air Force
U.S. Space Force Awards SAIC Nearly $575 Million for Ground-Based Radar Sustainment
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command’s acquisitions branch at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., has awarded Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] a nearly $575 million ground-based radar maintenance and sustainment […]
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Space
Voyager Space Wins Air Force Contract
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) awarded Voyager Space an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with a $900 million ceiling to develop innovative open architecture intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems. The contract […]
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Space
NROL-107 Mission to Be Last Atlas V Launch for NRO
The Aug. 29 Cape Canaveral, Fla. launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 configuration rocket carrying sensing payloads for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and U.S. Space […]
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Business/Financial
Small Satellite Manufacturers LeoStella, Hera Systems Team On SDA’s T2TL
LeoStella and Hera Systems on Monday said they have formed a strategic alliance to manufacture small satellites and highlighted that they submitted a joint bid on the Space Development Agency’s […]
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Air Force
Year-Long AFSOC Operational Evaluation of Starlink ‘Nearly Complete’
The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command’s (AFSOC) 1st Special Operations Contracting Squadron is nearing the end of a year-long operational evaluation of the military effectiveness of SpaceX‘s Starlink low […]
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Business/Financial
SCOUT Space Acquires Free Space To Strengthen Satellite Autonomy Solutions
SCOUT Space, which is developing vision-based autonomy technology for satellites, last week said it acquired Free Space Inc. in a deal to strengthen its technology and bolster its presence with […]
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Space
DIU Seeks Quick Reaction Commercial Capability To Demonstrate On-Orbit Domain Awareness
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Thursday issued a solicitation for a rapid demonstration of a commercial capability to prototype and demonstrate the launch of a spacecraft that would be […]
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Space
HASC Chair Rogers Calls For GAO Investigation Of Space Command HQ Decision
The chair of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is calling on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct an investigation into the Biden administration’s decision to keep U.S. Space […]
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Business/Financial
Justice Department Suing SpaceX For Discrimination
The Department of Justice on Thursday filed a lawsuit against SpaceX alleging discrimination against asylees and refugees in the company’s hiring over a nearly four-year period in violation of the […]
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