The intelligence community and U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) on Thursday released the executive summary of a new framework that outlines the roles and responsibilities of the government in helping to protect commercial space remote sensing providers that are under contract with the Defense Department’s National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The DoD and intelligence community are increasingly relying on…

A U.S. Space Force mission to demonstrate on-demand satellite launch and delivery into an assigned orbit officially entered a six-month window on Aug. 30, in which Millennium Space Systems and Firefly Aerospace will be given the go-ahead to proceed. Sometime during the “hot standby” phase of the VICTUS NOX Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission, Space…

Britain’s BAE Systems  on Thursday said it has agreed to a acquire Ball Corp.’s aerospace unit for $5.6 billion and highlighted the business is forecast to generate $2.2 billion in sales this year and could grow to $4 billion by 2030 due to strong demand in the space, missiles, and munitions markets. Ball Aerospace has nearly doubled…

Losses on several defense and space programs combined with a wider loss in the commercial airplane building segment led Boeing on Wednesday to report a net loss in income despite strong sales growth in the airplane manufacturing and services businesses. The Defense, Space & Security segment had a $527 million operating loss versus $71 million in…