Government/Military

LITTLETON, Colo.— Lockheed Martin later this year plans to launch the first two of three satellites that will form the company’s testbed in space to test and demonstrate advanced communications and data...

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has won a new contract from the UK Space Command worth 22 million pounds ($28.85 million) to build a for a 150 kg satellite based...

NASA has selected Blue Canyon Technologies to build eight microsatellite buses for the agency’s HelioSwarm science mission to study solar wind and space plasma turbulence. Blue Canyon, a subsidiary of...

When SpaceX first championed private launch vehicles using reusable rocket stages, it led to more affordable launch services, spurring the smallsat revolution in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and the birth of...

SES is acquiring DRS Global Enterprise Solutions (GES), a U.S.-based subsidiary of Leonardo DRS, in a move that SES says will double its revenue from the U.S. government. SES announced...

Jim Bridenstine is on a mission to preserve and manage space for future expansion, and to build a regulatory structure while watching out for any existential threats. His message is...

Boeing  said on March 16 that U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) recently validated the design maturity of the company’s Protected Tactical Satcom Prototype (PTS-P) satellite in a critical...

Lockheed Martin has awarded Terran Orbital a contract to build 42 satellites for the Space Development Agency‘s Tranche 1 Transport Layer. The contract supports the $700 million prototype contract Lockheed...

Satellogic is working with geospatial and AI analysis software company Astraea to distribute Earth observation data directly to the Ukrainian government, allied governments, and humanitarian organizations on the ground for...

Canadian space companies including Telesat, SpaceBridge, and MDA are launching a new industry group for the national space industry called Space Canada. The group said Thursday it will offer a...