The U.S. Space Force has entered into cooperative research and development agreements on space capabilities with two Indian startups. The CRADAs are the United States’ first with foreign businesses and are part of White House efforts to collaborate with India on technology development, SpaceNews reported Thursday. The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory said the two […]
The U.S. Space Force has indicated that three programs will only be completed in 2024 instead of by the end of 2023. The announcement comes after Frank Calvelli, assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration, vowed in January to bring long-delayed Space Force efforts to completion within the year, DefenseNews reported. […]
Terran Orbital said it will deliver 36 additional satellite buses to Lockheed Martin, which the Space Development Agency selected to build satellites for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer Beta constellation. The SDA recently awarded Lockheed an $816 million contract to develop the satellites for the T2TL segment of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture the SDA […]
The U.S. Space Force plans to acquire resilient satellite communications for the military and national command authorities. Cordell DeLaPena Jr., program executive officer for military communications and position, navigation and timing at the Space Systems Command, said during the AFCEA Space Industry Days that the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications constellation would provide jam-resistant satcom capabilities […]
CACI International announced that it has secured a potential four-year, $150 million contract to continue providing the NASA Johnson Space Center with spaceflight systems, simulation and software support. Under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, CACI will provide crewed spacecraft systems engineering, virtual reality applications and simulation systems development and human spaceflight software. The company will also deliver […]
NASA has awarded San Antonio-based nonprofit organization Southwest Research Institute a $54.97 million delivery order for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s QuickSounder spacecraft. According to NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service, Southwest Research will provide spacecraft development, shipment, launch operations support, mission operations and spacecraft decommissioning. The nonprofit will also integrate NOAA’s […]
The U.S. Space Force is studying requirements for future spaceports amid a potential $1.3 billion in modernization funds for fiscal years 2024 to 2028. Brig. Gen. Kristin Panzenhagen, the Space Force’s program executive officer for assured access to space, said work is underway to define the capacity and pace of launch such facilities need to […]
The U.S. Space Force is investigating the potential of utilizing small satellites in geosynchronous orbits to improve military communications networks. The Space Force Commercial Satellite Communications Office issued a request for information on Oct. 18 about microGEO satellites, which are smaller and more affordable compared to traditional GEO satellites. According to the RFI, the Space […]
L3Harris Technologies announced that it has won two contracts valued at up to $134 million in support of the Department of Defense’s ground-based space surveillance and command centers. Secured under the U.S. Space Force’s Maintenance of Space Situational Awareness Integrated Capabilities program, one of the contracts calls for updating the Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance […]
The director of the Space Development Agency said York Space Systems has been awarded a $615 million-plus contract for 62 Tranche 2 Transport Layer data relay satellites. The T2TL will comprise 216 satellites comprising three variants, namely the Alpha, Beta and Gamma satellites. The Alpha satellites will carry optical inter-satellite crosslinks, a Ka-band communications downlink, […]
