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Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) plans to conduct tests using SpaceX Starlink low Earth orbit (LEO) communications satellites to aid operations. A partially redacted Aug. 5 business notice said […]

Britain’s QinetiQ Group last Friday said its U.S. subsidiary, QinetiQ, Inc., has agreed to acquire Avantus Federal for $590 million in a deal that will more than double the size […]

The Navy awarded six companies modifications to continue studies of a Large Unmanned Surface Vessels (LUSV) worth over $61 million. In 2020, the Navy first awarded HII [HII], Lockheed Martin […]

The U.S. Space Force on Aug. 4 launched the sixth Lockheed Martin [LMT] Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO)-6 satellite, the final planned SBIRS missile warning satellite, […]

HII [HII] on Thursday reported strong earnings in its second quarter driven by broad strength across its operating segments and sales were higher primarily due to an acquisition a year […]

Collaboration by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the Department of the Air Force on a Space-Based Radar study continues to fulfill one of Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s operational […]

The Senate on Wednesday evening voted near-unanimously in favor of a resolution to ratify Sweden and Finland’s membership to NATO. With the 95 to 1 vote, the U.S. is now […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) now expects to produce the proof-of-concept article for the refurbished W80 nuclear cruise-missile warhead by the end of fiscal year 2027, roughly two years […]

Xona Space Systems, a small company developing low earth orbit (LEO) satellites for global positioning and navigation services as an alternative to the GPS constellation, has closed a new funding […]

Union members representing Boeing [BA] defense plants in and around St. Louis, Mo., on Wednesday ratified a modified contract offer from the aerospace and defense giant that improves retirement plans, […]