Government/Military

NASA awarded Firefly Aerospace a $179 million award to deliver six experiments to the Moon in 2028. This will be Firefly’s third lunar mission and it is its fourth NASA...

A ThinKom ThinAir antenna was the primary communications technology onboard the Rapcon-X aircraft’s recent inaugural flight.  Rapcon-X is an aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (A-ISR) solution by Sierra Nevada Corporation...

The Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded additional funding to SpiderOak to demonstrate integrating the U.S. Space Force’s identity and access management software within the company’s platform. SpiderOak announced the addition...

U.S. government contractor Akima is focused on growing its footprint while working to reinforce security and maintain a technical edge for the national defense sector.  Earlier this year, Five Rivers...

The European Commission signed the contract on Monday for Europe’s IRIS² constellation with the group of companies tasked with delivering the constellation in the SpaceRISE consortium.  The EC Director-General for...

SpaceX wants to incorporate Starbase as its own city in Texas. The Starbase production site in Cameron County, Texas, is home to development of SpaceX’s Starship rocket.  Kathy Lueders, former...

Telespazio has won two new contracts worth 144 million euros ($151.3 million) to provide services to the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) and the European Commission. The...

The Peruvian Air Force (PAF) is using satellite connectivity via the SES-14 Geostationary (GEO) high throughput satellite for its bases and pilots and to improve operations across the country, SES...

Viasat has received a new five-year contract worth up to $568 million from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to support U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) technology modernization. The award...

The incoming administration of President-elect Trump is likely to propose a ramping up of commercial space to serve national security needs, according to a new paper from the National Security...