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Lockheed Martin Space Awarded $63M Air Force Contract for Payload Hardware, Software R&D

Lockheed Martin’s space business has won a $62.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract from the U.S. Air Force for flight-qualified vector research and development activities. The Department of Defense said Thursday Lockheed Martin Space will perform R&D, design, demonstration, testing, integration and delivery of software and payload hardware over a three-year period. The company will perform work in […] More

by Kacey Roberts September 30, 2022, 11:41 am
in News, Space

Raytheon Subsidiaries Deliver Blackjack Microsat Bus, Payloads to DARPA

Raytheon Technologies‘ Blue Canyon Technologies subsidiary has provided the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency with the first of 10 Saturn-class microsat buses the agency ordered in support of its Blackjack Program. BCT said Tuesday the buses feature dedicated payload interfaces, advanced electric propulsion and power system as well as radio frequency communication, command and data […] More

by Christine Thropp September 8, 2022, 6:02 am
in Contract Awards, News

Raytheon Technologies Moves to Phase 2 of DARPA Blackjack Program on Space Payload Dev’t

Raytheon Technologies has won a $37.4M contract to build and test a space-based payload technology for the second phase of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program aimed at demonstrating a multisensor network in low-Earth orbit.

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by Nichols Martin June 15, 2020, 6:52 am
in Contract Awards, News

Peraton Eyes Unmanned Surface Vessel Support Task Orders Under $982M Navy IDIQ; John Coleman Quoted

Peraton will compete for task orders in six functional areas to provide support services for the U.S. Navy's unmanned surface vehicle family of systems under a potential 10-year, $982.1M contract awarded in early February.

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by Jane Edwards February 18, 2020, 4:31 am
in Government Technology, News

Blue Origin’s New Shepard Rocket Deploys Eight NASA Tech Payloads

Eight NASA-supported research and technology payloads launched aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft Wednesday as part of the space agency's Flight Opportunities program.

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by Matthew Nelson January 28, 2019, 6:15 am
in Government Technology, News

ULA Completes NROL-71 Payload Launch

United Launch Alliance launched a National Reconnaissance Office payload aboard the Delta IV Heavy rocket in support of the agency's national defense mission.

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by Matthew Nelson January 22, 2019, 5:13 am
in News, Space News

Tory Bruno: ULA Eyes National Security Payload Launch on Vulcan Rocket in 2022

Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, told Ars Technica in an interview published Wednesday that the company expects to launch a national security payload aboard the ULA-built Vulcan rocket in 2022. He said ULA plans to perform certification flights in 2021 under the launch services agreement with the U.S. Air Force. “And we intend […] More

by Jane Edwards December 13, 2018, 11:15 am
in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

PAE ISR to Install UTC Payload Tech on “˜Resolute Eagle' UAS; Beth Beach Quoted

PAE ISR has chosen United Technologies Corp.‘s aerospace systems business to build an optical and laser designation technology for the Resolute Eagle unmanned aerial system. UTC Aerospace Systems will equip the aircraft with an TASE400 LD payload intended to help operators recognize objects, transmit data and process videos on board, PAE ISR said Monday. The laser designator is designed to comply […] More

by Peter Graham October 9, 2018, 8:47 am
in Industry News, News

Raytheon-Built Navigation Payload Integrated Into FAA’s GEO 5 Wide Area Augmentation System

Raytheon has integrated a navigation payload into the Federal Aviation Administration‘s Wide Area Augmentation System that works to support global positioning system functions. Geosynchronous Earth Orbiting 5‘s payload is designed to address GPS satellite signal ionospheric disturbances, timing issues and minor orbit adjustments, the company said Thursday. The technology is part of the Raytheon-managed GEO 5 system […] More

by Nichols Martin June 22, 2018, 3:41 am
in Government Technology, News

DARPA Introduces Payload Launch Competition; Todd Master Comments

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has unveiled a prize competition that aims to shorten the timeline of payload launch operations. The DARPA Launch Challenge will require multiple teams to deploy two different payloads from two different launch sites that will be announced only days before the scheduled space flight missions, DARPA said Wednesday. Participants will compete for the […] More

by Monica Jackson April 19, 2018, 8:46 am
in Industry News, News

Frost & Sullivan: Space Industry Could See New Operators, 13K Satellite Launches by 2030

A new Frost & Sullivan analysis predicts the space industry to see the launch of at least 13,000 satellites and entry of over 60 new companies into the upstream market by 2030. The market research firm said Tuesday it expects the space market to experience growth by 2030 driven by small form factor sensors and payloads, less expensive […] More

by Jane Edwards January 31, 2018, 6:34 am
in Industry News, News

NASA Releases Sources Sought Notice for Mars Payload Services

NASA seeks information on potential industry sources of payload-related services to support current or future non-NASA missions to Mars. The space agency issued a sources sought notice on Feb. 27 in an effort to determine the appropriate level of competition or small business subcontracting goals for a future Mars payload services contract. NASA noted the contract will cover payload integration; provision […] More

by Ramona Adams March 8, 2017, 7:23 am

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