Peter Beck, CEO of Rocket Lab USA, told SpaceNews in an interview that his company supported the two-track approach to the third phase of the National Security Space Launch program and said the resulting acquisition strategy is “what we were certainly promoting to occur.” Unlike Phase 2, solicitations for NSSL Phase 3 are expected to […]
The Space Development Agency has selected CesiumAstro to develop Link-16 compatible active electronically scanned array antennas for the agency’s low-Eath orbit satellite network called the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, formerly known as the National Defense Space Architecture. CesiumAstro will build the antennas under a $5 million contract award. According to the company, the antennas will […]
The U.S. Space Command plans to set up a new office for onboarding commercial products. According to a SPACECOM memorandum, the unified Common Integration Office will combine an office managed by Joint Task Force-Space Defense at Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado and another by the Combined Force Space Component Command based at the Vandenberg […]
The Department of Defense has provided more details about each of the five tenets of responsible behaviors in space previously outlined in a memorandum by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and formally adopted in an August 2022 policy directive. Austin, a Wash100 awardee, had instructed U.S. Space Command to come up with best practices for […]
Ball Aerospace has partnered with Modern Technology Solutions Inc. as a subcontractor to support work focused on providing scientific and technical intelligence to the U.S. Air Force’s National Air and Space Intelligence Center, Department of Defense and other national intelligence organizations. NASIC awarded MTSI an 11-year, $5 billion Novastar S&TI analytic capability support indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract […]
Raytheon Technologies has secured a $250 million contract to provide the Space Development Agency with a low-Earth orbit constellation of seven missile-tracking satellites and launch and ground operations support. The system will form a component of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, an interconnected space and ground network meant to serve the Department of Defense’s various missions. […]
NASA has developed a communications networking protocol for automatic information delivery that will be used for Artemis missions. The Delay Tolerant Networking protocol uses a “store-and-forward” process to ensure that information will be delivered regardless of signal difficulties. DTN would either forward data as it is received or store it for future transmission in case […]
The U.S. Space Force has awarded General Dynamics Information Technology an $18 million other transaction authority agreement for digital infrastructure services. GDIT will develop prototype digital infrastructure that enables secure file sharing and collaboration for government and industry partners. The company will also integrate a cloud capability so the Space Force will have a solution […]
Dawn Schaible is the new deputy director of NASA’s Glenn Research Center. She was appointed to the position in a permanent capacity after serving as the research center’s deputy director on an interim basis for eight months. Schaible shares with Glenn Research Center Director James Kenyon responsibility for planning, organizing and managing programs and projects, […]
The U.S. Space Force is taking steps to make its launch facilities more resilient against enemy attacks and other threats. Col. Mark Shoemaker, vice commander of operations at Space Launch Delta 45, said during the Space Force’s Space Mobility Conference that the service is analyzing and creating operational concepts to ensure that launch ranges can […]
