Steve Gizinski, president of Inmarsat’s government business segment, said the company is well-positioned to deliver integrated satellite communications capabilities to meet the U.S. Space Force’s network requirements in support of multi-service operations worldwide. Gizinski wrote in a blog post published Friday that Inmarsat developed a strategic framework on how its portfolio of multi-orbit, multi-band satcom […] More

Nine technologies have been selected to participate in a NASA program aimed at demonstrating advanced space exploration and Earth observation capabilities for the agency and commercial customers.  The selected space platforms will be tested aboard suborbital rocket-powered systems, high-altitude balloons and parabolic aircraft in space-like environments in preparation for a potential launch into orbit, NASA […] More

Rocket Lab has launched its first Electron mission from the U.S. to deploy three HawkEye 360-developed satellites to the low Earth orbit. The “Virginia Is For Launch Lovers” mission lifted off Tuesday from Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Rocket Lab said. It is the first of […] More

Digital consulting firm Raft has received a contract from the U.S. Space Force to provide software development services for the product line enhancements of the Defensive Cyber Operations for Space Systems Command. The Reston, Virginia-based contractor said Friday it will work with the DCO-S to update the existing Manticore and Kraken product lines and create new features […] More

A Raytheon Technologies business will serve as a founding sponsor of the US Cyber Games & Team led by woman-owned small business Katzcy in partnership with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education. “We firmly believe in the importance of investing in the future of cybersecurity, and that future is […] More

The sixth Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite established communications with engineers at the company’s Denver Launch and Checkout Operations Center about 83 minutes after it launched Wednesday aboard a SpaceX-made Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. GPS III Space Vehicle 06 comes with a modular design to facilitate the integration […] More

Mark Miklos, a vice president at the defense and space business of Spirit AeroSystems, has been promoted to senior VP in a move slated to take effect April 1. He will assume his new position after Duane Hawkins, the unit’s president, retires at the end of March, the aerostructure manufacturing company said Wednesday. The 25-year […] More

A National Security Space Launch mission, called U.S. Space Force-67, aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket took off Sunday from a launch complex at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to field two satellites into orbit. The USSF-67 mission includes the Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM 2 satellite from Space Systems Command and the Long Duration Propulsive ESPA-3A […] More

Systems Planning and Analysis CEO Rich Sawchak welcomed the chance for the company to showcase through a Lifetime TV program how it provides opportunities for military veterans. Three SPA workers will appear on the Operation Career segment of Montel Williams-hosted Military Makeover series airing on Jan. 13 and 19, the national security services provider said […] More

Keith Masback, former president and CEO of the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation, has joined Cognitive Space as an independent member of its board of directors. The company said Tuesday he brings over 30 years experience, including as director of the Source Operations Group at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Masback has been an adviser to the […] More

Government market intelligence platform HigherGov said 433 M&A deals in the aerospace, defense and government market were announced in 2022, booking $46 billion in total. In its Aerospace, Defense and Government M&A Review 2022 Report published Wednesday, HigherGov said the 2022 figure was 10 percent lower than 479 transactions logged in 2021 but was the […] More

NASA and a Northrop Grumman-led industry team that built the James Webb Space Telescope will be presented with the National Space Club and Foundation’s highest award, the 2023 Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy. The recognition is for the program’s contribution to the advancement of U.S. astronautics after the telescope completed the first-ever deployment of sunshield […] More