An amendment to the House Armed Services Committee’s version of the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill would enable the U.S. Space Force to charge companies for using military launch facilities. Introduced by Rep. Salud Carbajal, the provision would compel firms to pay the service branch for overhead infrastructure and other indirect costs that a […]
The House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Military Personnel seeks to streamline the personnel management structure of the U.S. Space Force by establishing a single system covering full and part-time guardians. Such part-timers would take the place of a reserve component. The structure is detailed in the HASC military personnel subcommittee’s version of the 2024 […]
L3Harris Technologies has selected Numerica to deliver space-based sensor data fusion and support for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program. Numerica will optimize its distributed sensor fusion and target tracking technology to fit with the L3Harris T1TL constellation. The Numerica solution was developed to support various air and missile defense applications and […]
The Space Development Agency said two missile-warning satellites deployed in April have transmitted the first infrared images they captured using wide-field-of-view sensors. SpaceX built the satellites for the SDA’s 28-satellite Tranche 0 constellation, which is part of the agency’s planned Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture designed to speed up data transmission and enhance U.S. defense against […]
The Department of Defense will provide Canada with real-time satellite and sensor data to support wildfire identification and response efforts. Adam Hodge, a spokesperson for the U.S. National Security Council, stated that DOD analysts will share that information as part of an agreement between U.S. and Canadian fire authorities. Hodge added that the White House […]
Lt. Gen. John Shaw, U.S. Space Command deputy commander, said his organization is working to achieve a sustainable, safe and secure space domain, which is now in the “Third Space Age.” Speaking at the 5th Summit for Space Sustainability hosted by the Secure World Foundation, Shaw highlighted the need to accelerate approaches to sustainability and […]
The U.S. Space Force has extended by another year the three contracts it awarded to Palantir amounting to $110.3 million to provide the agency with data-as-a-service capabilities to include cloud-based solutions for data management, analytics and other data-related capabilities. Palantir has provided cloud platform and analytics services to the Space Force since 2021 under the […]
NASA has selected seven companies to advance key commercial space-related missions under the Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities-2 initiative. Under CCSC-2, Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, Sierra Space, SpaceX, Special Aerospace Services, ThinkOrbital and Vast Space will execute their respective missions. They will work on commercial space transportation, autonomy and robotics, low-Earth orbit ecosystems and infrastructure, […]
NASA has awarded a Group Achievement Award to the Raytheon Technologies team that contributed to the development of the James Webb Space Telescope Flight Operations Subsystem, which started operating on Dec. 25, 2022. The subsystem enables command and control, telemetry analysis, ground contact scheduling, observation plan management, and data retrieval for astronomers and the scientific […]
The University of Colorado Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics will build a cubesat for NASA to support the James Webb Space Telescope’s exploration of exoplanet atmospheres. LASP will develop the satellite under the space agency’s mission, titled “Monitoring Activity from Nearby Stars with UV Imaging and Spectroscopy,” to observe and measure the ultraviolet […]
