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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 MQ-9B supported U.S. Navy exercises 2023 including Northern Edge, Integrated Battle Problem, and Group Sail.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.2Dec 21, 2023Government of Canada orders the MQ-9B SkyGuardian RPAs from GA-ASI

NASA, the U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Command, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency are improving Earth-observation measurement location accuracy to the millimeter with new laser retroreflector arrays (LRAs).

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Dec 11, 2023NASA's Laser Reflecting Instruments to Enhance Precision in Earth Measurements

The 2023-11-15 test was executed in coordination with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) and the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB).

PlanCapabilityValue 3.0Nov 22, 2023NASA Wallops supports hypersonic rocket launches

ThayerMahan's maritime and undersea domain expertise includes experienced former US Navy submarine commanders, sonar operators, mine warfare specialists, and professional acoustics and software engineers.

CapabilityValue 1.5Nov 17, 2023ThayerMahan, Saab Australia Partner for Asia-Pacific Undersea Security

The multi-intelligence MQ-4C Triton uncrewed aerial system achieved a declaration of initial operating capability by the U.S. Navy on 2023-08-03.

CapabilityGovernancePlanValue 4.0Nov 16, 2023Australia’s 1st MQ-4C Triton UAS takes flight

Diana Lovati is a U.S. Navy veteran, having served five years as an information systems technician and manager.

GovernanceValue 2.0Nov 9, 2023True Anomaly Names Diana Lovati as First-Ever Chief Information Security Officer

HawkEye 360 won a $12,200,000 contract from the U.S. Navy’s Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific for maritime surveillance in the Pacific.

RelationshipsGeneralPlanValue 4.6Nov 3, 2023A new twist in UK’s space strategy, UK’s Space Strategy, FAA’s Starship update, and Northrop Grumman’s big SDA contract

The Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific awarded HawkEye 360 a $12,250,000 contract to share satellite RF data, analytics, and training with partner nations in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands using SeaVision.

RelationshipsFinancialCapabilityValue 5.0Nov 1, 2023HawkEye 360 Awarded $12.25 Million Contract by NIWC Pacific for Satellite RF Data

HawkEye 360 won a $12.2 million, one-year contract from the U.S. Navy’s Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific announced on 2023-10-31.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Oct 31, 2023HawkEye 360 gets U.S. Navy contract for maritime surveillance in the Pacific

Horizon Technologies was awarded a £1.2 million grant by the UK Space Agency at an event at the Army-Navy Club in London on 11 October.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Oct 23, 2023UK Space Agency Awards £1.2 Million Grant to Horizon Technologies for Amber Phoenix Mission

Hisdesat’s SATCOM solution used in Dynamic Messenger-23 is compatible with existing Spanish Navy ship communications systems and does not require changes to those systems.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 12, 2023Hisdesat provides secure SATCOM for NATO unmanned maritime exercise

Hisdesat provided managed satellite connectivity services to connect the Spanish Navy’s Maritime Action Ship Furor (BAM, P-46) with Navantia’s advanced tactical integration system for unmanned vehicles deployed ashore.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Oct 12, 2023Hisdesat provides secure SATCOM for NATO unmanned maritime exercise

Interoperability tests for Mynaric’s terminals took place at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, which was selected by the Space Development Agency to oversee optical communications testing.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Sep 28, 2023Mynaric optical terminals selected for Northrop Grumman satellites pass key tests

Northrop Grumman Australia is building a highly qualified and capable Australian workforce at RAAF Edinburgh and RAAF Tindal to leverage Northrop Grumman’s experience supporting U.S. Navy Triton operations.

GrowthCapabilityValue 3.6Sep 21, 2023Northrop Grumman Australia to produce an additional MQ-4C Triton For the RAAF

CACI’s optical terminal successfully completed an interoperability test with a reference modem built by the Naval Research Laboratory for the SDA program.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Sep 19, 2023CACI optical terminals pass initial tests required for Space Development Agency satellites

The Naval Research Laboratory built an optical interoperability testbed for the Space Development Agency and produced a reference modem used for ground validation of vendor terminals.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Sep 19, 2023CACI optical terminals pass initial tests required for Space Development Agency satellites

In September 2021 the RQ-21 Blackjack variant of the Integrator successfully delivered various inert kinetic payloads for a U.S. Navy test program.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Sep 10, 2023Insitu announces kinetic capability for the Integrator UAS

Leidos completed a migration of 20 critical support applications from an on-premise data center to Microsoft’s Azure Government cloud environment in support of the U.S. Navy.

CapabilityRelationshipsGeneralValue 3.8Aug 1, 2023Leidos Announces Collaboration Agreement with Microsoft

As Director for Integration, Test and Launch with the Navy’s SPAWAR Space Field Activity Detachment, Shawn Hendricks managed cost, scheduling, and launch for reconnaissance satellite production and oversaw more than 600 engineers and technical specialists and $4,500,000,000 in critical defense assets.

GovernanceValue 4.0Aug 1, 2023Orbit Fab’s new Chief Operating Officer will ramp up production and testing for RAFTI™ refueling port

The original mission for locating radio emitters was the US Navy’s Naval Ocean Surveillance System (NOSS).

GeneralValue 2.5Jul 24, 2023Another technique to identify “unknown” satellites
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