Venturi Space's Toulouse facility will support the development of components and technologies for future rovers intended to operate on the Moon and Mars.

Viasat is providing engineering support, terminal hardware, and structural integration data for the NOAA C-130J program.

Lockheed Martin selected Viasat to provide high-bandwidth satellite communications technology for NOAA’s next-generation fleet of C-130J Hercules "Hurricane Hunter" aircraft.

The modular antenna baseplate architecture on the NOAA C-130J aircraft is designed to allow future upgrades without structural rework.

Hundreds of C-130J aircraft have been delivered and certified by 20 airworthiness authorities for multi-mission global operations.

The prime contract for NOAA’s C-130J aircraft includes options for additional aircraft beyond the initial two.

NOAA’s current application for the C-130J fleet focuses on Ku-band connectivity.

NOAA’s next-generation C-130J aircraft are scheduled to enter operational service by 2030 and replace legacy platforms.

Viasat is supporting the initial delivery of two specially modified C-130J aircraft under a subcontract through its Communication Services segment.

The modular antenna baseplate architecture on the NOAA C-130J aircraft is intended to support additional frequency bands and multiple satellite constellations in the future.

The NOAA C-130J program is the first formal line-fit integration of Viasat’s Hybrid SATCOM Approach technology onto the C-130J platform.

The NOAA C-130J configuration integrates an ARINC 791/792-compliant antenna baseplate with Viasat’s Ku/Ka broadband antenna system.

Leo Vulcan 1 is the first of 38 Vulcan missions that Amazon has under contract with United Launch Alliance for Project Kuiper deployment.

Amazon is building Project Kuiper as a constellation of thousands of satellites to provide global broadband connectivity.

Project Kuiper is one of United Launch Alliance’s main commercial opportunities in the coming years.

United Launch Alliance developed Vulcan to replace the Atlas V and Delta IV launch vehicle families.

Amazon has completed integration of the first LEO-optimized Centaur upper stage with the Vulcan launch vehicle inside its dedicated Vertical Integration Facility A.

The New Glenn pad explosion took Space Launch Complex 36 out of service for roughly a year, according to early industry assessments.

The Space Development Agency bought hundreds of small satellites from competing vendors on two-year spiral cycles and avoided locking in a single prime contractor.

The Space Force intends the Space Data Network to be an open architecture with multiple participants over time.

The Space Force describes the SDA Transport Layer as an enclave within the Space Data Network.

The Space Development Agency was established in 2019 by then Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Mike Griffin.

The Operationally Responsive Space Office was established at Kirtland in 2007 to pursue fast, cheap, multi-vendor tactical space.

The Space Development Agency was created to prevent any single contractor from owning the LEO defense layer.

The Space Force describes the Space Data Network Backbone award as a firm-fixed-price OTA delivery order with an operational prototype due by the end of 2027.

The Space Force has stated that SpaceX will not be the sole supplier for the Air Moving Target Indicator constellation.

Terran Orbital and Blue Canyon scaled through Space Development Agency bus-supplier work before being absorbed into Lockheed Martin and RTX, respectively.

The U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX a $2.29 billion Other Transaction Authority contract on May 26 to build the Space Data Network Backbone on the Starshield platform.

The Space Development Agency’s Tranche 3 Tracking Layer includes $1.1 billion of Lockheed Martin work and $764 million of Northrop Grumman work.

The Space Force has said that an IDIQ pool exists for Air Moving Target Indicator follow-on work.

The House Armed Services Committee’s mark folds the Space Development Agency and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office into the Space Force acquisition structure established under Secretary Hegseth’s 2025 reforms.

Gurpartap Sandhoo was named Space Development Agency director on May 19 and was also given the Space Force’s portfolio acquisition role for missile warning and tracking.

The Space Development Agency’s Tranches 0, 1, and 2 awarded work to York Space Systems, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rocket Lab, L3Harris, and Sierra Space.

Blue Origin’s NG-4 exploded during a static fire test at Space Launch Complex 36 on May 28.

The Operationally Responsive Space Office was folded into the Space and Missile Systems Center in 2013.

The U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX a $4.16 billion contract on May 29 for the Air Moving Target Indicator constellation on Starshield.

The Space Launch Complex 36 explosion severely damaged the only commercial heavy-lift pad outside SpaceX’s certified inventory available to absorb the NSSL Phase 3 manifest.

The Space Force’s fiscal 2027 budget unfunded Tranche 3 Transport Layer and rolled its requirements into the new Space Data Network program.

The fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act chairman’s mark would dissolve the Space Development Agency and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office as standalone organizations.

The Space Rapid Capabilities Office was renamed from the Operationally Responsive Space Office in 2018.

NASA requested that Axiom Space install its Payload, Power, and Thermal Module in early 2027 and Hab One approximately nine months later.

NASA’s March 2026 Ignition policy calls for a government-owned core module with two docking ports to be attached to the International Space Station.

NASA unveiled an Ignition proposal in March 2026 that would have the agency procure a government-owned core module with two docking ports for attachment to the International Space Station.

NASA’s Ignition proposal would require commercial station developers to dock their modules to a government-owned core module rather than build standalone free-flying stations.

Axiom Space holds a NASA firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract awarded on February 28, 2020 with a maximum potential value of $140 million to attach a habitable commercial module to the International Space Station.

NASA’s Ignition framework requires commercial station developers to dock their modules to a government-owned core module rather than build standalone stations.

Axiom Space’s two-module station is expected to undock and become a free-flying station by early 2028.

Vast, Starlab, and Orbital Reef have been building toward independent free-flying station architectures.

Axiom Space’s two-module station would undock and become a free-flying station by early 2028.

Axiom Space is the only Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destination competitor with an active NASA contract to attach a commercial module directly to the International Space Station.