Government/Military

The European Union (EU) has added nine startups to contribute data to the Copernicus project. Each startup will receive a 5 million euro contract to provide additional data to Copernicus.  […]

NASA announced unfunded Space Act agreements with seven companies on Thursday on projects related to human spaceflight and the commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) economy. SpaceX, Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, […]

Sweden and Colombia are going to collaborate more in the space sector. Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) have a signed a letter of […]

Luxembourg’s Parliament approved funding for a new program for the country to acquire services from SES’s O3b mPOWER for 10 years.  Thursday’s news marks the approval of the Medium Earth […]

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has assigned 12 National Security Space Launch (NSSL) missions to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) — six for each provider — under the fiscal […]

SES Space & Defense will provide satellite-powered network connectivity to Amazon Web Services‘ (AWS) Modular Data Center serving the U.S. Department of Defense under a new agreement announced Thursday by […]

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) won a $64 million contract from the Space Development Agency (SDA) to develop, implement and maintain the Battle Management Command, Control and Communications (BMC3) Application […]

Northrop Grumman Corp. completed a successful preliminary design review (PDR) of the Relay Ground Station-Asia (RGS-A) it has been working on for the U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific‘s […]

ST. LOUIS — There is no need to pause development of artificial intelligence (AI) despite recent advances that have alarmed experts and policy-makers about hidden dangers in the use of […]

U.S. government services and mission support provider Arcfield announced Wednesday that it was awarded multiple classified systems contracts from an unnamed U.S. intelligence agency totaling $158 million in its 2023 […]

BlackSky Technology won a multimillion dollar renewal contract from an unnamed international ministry of defense customer for a subscription to tactical imagery and analytics services.  The imagery and analytics company […]

The U.S. Department of State released its first-ever Strategic Framework for Space Diplomacy this week, outlining how it will use diplomacy to advance U.S. space leadership and expand international cooperation. […]

Northrop Grumman said on May 30 that it has completed Critical Design Review (CDR) and a software demonstration for the planned U.S. Space Force Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC). […]

ST. LOUIS — As commercial companies increasingly put more computing power on their satellites and related systems, there needs to be a commitment by industry and users to bolster the […]

ST. LOUIS — Earth observation data would be useful to the Border Patrol and its agents in the field to improve situational awareness around things like washed out trails and […]

ST. LOUIS—As space becomes increasingly competitive, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is helping its Defense Department partners keep tabs on the space domain, the agency’s director said on Monday. “And […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded four contracts aimed at flying synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites in formation to demonstrate novel imagery collection techniques and enable the […]

The Viasat and Inmarsat merger has secured another regulatory approval to move forward, this time from the FCC. The FCC issued an order on May 19 approving the transaction, stating […]

President Biden has nominated Anna M. Gomez for the empty spot commissioner spot on the FCC, the White House announced Monday.  Gomez is a telecommunications attorney who serves as a […]

Blue Origin will now land astronauts on the surface of the Moon, as the Jeff Bezos-owned company won the second NASA human landing system award on Friday. It is a […]

Measat has made a significant broadband commitment to Malaysia’s military personnel. The company announced May 17 that it will be providing its CONNECTme NOW satellite broadband services for free under […]

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in April proposed new legislative authorities that would allow it to begin charging commercial launch providers additional costs for the use of its spaceports […]

Astroscale and Momentus have teamed up to pitch NASA on a mission to reboost the Hubble Telescope, the companies announced last week.  The mission concept would use a Momentus Vigoride […]

The Italian Space Agency (ASI) awarded a 235 million euro ($256 million) contract for an in-orbit servicing demonstration mission to a consortium of space companies led by Thales Alenia Space. […]

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) held the second Black Skies electronic warfare (EW) exercise recently and is preparing to hold another this fall, as the […]

After two phases of review, the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) regulatory authority has granted its approval for the Viasat and Inmarsat merger to go forward.  An in-depth […]

Spire Global and OroraTech are working together on a Canadian Space Agency contract to monitor wildfires from space via satellite.  The contract is for preparatory work for a wildfire-monitoring satellite, […]

Rocket Lab launched the first TROPICS mission for NASA on Monday from New Zealand, launching two cubesats that will monitor hurricanes. This is the first of two dedicated missions for […]

Raytheon Technologies has tapped CesiumAstro to supply phased array communications payloads to support its contract from the Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer. CesiumAstro will provide […]

Two U.S. Senators have reintroduced legislation to help protect commercial satellite operators from cyber attacks — an issue that has gained in prominence after the hack on Viasat’s KA-SAT network in Ukraine. U.S. […]