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  • NOAA to Host Industry Day on Planned Space Weather Observations Contract
    in Acquisition & Procurement, News, Space

    NOAA to Host Industry Day on Planned Space Weather Observations Contract

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has scheduled a virtual industry day on March 27 for parties interested in securing an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the agency’s space weather environmental observations project. According to NOAA’s draft request for proposal on the potential contract posted on SAM.gov Friday, the contractor overall will provide a multi-mission operations service […] More

  • Amentum & Rivada Space Networks to Deliver Secure LEO System
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    Amentum & Rivada Space Networks to Deliver Secure LEO System

    Amentum and German company Rivada Space Networks are partnering to enhance U.S. government communications through Outernet, a highly secure low Earth orbit network. Commenting on the partnership, Dave Marlowe, vice president of intelligence and cyber at Amentum, said in a statement Tuesday, “Rivada is building a uniquely capable LEO constellation focused on zero-trust networking. By establishing a […] More

  • Voyager, Palantir Developing AI-Driven Space Domain Awareness System
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    Voyager, Palantir Developing AI-Driven Space Domain Awareness System

    Voyager Technologies and Palantir have announced an expanded collaboration aimed at developing artificial intelligence-powered systems to strengthen space domain awareness and address risks of collisions and other potential threats. Enhancing Space Domain Awareness The defense technology and space services provider said Monday the open-architecture system is designed to detect, identify, classify and track space-based objects by utilizing […] More

  • NASA Seeks Vendor to Support Launch Services Program
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    NASA Seeks Vendor to Support Launch Services Program

    NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is requesting information on small businesses capable of providing engineering and technical support for its Launch Services Program, or LSP. The potential contractor is expected to deliver end-to-end launch services for the space agency’s mission under a planned Evolving Launch Vehicle Integrated Support, or ELVIS, 4 contract, according to a Tuesday […] More

  • Red Hat, Axiom Space to Launch Data Center Unit-1 Into Orbit
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    Red Hat, Axiom Space to Launch Data Center Unit-1 Into Orbit

    Red Hat has partnered with Axiom Space, a company specializing in in-space infrastructure, to launch and optimize the latter’s Data Center Unit-1 to the International Space Station this spring. The open source services provider said Thursday the collaboration aims to support the development and deployment of commercial orbital data centers. The data processing prototype, powered by […] More

  • Arcfield Unveils New RROCI Sensor for Weather Data Gathering
    in Federal Civilian, News, Space

    Arcfield Unveils New RROCI Sensor for Weather Data Gathering

    Technology provider Arcfield has launched the Rapid Revisit Optical Cloud Imager, or RROCI, an advanced sensor that supplies weather data to enhance government agencies’ warfighting capabilities. Designed to deliver real-time cloud scanning and terrestrial weather data, RROCI is envisioned to establish a new standard in space-based weather sensing capabilities, Arcfield said Tuesday. It was deployed […] More

  • Draper Wraps Up 2 Tests for Lunar Navigation Technology
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    Draper Wraps Up 2 Tests for Lunar Navigation Technology

    Draper has completed flight and payload testing to gather data and validate algorithms for its vision-based navigation and hazard detection technology, the Draper Multi-Environment Navigator, designed for precise and safe lunar landings. Testing efforts In the first test, conducted in fall 2024, DMEN was deployed on Astrobotic’s Xodiac rocket lander to validate a hazard detection system software […] More

  • For Amazon Web Services Exec Clint Crosier, Space Missions Need AI
    in Artificial Intelligence, News, Space

    For Amazon Web Services Exec Clint Crosier, Space Missions Need AI

    Amazon Web Services executive Clint Crosier spoke at a recent Booz Allen Hamilton event where he tackled the role artificial intelligence plays in space missions, GeekWire reported. Overcoming Human Limits Crosier, who serves as director of aerospace and satellite solutions at AWS, described AI as having become “table stakes” for on-orbit systems and capabilities, because […] More

  • Aerospace Demos First Optical Crosslinks Between CubeSats
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    Aerospace Demos First Optical Crosslinks Between CubeSats

    The Aerospace Corporation has conducted a demonstration of the first optical crosslink between two CubeSats in low-Earth orbit. The Chantilly, Virginia-headquartered company said Thursday the Flashlight Laser Crosslink facilitates the collaboration between small satellites. The technology allows these satellites to operate in formations paving the way for the expansion of commercial and government missions. Boosting Small […] More

  • Honeywell, Lockheed Subsidiary to Advance Space Microelectronics
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    Honeywell, Lockheed Subsidiary to Advance Space Microelectronics

    Honeywell’s aerospace unit and a Lockheed Martin subsidiary have joined forces to develop durable and radiation-resistant microelectronics for space use. Under the partnership, Honeywell Aerospace Technologies said Tuesday it will support ForwardEdge ASIC’s work on developing technologies for space missions. ForwardEdge ASIC focuses on strengthening U.S. defense microelectronics and supply chains while advancing commercial and military technology. […] More

  • Arcfield’s Orion to Provide SSC With Atmospheric Modeling Data
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    Arcfield’s Orion to Provide SSC With Atmospheric Modeling Data

    Orion Space Solutions, an Arcfield subsidiary, has received a contract to provide real-time atmospheric modeling data to the Space Systems Command’s Space Domain Awareness Tools Applications and Processing, or SDA TAP, Lab Accelerator in Colorado. Orion secured the SSC contract after demonstrating that its Dragster model can advance SDA by mitigating collisions and optimizing communication […] More