Space

U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) said on Thursday that it has awarded an up to $450 million contract to Viasat [VSAT] for a Space Data Network-Backbone (SDN-B) Mission […]

Executive branch decisions on Ukraine military aid lie ahead, including a new contract for SpaceX‘s [SPCX] Starshield military communications satellites and upgrades for Ukraine’s several dozen older F-16s by Lockheed […]

DARPA awarded Redwire a $20 million contract to fly a second Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) test as part of its Otter program, Redwire said Thursday.  The new award funds […]

The new Cyber Protection Office (CPO) at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the secretive agency that builds and operates the nation’s spy satellites, has a staff of 600-plus and an […]

Elon Musk’s SpaceX [SPCX] has made payload fairings for its rockets, including Falcon 9, at SpaceX’s Hawthorne, Calif. plant, and now competitor United Launch Alliance (ULA) is bringing its fairings […]

The Defense Department’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has made a $150 million conditional loan commitment to LeoLabs to expand the company’s global network of radars that look upward to […]

The Pentagon is to make a downselect decision next month for a company’s orbital demonstration under the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)/Space Development Agency (SDA) Deorbit-as-a-Service (DaaS) program after a preliminary […]

The Department of the Air Force is considering a future Cislunar Space System (CSS) and eyeing the award of up to five preliminary design study contracts for five CSS satellites. […]

Northwood Space raised $375 million in a Series C round as it works to expand its ground network by accelerating antenna production and growing its team by 400 people over […]

U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) is to award Boeing [BA] an up to $945.9 million contract to sustain company-built wideband and narrowband satellite communication systems, including Wideband Global […]