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SDA Director Tournear Addresses Concerns About Fixed-Price Contracts
Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency. Photo: U.S. Army by Monica King Despite concerns from some in industry that bidding on fixed-price contracts can be too risky for them in terms...
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Space Systems Command Selects Northrop Grumman For Space Refueling Standard...
Northrop Grumman’s GAS-T design will leverage an ESPAStar-D satellite platform to add fuel and extend the life of in-orbit assets. Photo: Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman on Monday said its Passive...
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Terran Orbital Works Out Differences With Concerned Shareholders
Terran Orbital facility in Irvine, California. Photo: Terran Orbital Terran Orbital on Monday said it has reached agreement with a group of investors that had been seeking management and other changes,...
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BAE Set to Close Ball Aerospace Acquisition
Ball Aerospace capabilities. Photo: Ball Aerospace BAE Systems in the coming days will close its $5.6 billion acquisition of Ball Aerospace after receiving all required regulatory approvals, the...
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MDA, SDA Satellites On Orbit After Launch
SpaceX launches satellites for the SDA and MDA in a Feb. 14 mission. Photo: SpaceX The Department of Defense confirmed late Wednesday that six demonstration satellites launched earlier that evening for...
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NRO Adds Umbra to Next Stage of Commercial RF Sensing Contract
Photo: National Reconnaissance Office Umbra on Wednesday said the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has selected the company for the second stage of a commercial remote sensing contract the agency...
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Boeing CEO David Calhoun to Step Down Amid Commercial Woes
Dave Calhoun Photo: Boeing Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun said on Monday that he will step down at the end of 2024, initiating a leadership transition as the aerospace and defense giant...
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DoD Releases Strategy to Bolster Efforts to Leverage Commercial Space Sector
Dr. John Plumb, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy spoke at Space Symposium in 2023. Photo: Space Foundation The Defense Department on Tuesday released its first Commercial Space...
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US Space Command Invites More Allies to Join Ongoing Operation
Gen. Stephen Whiting at Space Symposium 2024. Photo: Space Foundation COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—U.S. allies Germany, France, and New Zealand have been invited to join U.S. Space Command’s Operation...
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New US Space Force Strategy Outlines Criteria For Commercial Adoption
General B. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations of the United States Space Force speaking at Space Symposium 2024. Photo: Space Foundation COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The U.S. Space Force on...
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US Space Systems Command RFPs are Imminent for Two New Satcom Programs
The AEHF-4 and AEHF-5 satellites. Photo by Lockheed Martin COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—U.S. Space Systems Command will shortly release request for proposals (RFPs) for two new programs, Evolved Strategic...
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Millennium Space Systems Nabs $414M SDA Award for FOO Fighter Satellites
Concept of Millennium’s FOO Fighter constellation. Image: Millennium Space Systems The Space Development Agency (SDA) on Tuesday awarded a potential $414 million contract to Boeing’s Millennium Space...
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DARPA Selects Northrop Grumman, Umbra for Phase II of DRIFT Program
An Umbra SAR image of Crater Lake, Oregon. Photo: Umbra Northrop Grumman and Umbra have been awarded small contracts by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to continue to the second...
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Intelligence, Operating Entities Need to Shed ‘NOFORN’ Mindset, Space...
Lt. Gen. David Miller, commander, U.S. Space Operations Command, addresses the 2024 GEOINT Conference in Kissimmee, Fla. Photo: USGIF KISSIMMEE, Fla. — U.S. history shows the country does not go to war...
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Starfish Space to Conduct On-Orbit Docking and Maneuver With National...
A Starfish Space Otter space vehicle in GEO. Photo: Starfish Space U.S. Space Systems Command (SSC) on Monday said it has awarded Starfish Space a $37.5 million contract in which the company’s Otter...
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iDirect Gov Nabs DIU Contract to Mitigate 5G Interference With Satellite...
Photo: Via Satellite archive The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on May 21 said it awarded a contract to iDirect Government to prototype the company’s technology to mitigate signal interference by 5G...
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Rocket Lab in Line for $24M Federal Investment to Increase Space-Grade Solar...
Rocket Lab solar cells. Photo: Rocket Lab The Biden administration on Tuesday said it has reached a preliminary agreement with Rocket Lab to provide $23.9 million in federal investment to increase...
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Apex Ready to Increase Satellite Bus Production With $95M Funding Round
Apex co-founders: CEO Ian Cinnamon, left, and CTO Max Benassi, right. Photo: Apex Satellite developer and manufacturer Apex on Wednesday said it has closed a $95 million funding round that will allow...
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Space Force Adds Blue Origin and Stoke Space to OSP-4 Launch Contract
Blue Origin’s New Glenn vehicle rolled out and upended for the first time in February 2024 to undergo a series of tanking and mechanical system tests. Photo: Blue Origin The U.S. Space Force’s Space...
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Government is Behind in Creating a Program of Record for Commercial Satellite...
A depiction of an Iceye SAR satellite taking an image through the fire and smoke of wildfires. Credit: Iceye Commercial satellite radar providers are ready to meet the operational needs of U.S....
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