Focus: Military

Commercial space is becoming key for the U.S. Department of Defense to detect, analyze and respond to threats, a top official said on Nov. 29. “As of today, we’ve got...

Boeing said on Nov. 15 that its engineers recently tested a Protected Tactical Satellite Communications Prototype (PTS-P) for the U.S. Space Force to prevent the jamming of U.S. Department of...

SES and Hughes Network Systems worked with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to demonstrate multi-orbit satellite connectivity using a MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft in a recent demonstration.  The...

LONDON — Top officials from the U.K. Space Command and U.K. Strategic Command looked at how space could impact government operations going forward at Global Milsatcom in London this week....

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) awarded Inmarsat Government a $410 million contract for satellite communications to support the U.S. Army Blue Force Tracker (BFT) network. BFT provides friendly force...

“Our adversaries are coming after us in cyberspace,” U.S. Space Force Col. John Smail did not mince words in a Nov. 4 CyberSatGov keynote.  The U.S. needs to be ready...

Hundreds of future satellites under the National Defense Space Architecture (NDSA) may carry GPS-type payloads to complement, improve, and back-up GPS satellites, per the Department of the Air Force Space...

SpaceX launched a Falcon Heavy rocket on Tuesday morning in a mission for the U.S. Space Force — the first Falcon Heavy mission in more than three years.  The Falcon Heavy...

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has awarded Inmarsat Government a satellite broadband contract to serve the U.S. Navy worth up to $980 million over a 10-year period. Inmarsat announced...

The Space Development Agency (SDA) on Oct. 6 said that it has awarded a firm-fixed price Other Transaction Authority prototype contract with a ceiling of about $200 million to Denver’s York...