Mark Clampin, NASA’s astrophysics director, revealed on Friday that he is looking into spending cuts for the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope. At the National Academies’ Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Clampin said he expects that the fiscal year 2024 budget will remain at 2023 levels due to the Fiscal Responsibility Act […]
The U.S. Space Force is looking at technologies for its guardians’ virtual and remote training, which needs to be more realistic and immersive than before, according to a SpaceNews report. Maj. Gen. Shawn Bratton, former Space Training and Readiness Command head, said the first challenge is explaining the space domain to trainees who have not […]
The U.S. Space Force is working to expand its collaboration with foreign allies to include space-related development and acquisition programs. Currently, the U.S. government’s partnerships with allied nations focus on intelligence sharing and data exchange. At a Payload-hosted webinar, Deanna Ryals, director of the Space Systems Command’s International Affairs Office, highlighted the importance of expanding […]
The U.S. Space Force is seeking proposals for a Colorado-based Tools Application and Processing laboratory that would host space domain awareness projects. According to the Space Systems Command, Project Apollo proposals should focus on space launch custody, object identification, and decision-making support. Some of the solutions SSC is looking for are space launch detection data, […]
Communications & Power Industries’ Antenna Technologies division has received a $30 million-plus subcontract from Peraton to provide Earth station antennas for NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program. CPI will provide three gateway antenna systems for the SCaN Lunar Exploration Ground Sites projects. The antennas, measuring 20 meters in diameter each and operating in the X […]
California-based startup Vector Atomic and Honeywell Aerospace have developed an atomic sensor that takes navigation measurements without using GPS. Funded by the Defense Innovation Unit, the sensor was delivered in August and is planned to be deployed into orbit, SpaceNews reported. DIU awarded Vector Atomic a $10 million contract in 2020 to produce an atomic […]
The National Reconnaissance Office is expanding its constellation of satellites providing imaging and signals intelligence amid increasing threats from adversaries. In an interview with the Mitchell Institute, Space Force Maj. Gen. Christopher Povak, the NRO’s deputy director, said the new satellites will come in various sizes and will be deployed across diverse orbits to improve […]
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Rapid Capabilities Office has chosen six companies to join the 2023 iteration of Hyperspace Challenge, a business accelerator directed by Central New Mexico Community College-owned nonprofit CNM Ingenuity and the Air Force Research Laboratory. Hyperspace Challenge’s 2023 program cohort comprises Dawn Aerospace, High Earth Orbit Robotics, Lexset .ai, Magdrive’s Harwell […]
The U.S. Space Force has reached a milestone in consolidating space missions across the military services by assuming official control of the Joint Tactical Ground Station missile warning system from the U.S. Army. JTAGS are ground-based systems located in Italy, Qatar, South Korea and Japan that warn soldiers about ballistic missile launches. The systems are […]
LMI will deliver a modeling and simulation toolkit for space warfighting missions under a five-year, $98 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase III contract from the U.S. Air Force. LMI will provide its Rapid Analysis and Prototyping Toolkit for Resiliency to support the Space Security and Defense Program, which focuses on creating a resilient national […]
