Space
-
Business/FinancialFirefly Aerospace Gathers $300 Million In New Financing
Firefly Aerospace last week said it has raised about $300 million in the past eight months, adding that it is generating additional interest from investors following the startup’s successful tactical […]
-
Advanced / Transformational TechnologyU.S. Space Force to Modernize Unified Data Library in FY 2024
This fiscal year, the U.S. Space Force is to award a contract to modernize the service’s Unified Data Library (UDL), which began as a $150,000 research and development effort in […]
-
SpaceNorthrop Grumman Provides Updates on Polar SATCOM Programs
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Nov. 7 that it has finished thermal vacuum tests on the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM)–two satellites for broadband communications over the North Pole for […]
Tagged in: -
SpaceCompanies’ Perspective on New Data Links and Waveforms Sought for SDA Tranche 3 Transport Layer
The U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Gamma satellites are to include Ultra High Frequency (UHF) S-band connections, an advanced tactical data link, and enhanced, anti-jam […]
-
CyberSpace Operators Should Harden Cryptography Defenses, NSA Cyber Official Says
Space operators must start planning for and implementing quantum-resistant cryptography now to ensure that space national security systems are resistant to emerging threats, a senior cyber official for the National […]
Tagged in: -
SpaceCyber Security of Space Systems ‘Crucial,’ As U.S. Space Force Official Notes Recent Attacks
A number of recent cyberattacks on space systems highlight the need for their improved security, a U.S. Space Force official said on Nov. 6. “The U.S. and our allied forces […]
-
Unmanned SystemsKratos Expects to Receive Largest-to-Date Tactical Drone Contract Late Next Year
In a third quarter earnings call on Nov. 2, Kratos [KTOS] CEO Eric DeMarco said that the company forecasts revenue growth of 10 percent next year without potential tactical drone […]
-
Intelligence CommunityProject Maven Transitions to Program of Record, As NGA Looks to Leverage Program for Other Uses
The Pentagon’s Project Maven is becoming a program of record under the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). NGA said on Nov. 2 that it “has formally designated NGA Maven as a […]
-
Intelligence Community10,000 “Operationally Relevant” Commercial EO Images Provided to NGA Per Week
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) had said that companies provide NGA and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) 50,000 electro-optical (EO) commercial images weekly. NGA is now further delineating that figure. […]
-
Intelligence CommunityNGA Issues Draft Solicitation For New Approach To Economic Indicator Modeling
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) on Tuesday released a draft request for proposal for LUNO A, a program that will replace the agency’s current Economic Indicator Monitoring (EIM) contract. Responses […]