Lt. Gen. John Shaw, deputy commander of the U.S. Space Command, said the military’s Joint All Domain Command and Control strategy should factor in the needs of space operators and not just focus on sharing multi-sensor data to land-, sea- and air-based shooters. Shaw told attendees at a National Security Space Association event that space […]
The Space Force announced that it has entered into a three-year agreement to allow U.S. allies to test the service’s new anti-spoofing and anti-jamming capabilities. The encrypted M-Code programming language was designed to serve as a highly accurate signal, providing more resilient Global Positioning System access to warfighters, C4ISRNET said Thursday. Canada, France, Germany, the […]
The Air Force has awarded MemComputing a Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract to provide a high-performance computing solution for the Air Force Research Laboratory. AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate has a requirement for technology that can optimize the processing of satellite imagery to track airborne moving target indications, MemComputing said Thursday. The laboratory, in […]
The U.S. Space Force is set to launch the fifth Space Based Infrared System satellite on May 17 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. The SBIRS GEO-5 satellite was built by Lockheed Martin in December and was sent to Cape Canaveral, Florida, last week ahead of its launch. Lockheed touted SBIRS GEO-5 as […]
Rep. Mike Rogers, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said the Space Force is making progress in its establishment of an acquisition office as directed by Congress. Rogers said the Space Force has recruited space procurement veteran Ellen Pawlikowski to help establish the acquisition office, SpaceNews reported Monday. Pawlikowski is a retired four-star general […]
Bluestaq, a technology firm headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, has received a contract worth $280 million from the U.S. Space Force in support of the Unified Data Library project. Under the contract, Bluestaq, which focuses on data management systems, data analytics and software, is tasked to expand the library of space objects that enable data […]
LinQuest has secured a $200 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide services in support of U.S. Space Force directorates and offices in the Colorado Springs area. Under the terms of the Operations Capability II Space Force contract, LinQuest will support the service’s inspector general and test and evaluation offices, as well as the Operations and Communications […]
The Government Accountability Office announced that it will conduct a review of the Air Force’s decision-making process for transferring U.S. Space Command’s headquarters from Colorado to Alabama. GAO’s move was in response to a request by Rep. Doug Lamborn in February. In a letter to GAO, Lamborn said the Air Force’s decision to move the […]
NASA has been added to the White House National Climate Task Force, which consists of cabinet leaders and senior administration officials tasked with mobilizing the Biden administration’s governmentwide approach to climate change. As a member of the task force, NASA brings expertise in observing and understanding environmental changes to Earth. Data collected from NASA satellites […]
A decommissioned satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has broken up in orbit. According to the Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron, the NOAA-17 satellite, which was operational from 2002 to 2013, broke up on March 18. There are no indications a collision caused the breakup, the 18th SPCS added. The squadron […]
