The U.S. Navy plays a crucial role in the space industry through Naval Space Command (NAVSPACECOM). NAVSPACECOM is tasked with developing space capabilities to provide the Navy with global communications, targeting, and reconnaissance using space-based assets. They advocate for space-based capabilities and integrate them into maritime operations, working with partners like the U.S. Space Command to ensure maritime operations are supported by space assets. The Navy also has a history of contributing to manned spaceflight programs, including astronaut recovery and the development of satellite technology for navigation and communication.
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The LRHW weapon system is designed to launch the common hypersonic All Up Round provided by the U.S. Navy-managed Conventional Prompt Strike program.
X-Bow Systems received a $64,000,000 contract to supply large solid rocket motors to the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army.
Ursa Major announced a contract with the Naval Energetics Systems and Technologies (NEST) program on 2024-04-08 to develop and test a prototype solid rocket motor for the Navy’s Standard Missile program.
SpaceLogistics is equipping the Mission Robotics Vehicle with two robot arms designed by the Naval Research Laboratory with DARPA funding under an agreement with DARPA.
The servicing vehicle is equipped with a robot arm developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Naval Research Laboratory to connect a payload to a satellite’s launch adapter ring.
The Naval Research Laboratory will test the payload for compatibility with the NRL-designed robot arm.
Kayla Barron served on the ISS in 2021 to 2022 and previously served on submarines in the Navy.
The U.S. Navy awarded BAE Systems a contract worth approximately $86,000,000 to continue supporting MDC5ISR programs.
Planet Labs will supply satellite imagery to the U.S. Navy’s Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific for vessel detection and monitoring under a contract announced on 2024-03-05.
Matthew Stuart Dominick is an American US Navy test pilot and a NASA astronaut from the class of 2017 serving as Crew-8 commander.
The US Navy started construction on Johnston Island in the 1930s.
Viasat, Inc. completed the first ship installation for the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command under the Next Generation Wideband Follow-On 10-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract awarded to Inmarsat Government by the Defense Information Systems Agency on 2022-06-30.
Since emerging from stealth, Aalyria has received awards from and developed partnerships with the Defense Innovation Unit, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Comtech, the European Space Agency, Telesat, Intelsat, Airbus, and Rivada Space.
Transit was a satellite system developed by the US Navy to enable ballistic missile submarines to determine their position at sea.
Aalyria successfully demonstrated its software platform to manage a mesh network of communications satellites on 2023-12-07 at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C.
The 2023-12-07 demonstration at the Naval Research Laboratory was funded by the Defense Innovation Unit as part of a larger effort to create a multi-layered satellite architecture of different vendors and orbits.
The MUOS satellites were originally acquired by the U.S. Navy and are now operated by the U.S. Space Force.
Lockheed Martin has supported the Spanish Navy for more than 20 years by delivering systems for F-100 frigates, S-80 submarines, MH-60R helicopters and SH-60B helicopters.
China's maritime militia consists of hundreds of fishing boats that surround disputed islands and intimidate U.S. Navy warships.
Sidus Space expanded mission-critical hardware manufacturing with contracts supporting Airbus OneWeb Satellites, the NASA Mobile Launcher 2 program, and the U.S. Navy Propulsion Program.