Space
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyForce Design for Future GMTI To Finish This Month to Feed Fiscal 2024 Budget
This month, the Space Warfighting Analysis Center (SWAC) is to finish a force design for future ground moving target indication (GMTI) to help guide U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Starting Tests for Cybersecurity Initiative
In the coming months, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) is to begin testing cybersecurity qualification of commercial satellite communication offerings (COMSATCOM) under the service’s Infrastructure Asset Pre-Approval […]
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SpaceNavy To Experiment With Satellite RF Sensing Data From Kleos
Kleos Space Inc. on Monday said they have entered into a research and development agreement with the Navy for an experimentation effort that will use radio frequency (RF) sensing data […]
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SpaceSpace Systems Command Awards ULA and SpaceX Launch Task Orders
Space Systems Command ordered five launches from United Launch Alliance (ULA) and three launches from SpaceX for national security missions on May 26. ULA was awarded five missions using the Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle — GPS […]
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SpaceIntegration of Contractor Satellites Development Risk for Ground Segment of NDSA
The Space Development Agency (SDA) resorted to a cost-plus contract, rather than SDA’s normal fixed price arrangement, in awarding General Dynamics [GD] $324.5 million on May 26 for the ground […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Looks to Mesh Network in Future for Satellite Control Network
The U.S. Space Force is looking to modernize its Satellite Control Network (SCN), including the future SCN use of a mesh network to improve SCN’s defense against adversary cyber attacks. […]
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SpaceNRO Awards Imagery Contracts to Maxar, BlackSky, and Planet Worth Billions
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) awarded contracts to Maxar Technologies, BlackSky, and Planet, for satellite imagery worth billions of dollars over the next 10 years. The NRO said the awards […]
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SpaceSpace Development Agency to Explore Communications Features for Future Transport Layer Satellites
This month, the Space Development Agency issued a draft solicitation for the Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System (T1DES), which is to consist of up to 12 satellites to explore […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Awards BlueHalo $1.4 Billion to Bolster Communications for GEO Satellites
The U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office in Albuquerque, N.M., has awarded BlueHalo a $1.4 billion contract for the Satellite Communications Augmentation Resource (SCAR) program. “SCAR will address the […]
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SpaceLaunch Cost Reduction, Hybrid Space Architecture Drive Higher Risk Threshhold for Development of U.S. Military Space Systems
A dramatic reduction in launch costs and the integration of ever advancing commercial space and allied space capabilities have led to a greater acceptance of risk by U.S. Space Force […]