SpaceX has announced its intent to update its fleet of space vehicles into reusable platforms by 2022 to support national security missions, SpaceNews reported Thursday.
Read More »Lt. Gen. John Thompson: Space Force Eyes Prototyping Consortium Mgmt Contract Award by Year’s End
Lt. Gen. John Thompson, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center, said the U.S. Space Force expects to award by the end of 2020 a contract for the management of the Space Enterprise Consortium, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday.
Read More »SpaceX Studies Feasibility of ‘Weather Data as a Service Business Model’ Under Space Force Contract
SpaceX is studying ways how it could offer weather data to the U.S. military under a potential six-month, $2M contract awarded by the Space Force’s Space Missile Systems Center in July, SpaceNews reported Wednesday.
Read More »SpaceX, Space Force to Reuse Falcon 9 Booster for Future GPS III Launches; Gwynne Shotwell Quoted
The U.S. Space Force has signed a contract modification that allows SpaceX to recover and reuse the first-stage booster of the Falcon 9 rocket for future missions under the National Security Space Launch program.
Read More »Lockheed’s Rick Ambrose Calls for Collaborative Efforts to Address Space Force Requirements
Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin’s space business and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, has said that companies should work to establish a diverse supply chain and marketplace to help the U.S. Space Force address future requirements, SpaceNews reported Monday.
Read More »Space Force to Host Pitch Day in Spring 2021
The U.S. Space Force will hold a pitch day in spring 2021 to provide small businesses and nontraditional companies an opportunity to present their technology concepts aimed at addressing critical military challenges in the space domain and win contracts on the spot.
Read More »ASTRA Selected for Space Force’s Cloud Characterization Tech Project
The U.S. Space Force has tasked Atmosphere and Space Technology Research Associates to build and test a military-grade prototype technology intended to characterize Earth's clouds. ASTRA said Tuesday it will collaborate with Lockheed Martin, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Pumpkin and Atmospheric and Environmental Research to develop the cloud characterization system.
Read More »Space Force Launches Northrop’s Minotaur IV Rocket With NRO Satellite Payload
Northrop Grumman’s Minotaur IV vehicle has launched a classified National Reconnaissance Office satellite mission to orbit as part of the U.S. Space Force’s Orbital/Suborbital Program-3 contract.
Read More »Will Roper: $116M Intended for Small Launch Contracts Shifted to Small Business Loan Programs
Will Roper, assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics at the U.S. Air Force and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the Department of Defense approved $116M in funds for small launch contracts but decided to redirect the funds to small business loan initiatives, SpaceNews reported Tuesday.
Read More »LinQuest to Extend Air Force Systems Engineering Support
LinQuest has been awarded a $76.6M contract modification to continue helping the U.S. Air Force engineer, integrate systems. The Los Angeles-based company will provide the services to the branch's programs with high security requirements, the Department of Defense said Thursday.
Read More »SMC Drops Intent to Award Rideshare Launch Services Contracts
The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center has decided to withdraw its plans to award firm-fixed-price contracts for rideshare launch services under the Defense Production Act Title III program after reviewing responses to its notice of contract award.
Read More »Third Lockheed-Built GPS III Satellite Begins Cruise to Orbit
The third Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite has started using its liquid propulsion systems to reach its operational orbit and is responding to commands from U.S. Space Force and Lockheed operators.
Read More »ManTech to Extend Operational Support for Space Force’s Launch Programs
The U.S. Air Force has awarded ManTech International a potential four-month, $20.9M contract modification to continue performing system engineering and integration services to support the U.S. Space Force’s launch operations.
Read More »ULA’s Delta 4 Heavy-Lift Rocket to Launch NRO Satellite in August
United Launch Alliance’s Delta 4 rocket is slated to send payload from the National Reconnaissance Office to orbit on August 26 following program delays, Spaceflight Now reported Friday.
Read More »Lockheed, Space Force Test New SBIRS Satellite’s Thermal Capacity
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Space Force have commenced thermal vacuum, or TVAC, tests of a new satellite designed to deliver early missile warning via infrared surveillance technology.
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