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The defense sector is projected to account for only nine percent of the satellites going up between 2024 and 2035, but at the same time representing a whopping 48 percent of total market value.
One analyst told Breaking Defense Golden Dome “is a motivator for sure, but this deal also provides Firefly with diversified revenue streams.”
SpaceX was assigned seven NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 launches under a contract worth $714 million; ULA two launches worth $428 million.
The plan is to award two vendors 24-month Direct to Phase II SBIR grants worth $3M each to demo low-cost, low-weight radars on Space Force satellites in geosynchronous Earth orbit.
Both of the newly named companies are focusing heavily on the national security market for space-related capabilities.
“[O]n the ops floor, [ATLAS is] generating a catalog — it’s publishing data to Space-track.org They’re using that as a primary system,” Space Systems Command’s Shannon Pallone said in an exclusive interview.
“There’s a great symbiosis here,” said Lt. Col. Stefan Katz. “The crews from the 76th are focused on today’s tasking, today’s situation, today’s mission and objectives, and the 4th [on] thinking longer term, an…
“Satellite networks today are an Achilles’ heel of modern societies. Whoever attacks them paralyzes entire nations,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said.
US Space Command has now completed two rendezvous and proximity operations with partners in Multinational Forces Operation Olympic Defender: France and Britain.
While the Pentagon has funded experimental re-fueling efforts, RG-XX is the first official acquisition program to have a refueling requirement.