The Space Force Commercial Satellite Communications Office has added Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements to a proposed COMSATCOM contract first announced in December. As per an updated notice issued by the CSCO, contractors selected for the Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network and Global Xpress contract must achieve CMMC Level 3 certification. The contract requires compliance […]
NASA has awarded static memory maker GSI Technology with a Phase 1 contract to help develop a real-time data sorting inference processing unit board for Earth observation missions. Work will be done in collaboration with prime contractor Space Micro, a supplier of ruggedized electronics for space and military applications, GSI said Tuesday. GSI explained that […]
L3Harris Technologies and Raytheon Technologies have been tasked by NASA to work on the Geostationary and Extended Orbits Imager Phase A study contracts, each amounting to $6 million. Under their agreement with NASA, Indiana-based L3Harris and California-based Raytheon will provide services to help meet the objectives of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s GEO-XO program. […]
The Federal Communications Commission has shared a proposal aimed at improving access to spectrum that the space industry needs for rocket launches. Despite the recent successes in the sector, the regulatory framework that space launches rely on is outdated, FCC acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a press release. “With today’s proposal the U.S. is […]
An officer from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force will be assigned at the U.S. Space Command headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado, according to a new agreement between the U.S. Space Command and Japan. USSPACECOM and Japan signed the agreement on April 1 to increase collaboration on space security. The new deal is […]
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin received his first high-level briefing on space issues during a meeting attended by senior officials from the U.S. Space Force, the U.S. Space Command and the National Reconnaissance Office. The briefing, which was led by John Hill, acting assistant secretary of defense for space policy, informed Austin of the Department of […]
Amazon Web Services has launched a space accelerator program that will help startups solve challenges faced by the space industry. The new Space Accelerator program comes as more startups use AWS in developing innovative technologies for new experimentations related to space. As part of the program, AWS entered into a partnership agreement with Seraphim Capital, […]
Jacobs has partnered with NASA to develop the trajectory plan for the Artemis I mission, an uncrewed test flight expected to launch in November. The team used a trajectory design and optimization computer code called Copernicus to map out trajectories for both crewed and uncrewed missions to the Moon, Mars and other destinations, Jacobs said […]
The Space Force Commercial Satellite Communications Office has issued a request for information to learn more about current and planned proliferated low Earth orbit COMSATCOM systems. Details obtained through the RFI are expected to inform the government’s approach to procuring broadband services from operators of low-orbit satellites. The service branch traditionally purchased satellite-based communications services […]
OneWeb announced that TrustComm, a satellite communications application company, has become its distribution partner for defense customers. Under the terms of a memorandum of understanding, TrustComm will help deliver OneWeb’s beyond-line-of-sight communication services, with an initial focus on the northern latitudes. The partnership will help provide low Earth orbit-based connectivity for government customers and their […]
