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Orbital Sidekick has secured contracts to supply hyperspectral data to the United States Department of Defense through partnerships with In-Q-Tel, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Space Force.
A draft version of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act approved by the House directs the Department of Defense to examine all Space Force programs to determine if their level of classification can be lowered or declassified.
Three-year-old NXT Communications secured a deal last year with L3Harris Technologies to deliver electronically steered antennas (ESAs) in the first quarter of 2022 to support U.S. Department of Defense warfighters.
DARPA selected teams from academia and from large and small commercial companies for Phase 1 of Space-BACN, including multiple performers receiving Department of Defense contracts for the first time.
Satellites in the 350- to 450-kilogram range provide enough power for most missions of interest to the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. intelligence agencies, and NASA.
The NDAA requires the Department of Defense to submit a report on future plans to invest in launch providers that can provide fast-response services during emergencies or conflicts.
Mike Griffin advocated increasing production of U.S. hypersonic rounds by a factor of 10 from a baseline of two rounds per month that U.S. military services were on track to produce when he left the Department of Defense.
Both the U.S. Department of Defense and commercial space companies are planning and building satellite constellations.
The committee directed the Department of Defense to provide a strategy to address current and projected vulnerabilities in the Global Positioning System infrastructure and a plan to increase resilience of PNT systems.
The new order expands the U.S. Department of Defense’s ability to service and support critical operations around the world with the industry’s highest satellite throughput service to the smallest terminals.
The new order expands the U.S. Department of Defense’s ability to service and support critical operations around the world with the industry’s highest satellite throughput service to the smallest terminals.
DoD consolidated some organizations under the Space Force while creating the Space Development Agency and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office to quickly develop new systems.
The Biden administration’s budget request for fiscal year 2022 is mostly wrapped up but still requires work inside the Department of Defense, the administration, and with Congress.
Altavian is one of five drone manufacturers approved by the U.S. Department of Defense under the Blue sUAS program.
The Space Development Agency is a U.S. Department of Defense agency charged with transforming the military’s approach to developing and acquiring space systems.
The Department of Defense aims to increase cybersecurity awareness in the commercial industrial base that works with defense and intelligence organizations.
NASA and the Department of Defense have worked for almost 20 years to develop an AFTS that is available for use by all range users under International Traffic in Arms Regulations and can reduce the cost of access to space.
The Department of Defense plans to invest at least $100,000,000,000 in space systems over the next decade.
On 2019-04-09 the U.S. Department of Defense signed a one-month, $8,300,000 extension to bridge to a new multi-year EMSS agreement with Iridium.
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson and some lawmakers challenged Department of Defense leaders to justify creating the Space Development Agency given existing DoD organizations developing next-generation space technologies.