Umbra to Support NASA’s Earth Sciences Mission Through SAR Data Delivery

Space radar technology provider Umbra announced that it has secured a spot on NASA’s five-year Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition Program indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Under the IDIQ, NASA will acquire Umbra Synthetic Aperture Radar data to support the NASA Science Mission Directorate’s Earth Sciences Division. Umbra SAR satellites generate high-resolution images regardless of weather conditions and time, […]
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Booz Allen Lands $630M Space Force Contract to Integrate Missile Warning System

McLean, Virginia-based Booz Allen Hamilton announced that it will support space-based missile warning, surveillance and environmental monitoring activities for the  U.S. Space Force as part of a seven-year, $630 million contract awarded by the service branch.  Work will include engineering space sensing systems and integrating the $14.4 billion Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program, Booz […]
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Seven Companies Named to NASA Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Contract

Seven companies have won spots on a potential 66-month, $476 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity NASA contract to deliver Earth observation data and related services. The Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition program is meant to support Earth science research and application efforts, NASA said Monday. It is intended to be a cost-effective way to complement observations collected by the […]
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SSC Awards Lockheed Martin Missile Warning Data Exploitation Contract

Lockheed Martin has secured a four-year, $5.4 million U.S. Space Systems Command contract to build a platform that can relay critical data to warfighters. Under the Overhead Persistent Infrared Data Exploitation Technology Transition I Typing and Characterization Algorithm contract, Lockheed will work with SSC’s Tools Applications Processing Laboratory to improve missile warning data relay capabilities, […]
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General Atomics to Produce Optical Terminals for SDA Laser Communications Test

San Diego-based General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems has secured a $14.2 million Space Development Agency contract to deliver two optical communications terminals integrated into two half-ESPA GA-75 satellite buses. Scheduled to be delivered by December 2024, the spacecraft will be used to test satellite-to-satellite laser communications in degraded environments, SpaceNews reported Friday. GA-EMS won the contract […]
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Four Small Explorer NASA Missions Sellected to Study Sun-Earth Relationships

NASA announced that it has chosen four small explorer missions for concept studies on Sun- Earth relationships through investigations of solar phenomena, such as coronal mass ejections, auroras and solar wind.  According to Nicky Fox, NASA associate science administrator, the four studies were selected because they complement the agency’s current mission fleet and offer the […]
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