The Department of Defense is partnering with a contractor to improve the production of space-qualified materials for solar cells. On Tuesday, the Pentagon announced that it tapped the expertise of semiconductor manufacturer 5N Plus to produce the solar cell materials under the Defense Production Act investment program. The contractor will produce germanium wafers and semiconductor […]
The United States Space Force hosted military space leaders from 17 other countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom, at the fourth annual Space Chiefs Forum in Colorado Springs on Thursday to discuss international collaboration and global space security. Gen. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations, a 2024 Wash100 awardee and […]
NASA has promoted three space professionals to its Jet Propulsion Laboratory, ensuring the facility has leaders capable of ensuring its success. JPL Deputy Associate Director Howard Eisen is taking on another role at the facility as its chief engineer, contributing his experience to ensure the success of missions and projects within the laboratory. Eisen has […]
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command has awarded True Anomaly a $30 million contract for the Victus Haze Tactically Responsive Space mission. The contract, awarded through the Emergent Need Small Business Innovation Research program and in collaboration with SpaceWERX, aims to develop innovative solutions for future TacRS operations, True Anomaly said. With True Anomaly […]
The Space Development Agency has welcomed a new partner to fulfill the data recording needs of the Tranche 2 Tracking Layer in support of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. On Wednesday, Mercury Systems received a $31 million contract to supply solid-state data recorders for L3Harris Technologies’ satellites that will form part of the program. L3Harris […]
BAE Systems has announced the launch of the Weather System Follow-on Microwave satellite that its newly acquired company, Ball Aerospace, earlier delivered to the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command. Sent into orbit via a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Thursday, the satellite will provide environmental monitoring data […]
NASA and Japan have significantly advanced their space partnership through a comprehensive new agreement focused on lunar exploration. The agreement signing, which took place at NASA Headquarters, was attended by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Japan’s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Masahito Moriyama and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency President Hiroshi Yamakawa, NASA said. […]
The U.S. Space Force has received a higher spending budget for fiscal year 2024 amid cost-cutting measures across the federal government. Steve Jordan Tomaszewski, senior director of national security space at the Aerospace Industries Association, said the Space Force budget reflects the government’s better understanding of the importance of space in protecting national security. For […]
Rocket Lab USA has secured a $14.49 million task order from the U.S. Space Force to launch the Space Test Program-30 mission from its Launch Complex 2. The Electron mission is part of the Space Systems Command’s Orbital Services Program-4 and will deliver various research experiments and technology demonstrations into orbit for the Department of […]
The Office of Space Commerce is planning to collaborate with other countries to establish a global, coordinated system of space situational awareness providers and regional hubs that deliver SSA information to spacecraft operators. According to Global Space Situational Awareness Coordination, a document distributed at the 39th Space Symposium, networks of international partnerships, including the commercial […]
