Nina Armagno, a retired U.S. Space Force lieutenant general, has joined the board of directors of Rocket Lab USA, bringing over three decades of military experience to the launch services and space systems company. She served as director for space programs at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Acquisition for the Air Force.

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The research and development center of Lockheed Martin's space business unit has secured a contract from Space Systems Command to develop data exploitation technology for the U.S. Space Force's missile warning satellite constellation. Lockheed's Advanced Technology Center will build typing and characterization algorithms to help SSC's Tools Applications Processing Lab analyze and interpret incoming data from the next-generation Overhead Persistent Infrared sensors that track ballistic and hypersonic missile threats.

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Xage Security’s government arm will provide zero trust access control and data protection capabilities to help the U.S. Space Force ensure the security of its ground and space architectures under a $17 million contract with Space Systems Command.

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Kelly Hammett, head of the Space Rapid Capabilities Office, said BlueHalo demonstrated its phased-array antenna system in late August and is set to make an initial delivery of the first unit by the spring of 2025 to help the U.S. Space Force upgrade its Satellite Control Network.

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ABL Space Systems has received a $15 million contract from the Space Systems Command to execute a responsive space launch demonstration. The SSC said Friday that its Assured Access to Space office awarded the contract under the Small Business Innovative Research Strategic Funding Initiative program in support of its Tactically Responsive Space initiatives. Under the contract, […] More

ABL Space Systems has received a $15 million contract from the Space Systems Command to execute a responsive space launch demonstration. SSC's Assured Access to Space office awarded the contract under the Small Business Innovative Research Strategic Funding Initiative program in support of its Tactically Responsive Space initiatives. More

Science Applications International Corp. will modify and sustain a ground-based radar sensor system under a contract with the U.S. Space Force, the company announced in a LinkedIn post. SAIC and L3Harris Technologies will work together to determine innovation opportunities to help the service branch perform missions in space awareness and missile warning. “SAIC’s continued work […] More

Science Applications International Corp. will modify and sustain a ground-based radar sensor system under a contract with the U.S. Space Force. SAIC and L3Harris Technologies will work together to determine innovation opportunities to help the service branch perform missions in space awareness and missile warning. More

Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar company, has won a spot on a $900 million U.S. Space Force contract to provide Low Earth Orbit satellite-based offerings. The five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award enables the Department of Defense, other federal agencies and international coalition partners to procure fully managed, low-latency LEO services from Hughes using capacity on two satellite constellations, the […] More

A Chenega Corp. subsidiary has won a $61 million contract to provide fire protection, emergency management and emergency medical services at a U.S. Space Force installation in Florida. Chenega Security California will work at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station under the firm-fixed-price FEMS IV contract, the Department of Defense said Friday. A total of […] More

The U.S. Space Force has selected a resilient mesh network manufactured by Anduril Technologies to boost communications between sensors, command and control systems and data platforms at Space Surveillance Network sites nationwide. Anduril said Saturday the SDANet platform was recently used to restore operational communications at an SSN site in Maui, Hawaii, that experienced severe […] More

The U.S. Space Force is planning to broaden its network of commercial launch service providers beyond SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to support multiple planned missions over five years, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The service branch will add a third provider to handle more difficult launch missions under the third phase of its […] More