A Millennium Space Systems-built satellite took off Thursday aboard Firefly Aerospace‘s Alpha rocket from a launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as part of a Space Systems Command-led Tactically Responsive Space mission, called Victus Nox. The liftoff occurred 27 hours after the U.S. Space Force issued a launch order for the TacRS […] More

A Millennium Space Systems-built satellite took off Thursday aboard Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket from a launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as part of a Space Systems Command-led Tactically Responsive Space mission, called Victus Nox. More

Ball Aerospace and NASA’s team at Goddard Space Flight Center have assembled the primary camera system for the space agency’s next-generation Nancy Grace Roman Space telescope. The Wide Field Instrument is constructed to be capable of providing a field of view over 100 times larger than Roman’s Hubble Space telescope predecessor while retaining the same resolution, […] More

Ball Aerospace and NASA's team at Goddard Space Flight Center have assembled the primary camera system for the space agency's next-generation Nancy Grace Roman Space telescope. The Wide Field Instrument is constructed to be capable of providing a field of view over 100 times larger than Roman’s Hubble Space telescope predecessor while retaining the same resolution. More

Collins Aerospace, an RTX subsidiary, has begun the production of a 1-megawatt electric generator to power future manned and unmanned military platforms as part of an Air Force Research Laboratory initiative. RTX said Tuesday the electric power generation system moved into the manufacturing phase after the company concluded engineering work and completed the detailed design […] More

Collins Aerospace, an RTX subsidiary, has begun the production of a 1-megawatt electric generator to power future manned and unmanned military platforms as part of an Air Force Research Laboratory initiative. The electric power generation system moved into the manufacturing phase after the company concluded engineering work and completed the detailed design review phase of the program. More

Ball Aerospace has concluded the testing of the first space vehicle for Space Systems Command’s next-generation operational environmental satellite system. The company said Thursday the Weather System Follow–on–Microwave satellite is scheduled for launch in early 2024 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and will provide the Department of Defense with space-based environmental monitoring capabilities. […] More

Textron’s Bell subsidiary has chosen GE Aerospace to build data infrastructure components for a new U.S. Army tiltrotor platform called the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft. The components will form part of an open avionics system to be integrated into the V-280 Valor, which won the FLRAA competition in December last year, GE Aerospace said […] More

Ball Aerospace has concluded the testing of the first space vehicle for Space Systems Command's next-generation operational environmental satellite system. The Weather System Follow–on–Microwave satellite is scheduled for launch in early 2024 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and will provide the Department of Defense with space-based environmental monitoring capabilities. More

Textron's Bell subsidiary has chosen GE Aerospace to build data infrastructure components for a new U.S. Army tiltrotor platform called the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft. The components will form part of an open avionics system to be integrated into Bell's V-280 Valor, which won the FLRAA competition in December 2022. More

Boeing’s Millennium Space Systems subsidiary and Firefly Aerospace have moved into a six-month hot standby phase for a Space Systems Command-led Tactically Responsive Space mission, called VICTUS NOX, and will wait for a callup to launch the payload within 24 hours. Once the Space Force issues a launch notice, the mission team will encapsulate and […] More

Boeing’s Millennium Space Systems subsidiary and Firefly Aerospace have moved into a six-month hot standby phase for a Space Systems Command-led Tactically Responsive Space mission, called VICTUS NOX, and will wait for a callup to launch the payload within 24 hours. More