Space
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SpaceSpace Systems Command Surveys Industry on Software to Support Object Detection and Tracking
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) is surveying industry on software concepts to buttress new systems for the space domain awareness mission conducted by various units, including the 18th […]
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SpaceIsotropic Systems Rebrands to All.Space Ahead of ‘Swiss Army Knife’ Terminal Rollout
Isotropic Systems is changing its name to All.Space ahead of the rollout of its ‘smart terminal,’ which the company hopes will differentiate the value of satellite capacity in the telecoms world and grow […]
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Air ForceSenate Draft Appropriations Bill Adds More Than $900 Million for Missile Warning Architecture
Senate appropriators are backing the acceleration of a DoD space architecture that prioritizes low and medium Earth orbit satellites for detecting and monitoring hypersonic missiles and devising targeting solutions. In […]
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SpaceBiden Nominates Saltzman to Lead Space Force
President Biden nominated Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman to be the U.S. Space Force’s next Chief of Space Operations, succeeding Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, who is projected to retire later this […]
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SpaceMembers of Congress Cut Ribbon on Hawkeye 360’s New Manufacturing Facility in Virginia
Members of U.S. Congress joined HawkEye 360 CEO John Serafini last Friday to cut the ribbon on the company’s brand new 19,000-square foot satellite manufacturing facility in Herndon, Virginia. Democratic Reps. […]
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SpaceMillennium Space Systems Reveals Previously Undisclosed DARPA Red-Eye Mission
Millennium Space Systems shared details of a previously unknown small satellite mission for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) that tested crosslinks and on-orbit processing. Millennium Space Systems began the Red-Eye program […]
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SpaceSpace Development Agency Awards L3Harris and Northrop Grumman $1.3 Billion for Tracking Layer Satellites
The Space Development Agency (SDA) said on July 18 that it has awarded L3Harris [LHX] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] fixed price Other Transaction Authority contracts worth $1.3 billion for 28 […]
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Business/FinancialRaytheon Technologies To Acquire U.K. Space Company
Raytheon Technologies [RTX] on Monday said its United Kingdom-based subsidiary has agreed to acquire another U.K.-based company that specializes in space domain awareness. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. […]
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Intelligence CommunityBlackSky Wins IARPA Award to Support Analysis Automation Project SMART
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) has awarded BlackSky [BKSY] a second award to support a research program to automate analysis of satellite imagery. On Thursday, BlackSky announced the $4.4 million award […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNRO Says Payloads on Electron Rockets to ‘Expand Our Intelligence Advantage’
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the Australian Department of Defense designed and developed a national security payload, which launched at 2:30 a.m. Eastern time on July 13 aboard a […]