Iris Lan has been named general counsel at NASA, succeeding Sumara Thompson-King, who retired in December. FedScoop reported that Lan previously served as an associate deputy attorney general at the Department of Justice, exercising responsibility over 93 United States attorneys. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the agency’s team of attorneys and paralegals is critical to […]
The Space Systems Command’s new facility in Chantilly, Virginia, shows the critical role played by commercial space technologies in maintaining a competitive edge in modern warfare and national security, SSC head Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein said during the facility’s opening on Tuesday. Breaking Defense reported that the new office and conference center, which has been […]
NASA has awarded Texas-based Osi Vision a potential five-year, $60 million contract to support and develop courses for the agency’s Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership Knowledge Services. The contract, awarded through the Technical Workforce Education and Expertise Development Services program, has a one-year base and four one-year and one six-month option periods. Besides course […]
The Space Development Agency is asking commercial firms to provide input regarding technologies that could be integrated into the Tranche 2 Demonstration and Experimentation System, a set of roughly 20 testbed satellites for future capabilities. T2DES is part of the Transport Layer, a planned 216-satellite constellation meant to facilitate soldier communications and data transmission. The […]
The Department of the Air Force has chosen Patrick Space Force Base as its preferred location for two U.S. Space Force components that oversee guardian training and education and warfighting doctrine and tactics. The Space Training and Readiness Command and Space Delta 10 will join Space Launch Delta 45 at the Patrick Space Force Base. […]
The Department of Defense is working with SpaceX to deliver communications services to Ukraine using the Starlink satellite constellation. The cost and other details of the effort remain classified to maintain operational security. SpaceX, which has provided Starlink access in Ukraine since 2022, has expressed concern about the use of the network to facilitate combat […]
The Space Systems Command is conducting market research to identify potential sources of a spacecraft bus for military weather satellites and support services for integrating a weather sensor. A request for information was posted as the SSC determines whether it will acquire more satellites under its Electro-Optical/Infrared Weather Systems program. In 2022, the U.S. Space […]
NASA has issued a request for proposals for a potential lunar terrain vehicle-as-a-service for exploration missions under the Artemis program. According to the RFP, astronauts will use the LTV to explore the southern polar region of the moon. The vehicle must be able to support manned and unmanned activities akin to the Curiosity and Perseverance […]
The North American Aerospace Defense Command and the U.S. Space Force have awarded Jacobs a contract to provide digital capabilities, products and tools in support of their digital transformation. Under the contract, Jacobs’ Critical Missions Solutions teams demonstrated how the company’s data solutions enable the transition from legacy systems and showed their ability to convert […]
Northrop Grumman has completed a critical design review for the Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability, a planned domain awareness system for the U.S. Space Force. Pablo Pezzimenti, vice president of integrated national systems at Northrop, said the program will advance toward subsystem factory acceptance testing. He explained that DARC will be available across all weather conditions […]
