The U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command has selected SciTec to provide data processing applications that will support the service’s missile-warning mission under the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution program. SciTec was awarded a $272 million contract after its participation in a Space Enterprise Consortium prototype competition. Work under the contract includes delivering operational software […]
The Department of Commerce has awarded space situational awareness services provider LeoLabs a contract for data and services delivery. LeoLabs will provide tracking and conjunction alert data products, including real-time and archived data sets, for resident space objects. The agency will use the contractor’s solutions to support the testing and evaluation of a prototype Space […]
Teledyne Brown Engineering has secured a potential eight-year, $596.5 million prime contracting opportunity to support the International Space Station. Under the Marshall Operations, Systems, Services and Integration II contract, Teledyne Brown Engineering will continue supporting mission operations and ground systems development for the ISS. Support services to be provided would cover management, personnel, supplies and […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has received the first Blackjack satellite bus from Blue Canyon Technologies. Under a $14.1 million contract awarded in 2020, the company is required to deliver 10 Saturn-class satellite buses that can support up to 200 kilograms of payloads. According to BCT, its buses have advanced electric propulsion and radio […]
Amentum has secured a $59 million contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Launch Delta 30 to provide management, science and engineering services on launch systems used by government and commercial entities to fly rockets, missiles and satellite payloads. The contract entails managing unconventional fuels such as hypergolic, cryogenic and pneumatic commodities; providing personnel protective […]
NASA has selected SiFive to provide the main central processing unit for the next-generation High-Performance Spaceflight Computing processor. The company will supply five RISC-V cores, including the Intelligence X280 RISC-V vector core, to enable computational capability superior to existing space computers. Boosting computing performance will open new opportunities for autonomous rovers, vision processing, spaceflight, guidance […]
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Saber Astronautics a $540,000 tactical funding increase to continue developing a space awareness tool for satellite operators. Saber Astronautics will use the funding to add new features to its Space Cockpit software tool. Specifically, the company will upgrade the orbit propagation algorithms, which will support cislunar spaceflight beyond Earth […]
Ball Aerospace & Technology will supply the laser prestabilization system for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna laser assembly under an $11.9 million contract from NASA. The product will be among the space agency’s contributions to the LISA mission, which aims to detect and study gravitational waves emanating from spacetime distortions to discover other parts of […]
The Clear Space Force Station in Alaska will host a gateway site that will be built to support the operations of two payloads that will be deployed in 2023 to highly elliptical orbits. The satellite communications office within the Space Systems Command marked the beginning of the teleport’s construction with a groundbreaking ceremony earlier this […]
SpaceX has secured a $1.44 billion NASA contract modification to continue providing crew transport services. The contract is for the aerospace company’s Crew 10 to Crew 14 flights, which will bring astronauts to the International Space Station. SpaceX will also provide necessary launch services, including ground support, in-orbit operations, return and recovery and cargo transportation. […]
