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Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
Read about new advancements in space technologies used by top defense and intelligence agencies. This section focuses on satellite communications, launch services, space exploration and geospatial intelligence.
The Space Development Agency has begun asking industry for information that will be used to inform the upcoming solicitation for the third tranche of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture’s tracking layer. SDA said Friday it plans to use an other transaction authority agreement to buy and field approximately 54 or more satellites with infrared sensors […] More
The artificial intelligence tools of Palantir Technologies will be made available to Voyager Space under a strategic partnership between the two companies. Voyager said Thursday that it will use Palantir Foundry and the Artificial Intelligence Platform to enhance its payload management system currently used by space customers. The collaborative effort – an expansion of an […] More
Firefly Aerospace is establishing a new launch site at Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia, for its two-stage small launch vehicle Alpha, which provides launch services for commercial and national security missions. The company said Monday it will configure Launch Pad-0A to begin launching the Alpha rocket in 2025. “Virginia Spaceport […] More
Northrop Grumman has delivered the two satellites for Space Norway‘s Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission, or ASBM, to Vandenberg Space Force Base, where they are scheduled for launch as soon as mid-July aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Northrop said Friday that ASBM-1 and ASBM-2 will be deployed to highly elliptical polar orbits to deliver commercial […] More
Palantir Technologies will provide support for the Starlab commercial space station as a strategic partner to Starlab Space, a joint venture involving Airbus, MDA Space, Mitsubishi Corporation and Voyager Space. Starlab Space said Monday that it will work with Palantir to enhance the space station’s operations using digital twins and artificial intelligence technologies. Palantir will […] More
For Geoff Crowley, chief scientist at systems engineering and integration services provider Arcfield, communication and collaboration between industry, academic institutions and the government are key to driving innovation in space weather forecasting capabilities. Such capabilities make it possible to better understand space weather phenomena, deliver more accurate and timely forecasts and mitigate impacts on satellites, […] More
Kepler Communications has validated optical inter-satellite links between two Pathfinder data relay satellites in low Earth orbit. The company said Tuesday the satellites equipped with Space Development Agency-compatible Tesat SCOT80 optical terminals were able to create links during a commissioning and early operations phase. Kepler sent the two satellites into space in November 2023 and […] More
Boeing‘s Starliner spacecraft has docked with the International Space Station and its crew has joined the seven other astronauts aboard the orbital laboratory to assist with various space-based tests and scientific experiments. NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams arrived at the ISS after completing a series of tests, including manually flying the Starliner in […] More
Slingshot Aerospace has partnered with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a new system that uses artificial intelligence to identify anomalous spacecraft in large satellite constellations. Slingshot said Wednesday that the Agatha AI platform uses new approaches to AI data analysis to find potentially nefarious outlier satellites operating within commercial constellations. Agatha utilizes […] More
An SES subsidiary and Planet Labs team has demonstrated low-latency low Earth orbit space data relay services via a ground system in support of NASA’s initiative to advance near-Earth satellite communications called the Communications Services Project. The test specifically showcased a stable data link between SES’s O3b mPOWER satellite constellation in medium Earth orbit and Planet’s LEO terminal, SES […] More
Ursa Major has successfully hotfired its Draper engine, putting the development process ahead of schedule. First announced in May 2023, Draper is designed to be maneuverable and flexible to support hypersonic defense capabilities, the company said on Thursday. “We’re excited with how quickly the development program has progressed and look forward to fielding the engine for […] More
Intelsat has signed an agreement with SpaceLogistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, to use the latter’s Mission Extension Vehicles to extend the life of its communication satellites in geosynchronous Earth orbit. The MEV-2 satellite servicer will remain docked with the Intelsat 10-02 satellite and extend its life for an additional four years until […] More
