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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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) was awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Tactical Technology Office to design an autonomous vertical takeoff and landing uncrewed aircraft system capable of operating from a moving U.S. Navy ship at sea.
Out of the 31 drones, fifteen will be allocated to the navy, while eight each will be assigned to the army and the Indian Air Force.
Aalyria was awarded a contract with the Office of Naval Research and Naval Research Laboratory to use the company’s Tightbeam technology to develop an over-the-horizon connectivity capability for U.S. Navy sea, air, and land assets.
Aalyria’s work with the Naval Research Laboratory will focus on developing the Secure Optical Aerial Relay (SOAR) capability to enable over-the-horizon connectivity between distributed naval assets operating across land, air, and sea.
Northrop Grumman delivered the fourth MQ-4C Triton to the U.S. Navy ahead of initial operational capability 2023.
ALITEC fuel has been tested on tactical missile-sized solid rocket motors under a program jointly funded by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force.
Justin Fauntleroy has a master’s degree in national policy and strategic studies from the U.S. Naval War College.
A robotic arm developed under a DARPA program was integrated on the MRV Robotics Module at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in May 2023.
Orbital Composites has been awarded six Small Business Innovation Research contracts by the U.S. Space Force, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Navy in the last two years.
RGS-A will allow Navy ballistic missile ships to receive early warnings from existing infrared sensor satellites and from next-generation systems that have yet to be launched.
RGS-A was funded by the U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific under a five-year $99,600,000 contract.
Earlier versions of the V-BAT have supported operations for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps since 2016.
The U.S. Navy’s Multi-Mission Tactical Unmanned Air System program team (PMA-266) at Pax River leveraged the U.S. Air Force’s Agile Reaper Enterprise Solution (ARES) to procure MQ-9 Reaper aircraft, associated spares, and support equipment for the Marine Corps.
Cambium completed a contract with the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in China Lake, California to advance and field-test a next-generation bio-manufactured thermal protection system.
Rocket Lab was selected by Dynetics (Leidos) to provide hypersonic test launch capability under the Multiservice Advanced Capability Test Bed (MACH-TB) project awarded by Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense.
Rocket Lab was selected by Dynetics to provide hypersonic test launch capability under the Multiservice Advanced Capability Test Bed (MACH-TB) project awarded by Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense.
An experiment near Virginia’s coast in fall 2024 used commercial hardware, commercial software, and satellite data to demonstrate how the U.S. Navy could rapidly convert satellite information into usable intelligence.
Royce Geospatial is working with other customers in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army to develop ways to exploit commercial sources of intelligence.
Royce Geospatial used imagery analytics software to identify vessel locations and delivered reports to the Navy’s command center.
Tim Winter retired from the United States Navy with the rank of commander in 2022.