Space
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SpaceBiden Administration Directs Use Of Technology To Help Combat IUU Fishing
President Biden on Monday issued a National Security Memorandum (NSM) aimed at combatting illegal fishing by distant water fleets in the world’s oceans and directed several departments and agencies to […]
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SpaceGPS OCX Program Says It’s Resolving Computer Deficiencies, Which Are Not ‘Substantial’ Risk to Performance
The Global Positioning System Next-Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX) by Raytheon Technologies [RTX] has some critical hardware and software deficiencies and several hundred major and minor computer flaws, but […]
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SpaceCalvelli Wants Contractors to Submit Realistic Cost and Schedule Estimates for Space Program Competitions
The Department of the Air Force’s top space acquisition official said that he wants to use the cost and schedule realism injected by the National Reconnaissance Office into its competitions […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUkraine Using Technologies Developed Through Defense Innovation Unit
Ukraine has benefited from commercial technologies developed for U.S. military and other federal government use through the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)–technologies that include synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and artificial […]
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SpaceBlackSky Wins AI Contract from Joint Artificial Intelligence Center
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded BlackSky Technologies a contract worth up to $241 million over five years to create and optimize data sets for use in DoD AI models and applications. The […]
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SpaceExpected Delivery of New GPS Ground Control Segment Pushed Back to October
A six-month delay is expected in the delivery of the Raytheon Technologies [RTX] Global Positioning System Next-Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX) to the Department of the Air Force due […]
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Air ForceDepartment of Air Force to Conduct Further Assessment of Possible USSPACECOM Locations
On the heels of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report last week that cast doubt on whether credible analysis informed the decision to move U.S. Space Command from its temporary […]
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SpaceMDA to Build Antennas for Lockheed Martin SDA Tranche 1 Satellites
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has awarded Canadian manufacturer MDA a subcontract for work on its Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer program. Under the deal announced Tuesday, MDA will design and build antennas and […]
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SpaceUrsa Major to Introduce Arroway Engine for Military and Commercial Use
Colorado-based Ursa Major is developing its reusable Arroway 200,000-pound thrust liquid oxygen and methane staged combustion engine for military and commercial use. The development comes as the Department of the […]
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Air ForceBasing Decision for U.S. Space Command in January 2021 Overruled Advice of U.S. Space Command and Space Force
The decision to transfer U.S. Space Command from its temporary headquarters at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., to Redstone Arsenal, Ala., contradicted inputs from U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, the […]
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