Sidus Space has installed the Autonomous Satellite Technology for Resilient Applications flight hardware and software version 1.0 on its LizzieSat satellite. The company said Thursday that it was on track to launch the satellite aboard the SpaceX Transporter 10 rocket mission in the first quarter of 2024.

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Mitre is working on multiple lines of research to enhance information sharing to support the Federal Aviation Administration's vision to enable an Info-Centric National Airspace System in 2035. Mitre, which operates the Center for Advanced Aviation System Development for the FAA, believes that advancements in commercial technologies and infrastructure that enable real-time information exchange, such as sensors, wireless networks and communications satellites, can revolutionize the future of the NAS, the not-for-profit research organization said Monday.

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Nick Spain, formerly the vice president of human resources for Lockheed Martin's space business, announced in a Monday LinkedIn post his transition to a comparable role focusing on the missiles and fire control business within the same company. Spain brings over 23 years of experience at Lockheed, where he has held various HR-related positions.

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The Space Development Agency has released a draft program solicitation to seek industry feedback on a plan to buy 20 Gamma space vehicles for the second tranche of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture's transport layer. SDA expects to release the final request for proposals for the PWSA Tranche 2 Transport Layer Gamma procurement effort no later than March 31, 2024, according to a notice posted Monday on SAM.gov.

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SpaceX has entered into a contract to help Amazon deploy Project Kuiper, a low Earth orbit satellite broadband network, by providing launch services using the Falcon 9 vehicle beginning mid-2025. Amazon said Saturday that the contract involves the provision of three Falcon 9 launches to augment a total of 77 heavy-lift rocket launches already secured from Arianespace, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance.

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IBM is working to advance its geospatial artificial intelligence tools, including the new AI foundation model developed in partnership with NASA, to support climate efforts in the U.A.E., Kenya and the U.K. The company said Thursday it has partnered with the Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence to fine-tune its geospatial foundation model for mapping urban heat islands in Abu Dhabi and parts of the U.A.E.

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Axiom Space is migrating its enterprise information technology infrastructure to Amazon Web Services to provide cloud-based tools and services to its operations, business and engineering teams supporting the development of its commercial space station in low-Earth orbit. "Axiom Space is using AWS’s global infrastructure and a broad and deep portfolio of cloud services to deliver revolutionary solutions to the space industry," Dave Levy, vice president for worldwide public sector at AWS, said in a statement published Monday.

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Kurt Kuntzelman, a more than three-decade satellite operations and business development executive, has joined data science company RS21 as chief defense and space officer, he announced in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday. He came to RS21 from Parsons, where he served as vice president of business development and capture with a focus on space and geospatial platforms, according to his LinkedIn profile.

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The Defense Innovation Unit has begun seeking proposals from industry sources capable of developing a hybrid architecture designed to integrate government and commercial networks to enable space-based communication capabilities. DIU said the second iteration of the Hybrid Space Architecture project will focus on four areas of interest: persistent sensing, resilient data transport, high-performance edge computing and data fusion.

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Lockheed Martin's space business conducted a demonstration of its wideband electronically steerable antenna payload that is capable of performing missions on orbit faster than traditional sensors. The Tantrum payload demonstrator is expected to be onboard Firefly Aerospace's Alpha launch vehicle when it lifts off in December, Lockheed announced Monday.

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Boeing's subsidiary, Millennium Space Systems, has concluded the critical design review of a space vehicle that is part of a Space Systems Command program intended to enhance America’s missile warning and defense architecture. The CDR of the Missile Track Custody space vehicle, completed in less than a year, builds upon the preceding CDR of the MTC mission payload, Millennium said Monday.

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Colonel Richard Kniseley boasts more than two decades of experience in the federal space sector. In his current role as the Senior Materiel Leader of the Commercial Space Office at the Space Systems Command in Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, his responsibilities focus on investing in commercial capabilities.   Col. Kniseley’s demonstrated history and […] More