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Space

Integration of Contractor Satellites Development Risk for Ground Segment of NDSA

Frank Wolfe

Friday, May 27th, 2022

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Integration 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 Operations and Integration (O&I) segment for Tranche 1 of the National Defense Space Architecture (NDSA). For the O&I contract, General Dynamics is teamed with Iridium Communications Inc. [IRDM], Raytheon Technologies [RTX], Kongsberg Satellite Services USA (KSAT-USA)--the U.S. division of Norway's KSAT, and Florida-based Emergent Space Technologies, Inc. While Iridium uses…

HII Executive Outlines Its Shipbuilding Acceleration Strategy

An HII [HII] shipbuilding executive last week told lawmakers how the company plans to improve and accelerate shipbuilding throughout via workforce improvements, adding new shipbuilding infrastructure and reinforcing distributed shipbuilding […]

Congress

House Sends Dec. 11 CR With Ship Construction Funds To Trump’s Desk For Final Signature

The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, sending the temporary funding measure that also includes funds to support ongoing shipbuilding […]

Missile Defense

Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’

While there has been criticism among missile defense advocates of Golden Dome’s development pace after the signing of an executive order in January last year, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, […]

Missile Defense

Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus

Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), a co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus in Congress and a member of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel, discusses the transformative defense investments […]