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Government/MilitaryUS Air Force Awards Lockheed Martin Next Gen OPIR Modification Worth Up to $4.9B
The U.S. Air Force on Jan. 4 awarded Lockheed Martin a modification worth up to $4.9 billion on the company’s existing contract for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Reconnaissance (Next-Gen OPIR) satellite […]
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Government/MilitaryBiden Transition Team Speaks with Gen. Raymond of US Space Force
President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team has spoken with Chief of Space Operations Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, as the incoming Biden administration faces important questions about a future path for military […]
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Government/MilitaryNational Space Council Holds Final Meeting Before Biden Takes Office
The National Space Council held its eighth and final meeting under the current administration on Wednesday, as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to assume office in January. Biden and his advisers […]
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Government/MilitaryAir Force to End Launch Services Agreements with Northrop Grumman, Blue Origin by End of Year
The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force plan to end Launch Services Agreement (LSA) funding for Northrop Grumman and Blue Origin by the end of this year, the Air Force said on […]
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Government/MilitaryAir Force Names New Locations As Possible HQ for US Space Command
After revising selection criteria six months ago, the Department of the Air Force named six possible headquarters locations for U.S. Space Command on Nov. 19 — Kirtland AFB, New Mexico; […]
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Government/MilitarySpace Force Official Suggests U.S. Developing Offensive Capabilities in Space
The U.S was the first nation to test Anti-Satellite (ASAT) weapons in 1958 with bomber-launched ASATs, and three other nations have demonstrated the ability to destroy orbiting satellites — Russia, […]
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Government/MilitarySpaceX, L3Harris Win Space Development Agency Contracts for Missile Warning Satellites
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded L3Harris Technologies and SpaceX contracts worth a total of $342.8 million for the development of the Wide Field of View (WFOV) program to […]
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Government/MilitaryNASA Administrator Suggests Challenge to Nations Violating Outer Space Treaty
Nations that damage satellites are ripe for legal challenge under the 1972 Liability Convention to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty (OST), NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine suggested on Tuesday In a […]
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Government/MilitaryAir Force is Developing 2 eSats, Service Acquisition Chief Says
The U.S. Air Force is developing two digitally engineered satellites — so-called “eSats,” Dr. Will Roper, service acquisition chief, told the Air Force Association virtual Air, Space, and Cyber (vASC) […]
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CybersecurityWhite House Releases Cybersecurity Policy on Space Systems
The White House on Sept. 4 released Space Policy Directive-5 (SPD-5) regarding cybersecurity for space systems, as a senior administration official told reporters that cyber threats on U.S. space systems happen with […]
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Government/MilitaryReport Advises Ramp Up Of Space Traffic Management Efforts
A report this month by a panel of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) advises the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of Space Commerce (OSC) in the U.S. […]
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Government/MilitaryULA Prepares Delta IV Heavy Rocket for NRO Launch
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is preparing a Delta IV Heavy rocket with a classified National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload, NROL-44, for launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on Aug. […]
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Government/MilitaryHypergiant Collaborates with US Air Force on Reconfigurable Constellation
The U.S. Air Force’s collaboration with Texas-based Hypergiant Industries will to lead to a Chameleon Constellation of 24 to 36 Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) enabled cube satellites able […]
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Government/MilitaryCobham SB-Helo X-Stream to Improve Satellite Communications from Helos in the Air
Inmarsat is set to approve satellite communication rates for a new waveform, developed by Cobham last year, that promises to bolster significantly beyond-line-of-sight communications for helicopters in the air. Spinning […]