Focus: Military
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Government/Military
US Space Force Evaluating Options for Incorporating National Guard Units
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 […]
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Government/Military
SES Wins 5-Year US Government Contract for Trojan Network
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 […]
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Cybersecurity
Space Force Offers Free Cyber Scanning to Commercial Satellite Vendors
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 […]
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Technology
Exotrail to Provide Mission Analysis Software to the French Space Command
Exotrail has won a new contract with the French government to deliver bespoke simulation and mission analysis software to the French Space Command (CDE). The contract is with the Defence […]
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Technology
Comtech Details How New Satellite Business Segments Will Meet Customer Needs
Comtech Telecommunications recently established two new business lines focused on satellite ground technologies in a bid to capitalize on multi-orbit and supply chain trends in the satellite industry, business unit […]
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Launch
Virgin Orbit Prepares for Late June Mission for US Space Force
Virgin Orbit is preparing for its next launch set for late June to support the U.S. Space Force’s STP-28A mission, the company announced Monday. The mission, set for no earlier […]
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Government/Military
SDA Official: ‘We’re Not Going to Pick the Winners. The Winners Are Going To Deliver.’
The Space Development Agency (SDA) wants to use spiral development to field small satellites for military use every two years — a fraction of the time required for large Department […]
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Government/Military
US Formalizes Policy Against ASAT Tests, Calls for International Norms in Space
The United States is committing to refrain from direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) missile testing in an effort to set an international norm for responsible behavior in space. Vice President Kamala Harris […]
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Government/Military
NRO Launches Mission on Reused SpaceX Booster for the First Time
SpaceX launched a classified satellite early Sunday morning for the National Reconnaissance Office, using a flight-proven booster, marking the first time an NRO mission has flown on a reused rocket. […]
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Government/Military
Astranis to Explore Supporting Military Communications With JADC2 Award
Astranis Space Technologies sees dual-use potential for its MicroGEO satellite platform for both government and military applications. CEO John Gedmark and new Vice President of Government Sales Scott Jacobs discussed […]
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Government/Military
China and Russia Increased Satellites 70 Percent in 2 Years, New DIA Report Finds
Between 2019 and 2021, China doubled its number of satellites in orbit from some 250 to 499, while Russia increased its number of orbiting satellites from about 150 in 2019 […]
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Government/Military
U.S. Space Force Wants to Avoid GMTI Duplication with Intelligence Community Programs
The Department of the Air Force is to take advantage of efforts led by Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David ‘DT’ Thompson on future ground moving target indication (GMTI) […]
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Government/Military
Lockheed Martin Preparing Space-Based Testbed For Joint All Domain Operations
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 […]
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Technology
SpaceWERX Awards Slingshot Aerospace $25M Contract for Digital Space Twin
The U.S. Space Force is awarding Slingshot Aerospace a $25.2 million contract to support development of the company’s Digital Space Twin, which simulates scenarios in space. The Digital Space Twin […]
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Technology
ThinKom Debuts New Ka-Band Phased Array Antenna, ThinSat Ka500
ThinKom Solutions is rolling out a new phased array satellite antenna for land mobile applications, ThinSat Ka500. The antenna is a Ka-band phased array antenna designed with beam agility to […]
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Government/Military
US Space Force Validates Design Maturity of Boeing’s Protected Tactical Satcom Prototype
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 […]
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Technology
Kymeta Partners with PathFinder Digital for Updates to the u8 MIL Terminal
Kymeta is working with PathFinder Digital for updates to the Kymeta u8 MIL terminal. PathFinder Digital specializes in the design, manufacturing, and aftermarket support of mobile satellite ground terminals for […]
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Government/Military
The Verge: Russia to Stop Selling Rocket Engines to US
Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos has issued its latest round of threats in response to global sanctions, this time claiming Russia will no longer sell rocket engines to the United […]
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Government/Military
York Space, Lockheed, and Northrop Win SDA Contracts for Prototype Mesh Transport Layer
York Space Systems, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman won Space Development Agency (SDA) prototype contracts to demonstrate mesh network of optically interconnected satellites for a data transport system. SDA announced […]
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Government/Military
Northrop Grumman Wins $341M Space Force Contract for Space Domain Awareness Radar Program
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $341 million contract for a ground-based radar system to track deep space objects for space domain awareness. The award from Space […]
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Government/Military
Space Acquisition Nominee Calvelli Says Discipline, Smaller Satellites Needed
Frank Calvelli, the Biden administration’s nominee as the first assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, told the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Feb. […]
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Government/Military
L3Harris Awarded Contract for Work on Space Domain Awareness Project for US Space Force
The U.S. Space Force recently selected L3Harris Technologies to integrate a space domain awareness project called ATLAS. ATLAS — Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System — is a project that […]
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Government/Military
Isotropic Demonstrates GEO, MEO Satcom Link to the US Army
Isotropic Systems has demonstrated its satellite terminal to the U.S. Army, showing that separate satellites in different orbits simultaneously linked to a single multi-link antenna. The test was with the Army, […]
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Launch
ULA Launches US Space Force GSSAP Satellites after Five-Month Delay
The U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command launched the fifth and sixth Northrop Grumman Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from […]
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Technology
Parsons Wins DARPA Contract to Prototype Ground Operations for Blackjack Mission
The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) awarded Parsons Corporation a contract to develop a prototype ground operations center for the Blackjack. DARPA awarded the $11 million sole-source contract in […]
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Government/Military
SES GS Releases New On-Demand X-Band Managed Milsatcom Service
SES Government Solutions (SES GS) launched a new X-band end-to-end managed service platform on Thursday for both fixed and mobile U.S. military and government end-users. The platform, tactiXs, allows customers […]
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Government/Military
HawkEye 360 Wins $15.5M US Air Force ISR Deal
The U.S. Air Force awarded a $15.5 million contract to HawkEye 360 on Tuesday to provide space-based radio frequency (RF) data, analytics, and research to the help the military demonstrate, […]
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Technology
AFRL Selects ViaLite Solution for Satcom Telemetry
The U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) has chosen ViaLite to supply an L-band Radio Frequency (RF) over fiber solution, ViaLite announced Jan. 4. ViaLite will deliver a solution for […]
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Government/Military
U.S. Navy Extends Viasat’s NEXCOM Contract in Guam and Poland
The U.S. Navy’s Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) has awarded Viasat two new contracts to support personal communications at Navy bases in Guam and Poland. Viasat has a continued relationship […]
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Government/Military
Maxar Signs DoD Contract to Build Robotic Arms for In-Space Servicing, Assembly
Maxar Technologies won a $9.3 million U.S. Department of Defense contract on Monday that will see the company design and deliver two robotic arms to support in-space assembly and servicing […]




























