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May 28, 2020
USAF Prime Contract to Masten Space to Support U.S. Special Operations Forces
Masten will conduct a feasibility study to produce an initial design for a rocket-powered landing craft, named XERMES...
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May 26, 2020
Satellite System for the USAF Missile Warning System Completes Crucial PDR
The NGG program is developing two infrared mission payloads in a...
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Raytheon Intelligence & Space Announces Successful Sensor Design Payload PDR for U.S. Space Force Missile Warning Program
Following PDR, RI&S is focusing on manufacturing hardware and building...
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May 25, 2020
In Their Honor ... Lest We Forget
In honor of Memorial Day ... remembering those fallen.
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The Preliminary Design Reviews Successfully Completed for SMC's NGG Program
The NGG program is developing two infrared mission payloads in a competitive, parallel development effort to mitigate...
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May 21, 2020
HawkEye 360's Two Notable New Advisory Board Members
Two notable names are now on the HawkEye 360 Advisory Board,Terry McAuliffe, former Governor of Virginia, and Chris Inglis, former Deputy ...
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Most Satellite Operators Fail To Follow Space Debris Rules: NASA
Fewer than half of global space operators comply with the current 25-year deadline for disposal of dead satellites, contributing to the ever-growing ...
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Northrop Grumman's $2.4 Billion Contract for Two Missile Defense Satellites
Meanwhile, Lockheed is developing the three geosynchronous Next Gen OPIR space vehicles. That company was awarded $2.9 billion in August 2018 ...
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U.S. Space Command Finalizes Their Campaign Plan for Defeating Adversaries
By signing the command’s campaign plan, Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, USSPACECOM commander and U.S. Space Force Chief of Space...
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U.S. Space Command Issues First Formal Order to Execute Multinational Space Ops
The purpose of OOD is to strengthen allies’ abilities to deter hostile acts in...
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HawkEye 360 Reveals Iranian Tankers Evading Sanctions
HawkEye 360’s commercial RF signal data can identify vessels even when...
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May 20, 2020
U.S. Space Command and Peru Sign SSA Agreement
The data sharing agreement demonstrates the growing importance of safety...
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May 19, 2020
Smallsat Utility Project for Militaries Contracted to Kleos Space
The MSMU Project aims to develop a blueprint for a Multinational Heterogeneous Space Enterprise (ISR Enterprise)...
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Helical L-Band Antenna Created by Roccor for Space Demo of Link 16 Networks
The project is in partnership with Viasat, Inc. and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate...
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May 18, 2020
Space Development Agency Posts Draft RFP Seeking Industry Feedback on Tracking Tranche 0
Tracking Tranche 0 is expected to consist of approximately 8-10 satellites...
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Antenna Development Project Assigned to Isotropic Systems by U.S. Defense Innovation Unit
As the U.S. Navy expands the size and communications capabilities of its....
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Despite Numerous Challenges, the Weather System Follow-on Microwave Program Passes Two Milestones
It's not easy to be able to conduct critical scientific design reviews while observing the health and safety rules of the COVID-19, but both elements ...
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May 17, 2020
U.S. Militaries Create Hand-Held Ventilator, Masks and More Using 3D Printers
Due to its size and portability, the ventilator may also be ideal for soldiers in...
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U.S. Space Force Leaders Observe COVID-19 Responses at Vandenberg AFB
... on specific efforts to mitigate the virus, challenges and successes throughout the pandemic response, and a way forward for the entire installation.
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Hack-A-Sat Going Digital
During the final, participants will be challenged to reverse-engineer ...
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Success as ULA's Atlas V 501 Rocket Carries U.S. Space Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle
“We are honored to partner with the U.S. Space Force and Air Force to recognize healthcare workers, first responders and other essential ...
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Statement from U.S. Space Force Regarding ULA's Successful Launch of the USSF-7 Mission
“The success of this mission resulted from collaboration with our customer while working through challenging, and ever changing, health and safety conditions,”
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Statement from U.S.A.F. Space and Missile Systems Center Regarding Launch of USSF-7 Mission
“Launching USSF-7 is just the latest example of the big things the Department of Defense continues to accomplish every day in defense of our nation during ...
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Army General to Co-Lead 'Operation Warp Speed' for COVID-19 Vaccine
"Winning matters, and we will deliver by the end of this year a vaccine at scale to treat the American people and our partners abroad."
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May 14, 2020
ENENSYS' New BaseBand Frame Output for the TeamCast Neptune Satellite Demodulator
... TeamCast Neptune can be used in any professional TV contribution and distribution system as well as any V-SAT IP data communication.
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Strategic Space Technologies Agreement Signed by Gilmour Space with the Australian Defense Science Technology Group
The new partnership between Defence Science and Technology and Gilmour Space will research...
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May 13, 2020
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' USAF $4.9 Million AFSCN Contract
Kratos will supply the WANIF units, based on a highly modular and scalable...
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DARPA Set to Launch First Blackjack Satellite Later This Year
“We need to show the constellations can move the right amount of data and support the data fusion and command and control we want from Pit Boss...”
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Innoflight to Develop Space Node Processor for U.S. Space Force
Innoflight’s prototype complements its mature ECU-400 space mesh...
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SpaceX Could Fill the U.S. Military’s Arctic Communications Gap by the End of This Year
“Very simple things become hard when you’re in the Arctic, not the least of which is communication. When you are above about 65 degrees north, ...
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May 11, 2020
U.S. Army Assigns Contract to FLIR Systems for the Black Hornet™ Nano-UAV
Extremely light, nearly silent, and with a flight time up to 25 minutes, the...
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May 10, 2020
VOX Space Missions to Now Occur from Andersen AFB in Guam
Due to Guam’s low latitude and clear launch trajectories in almost all...
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Novel ISR Capability for Ops in Denied Communications Environments Demo'd by Lockheed Martin Skunk Works
The autonomous ISR system, integrated into an F-16 through a Lockheed Martin-developed pod solution...
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Next X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Scheduled to Launch
"The X-37B continues to break barriers in advancing reusable space vehicle technologies and is a significant investment in advancing future space capabilities."
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United Launch Alliance to launch USSF-7
The #X37B team exemplifies the lean, agile and forward-leaning #space technology development that our @SpaceForceDoD, @usairforce & all of our ...
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May 8, 2020
Iran has Put its First Military Satellite into Orbit. Why now?
So why now? 2020 will go down as one of the worst years in the short history of the Islamic Republic.
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May 7, 2020
U.S. Space Force Unveils The Organization's First Recruitment Ad
The recruiting ad was only one of many topics Barrett and Raymond...
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May 6, 2020
Russia's Arktika-M Remote Sensing Satellite Scheduled to Launch by Year's End
The Arktika-M remote-sensing and emergency communications satellites is...
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Safeguarding U.S. Space Critical Infrastructure from Cyberattacks the Goal of ManTech's Space Range
... space is a war zone. In a world where hostile nation states work around-the-clock to compromise networks and infrastructure, Space Range fills ...
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U.S.Air Force Academy's FalconSAT-8 Smallsat to be Launched via the U.S.A.F's X-37B Spaceplane
FalconSAT-8 is the Academy’s capstone undergraduate systems engineering...
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May 5, 2020
Roeder: Colorado Springs Consultant Helps Space Force Avoid Air Force Pitfalls
But, he said, leaders must avoid buying “exquisite” machines that rely on technologies that aren’t proven.
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New Solution for Mission Critical Apps Launched by Inmarsat and Cobham
The solution provides real-time data transfer and PTT communications to...
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US Air Force Identifying and Providing Support to the Space Industrial Base
While Air Force officials recognize major suppliers and “prime” companies...
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May 4, 2020
CORRECTED: New Orders for Lite Coms VSAT Terminals
The Carbon Fiber antenna was selected for performance and small, total...
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Eighth Order for Collins Aerospace from U.S. Army for Ground Radios
The Collins Aerospace AN/PRC-162 brings better performance to the...
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This STORM is now MIL-STD-810H Certified...
Developed with CopaSAT’s unconventional warfare customers in mind, the...
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May 3, 2020
ThinKom Goes Thin and Low Proving Antenna Interoperability on Ku-Band LEO Satellite Constellation
The 2Ku terminal demonstrated rapid acquisition and tracking of LEO satellites and ...connectivity over all operationally relevant elevation angles.
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May 1, 2020
Smiths Interconnect’s KaStream® 5000 MK II Antenna Connects with Inmarsat Global Xpress' Approval
Tail-mount antenna system delivers commercial and military Ka-band coverage for Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
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