The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has announced that the SpaceWERX unit of its AFWERX division will hold its second Challenge Definition Workshop in June, which will open potential funding opportunities for collaborative projects on the workshop topic, “Sustained Space Maneuver.” The first workshop, held in July and focused on Tactically Responsive Space, culminated in […]
Lockheed Martin has awarded Terran Orbital a subcontract in support of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellite constellation. Under the contract, Terran Orbital will be responsible for building 18 advanced satellite buses that will house Lockheed’s wide field-of-view missile warning/missile tracking satellites and two missile defense satellites, Terran Orbital said. The satellites, […]
NASA has appointed David Salvagnini as chief artificial intelligence officer, expanding his existing responsibilities as the space agency’s chief data officer. In his new role, Salvagnini will be responsible for aligning the strategic vision and planning for AI usage within the agency and facilitating partnerships with academic institutions and other experts on the development of […]
Bechtel has announced the completion of the jacking and setting process for the Mobile Launcher 2 at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a critical step in designing, building and commissioning the new launcher. The Bechtel-NASA project team performed the maneuver by assembling and aligning 43 primary steel assemblies to form the mobile launcher […]
The Logistics Management Institute will deploy its Rapid Analysis and Prototyping Toolkit for Resiliency for data analytics and technical support across NASA under a potential five-year, $115 million blanket purchase agreement. Zaki Saleh, senior vice president of LMI health and civilian market and a 4×24 member, expressed the company’s pride in continuing a 44-year partnership […]
A bipartisan group of public officials expressed opposition to a report by the U.S. Air Force recommending putting all National Guard space units under the U.S. Space Force. In a letter sent by 85 bipartisan lawmakers on Monday, the group called on Congress to not abandon the idea that when an individual signs up for […]
The National Reconnaissance Office’s commercial space office is planning to launch a new contracting vehicle to procure various types of imagery from private remote-sensing companies. Currently, the NRO’s approach to acquiring imagery focuses on electro-optical, synthetic aperture radar, radio-frequency and hyperspectral data. Speaking at the GEOINT Symposium, Pete Muend, head of the NRO commercial space […]
Chirag Parikh, executive secretary of the National Space Council, said that the organization might soon sit down and talk about its role in protecting the United States’ interests in space. At the 2024 GEOINT Symposium held in Florida on Wednesday, Parikh said that the NSC has been working with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the […]
Viasat will install a terminal on a Loft Orbital spacecraft to demonstrate its Real-Time Space Relay service to NASA. The demonstration mission, slated for launch in fall 2025, will be performed under a $53 million contract awarded through NASA’s Communications Services Project, which aims to assess commercial satellite communications services and technologies that could replace […]
The Space Systems Command has announced the completion of factory confidence tests for its Enhanced Polar System-Recapitalization program payloads. According to U.S. Space Force Capt. Dale Hartley, EPS-R’s deputy brand chief, the test’s goal was to verify the payloads’ functionality and its hardware and software configurations, ensuring its readiness for transportation to the launch site, […]
