Government/Military

A new space domain awareness (SDA) software for the U.K. government is now operational, six months ahead of schedule. The new software, called Borealis, improves tracking of satellites and space […]

Rocket Lab has secured its first orders for two Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites from the U.S. Space Force for a space domain awareness (SDA) mission. Rocket Lab announced a $90 million […]

The Space Force‘s Space Systems Command (SSC) and the service’s SpaceWERX innovation arm are to launch an In-Domain Orbital Logistics Challenge to find and advance commercial technologies to sustain satellites. […]

After serving as the acting director of the Space Development Agency (SDA) since last September, Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo was named director of the agency effective May 11, SDA said on […]

The Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $398 million firm-fixed price contract to develop and build an Enhanced Protected Tactical Satellite Communications-Prototype (PTS-P) for […]

iDirect Government has released a new virtualization tool called WCore that supports 16 waveforms and is designed so that waveforms can be rapidly deployed, scaled, and managed.  WCore is a […]

The head of the Golden Dome program on May 14 strongly disagreed with a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate that a system along the lines of President Donald Trump’s […]

Iceye has delivered control over a radar satellite constellation to the Polish Armed Forces for sovereign intelligence. Iceye reported Friday that it delivered the capability in less than 12 months […]

SpaceWERX has awarded TrustPoint a $4 million Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) contract, which will fund the buildout of four satellites and four ground stations for a full end-to-end demonstration of […]

Vitesse Systems has combined with Accelint to form a new defense tech company called Lyntris, focused on the connected battlefield.  Both companies have been under the ownership of Trive Capital […]

AURORA, Colo. — To ensure the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is postured to meet rapidly evolving threat and warfighters’ needs, is resilient and exploits emerging technologies, the agency’s new director […]

Anduril Industries has named a team of collaborators for its recent award to prototype technologies for space-based interceptors, and will work with Impulse Space, Inversion Space, K2 Space, Sandia National […]

Vantor on Monday said it has received a $70 million award from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for the first option year of a program that gives the agency and vetted […]

Fielding more systems for orbital warfare has been the top priority of the White House’s nominee to succeed Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman. The Trump administration on […]

The FCC on Thursday voted to adopt a new framework for Equivalent Power Flux Density (EPFD), which governs spectrum-sharing between GEO and NGSO systems. EPFD limits have been a hot-button […]

The Department of the Air Force (DAF) in the U.S. has unveiled plans to tap into top AI talent. This has direct implications to the government’s space strategy as the […]

Canada has canceled its contract with Spire Global to build a constellation of wildfire-monitoring satellites called WildFireSat. Yet the government remains committed to the space-based wildfire monitoring program, and looks […]

The Space Force announced 12 companies have won contracts totaling up to $3.2 billion to prototype technologies for space-based interceptors in support of the Golden Dome initiative. Space Force’s Space […]

The FCC rejected calls to change how it licenses MSS spectrum, dismissing a request by SpaceX and other operators to enter certain spectrum bands.  In an order issued Thursday, the […]

In March, the Space Development Agency’s Acting Director Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo said the agency was strategically pausing launches until May. He described technology hurdles, supply chain challenges, and balancing speed […]

The European Union is working on a draft of the EU Space Act, which has raised concerns of overreach, particularly among U.S. officials. The Space Act would create a single […]

The Pentagon has decided to end the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) by RTX and instead move forward on upgrades to the existing ground system for GPS, the Lockheed Martin Architecture […]

Poland is the latest country to invest more in its space defense capabilities with a key new contract with some of Europe’s biggest players for a new Geostationary Orbit (GEO) […]

The European Space Agency has selected Toronto-based Kepler Communications as prime contractor for HydRON Element 3, the third part of a sovereign optical communications constellation, the company announced this week […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — New space capability is being actively identified by the U.S. Space Force, which is monitoring and managing threats from adversaries while creating missions to defend assets […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Department of the Air Force has awarded a contract for space-based air moving target indication (AMTI) to multiple vendors to begin development activities, Air Force […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Boeing and its subsidiary Millennium Space Systems are rolling out a new mid-class satellite platform called Resolute — designed to give more capability than a traditional small […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — As part of the Space Force’s rollout of its new acquisition structure, the communications layer of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — With various funding mechanisms in place to take advantage of commercial capabilities, Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Commercial Space Office (COMSO) is looking at expanding the Working […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Chinese actions in space the past year around refueling and logistics in orbit have further “intensified” the Defense Department’s need to develop a space maneuver warfare strategy, U.S. […]