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SpaceDoD Tech Chief Shyu Begins More Focused Engagement With Commercial Space Sector
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Pentagon’s chief technology officer has begun a new effort to work more closely with the commercial space sector to better and more quickly leverage the rapid innovation […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Command On Track To Reach Full Operational Capability In 2023
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Nearly two years after achieving initial operational capability (IOC), U.S. Space Command is on track to achieve full operational capability (FOC) later this year, Army Gen. James Dickinson, […]
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SpaceMcKinsey Report Analyzes Scenarios for Interconnected Launch Supply and Demand
The launch market likely faces a shortfall of capacity in the near-term, but also faces the risk of oversupply in the longer term, a new report from McKinsey finds. The launch market is […]
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman In Build Phase Of SDA’s Satellite Mesh Network After Successful Critical Design Review
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—A little over a year after winning a Space Development Agency (SDA) contract to provide satellites for a low-Earth orbit mesh communications network, Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently completed […]
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SpaceLockheed Martin Touts Success Of Satellite Maneuvering For On-Orbit Services
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Following the launch of two small satellites last fall, Lockheed Martin [LMT] in relatively short order demonstrated its ability to maneuver the satellites closer together for future on-orbit […]
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InternationalState Department Approves $259 Million Deal With Turkey For F-16 Avionics Upgrades
The State Department has approved a $259 million deal with Turkey covering avionics upgrades for its current fleet of F-16 fighter jets. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress […]
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ArmyLockheed’s New $72.8 Million Deal For Army’s Integrated Intel, EW, Cyber Suite Includes AMPV Work
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received $72.8 million to continue work on the Army’s program to provide an integrated suite of signals intelligence, electronic warfare and cyber capabilities for brigade combat […]
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WeaponsGreater Load Outs of Advanced Weapons for F-35 to Start This Year with Lot 15
FORT WORTH, Texas–The Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter is soon to have a company-designed weapons rack–“Sidekick”–that will allow the internal carriage of six Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] AIM-120 advanced medium range […]
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Homeland SecurityAnalogic, IDSS, Smiths Selected To Provide Checkpoint CT Systems Under $1 Billion TSA Contract
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Wednesday said it has awarded orders worth up to $1.3 billion to Analogic, Integrated Defense and Security Solutions (IDSS) and Smiths Detection to provide […]
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SpaceLoft Federal and Microsoft Join Ball Aerospace’s Team for SDA NExT Contract
Loft Federal and Microsoft [MSFT] will join Ball Aerospace [BLL] to work on its Space Development Agency (SDA) contract for the experimental testbed NExT for 10 satellites. SDA awarded Ball Aerospace the NExT contract in […]
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