Government/Military

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) awarded contracts to Maxar Technologies, BlackSky, and Planet, for satellite imagery worth billions of dollars over the next 10 years. The NRO said the awards...

The U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has awarded BlueHalo a $1.4 billion contract for the Satellite Communications Augmentation Resource (SCAR) program. “SCAR will address the...

LeoLabs’ space situational awareness software will support the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) under a new multimillion-dollar contract announced Tuesday.  JASDF will use LeoLabs data and services platform which...

Ukraine has a vibrant, up and coming space industry with rich heritage that has been thrown into doubt due to Russia’s invasion. In this feature, some of Ukraine’s most prominent...

Getting cybersecurity right at a federal agency means learning to speak the language of the program and mission managers who actually run the IT systems you’re trying to protect against...

Terran Orbital subsidiary PredaSAR received a prototype contract award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The contract “aims to research synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite formation flying concepts...

CACI International Inc demonstrated space-to-space optical communications links in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) as part of the Mandrake II mission. CACI announced the tests Tuesday, in partnership with the Defense Advanced...

The U.S. Space Force is assessing whether to recommend the creation of a Space National Guard or the formation of a combined active duty and Reserve component that has members...

SES Government Solutions (SES GS) has been awarded a follow-on contract from the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) for the Trojan network. The award announced May 16 is...

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Space Force is offering free, non-attributable cybersecurity supply chain and vulnerability scanning services to both its commercial vendors and to other government agencies, Col. Jennifer...