Lockheed Martin nabs $105M ground system contract to support next-gen GPS
The upgrade to be performed under then new contract would allow Lockheed Martin’s AEP ground system to replace RTX’s long-troubled OCX program for future GPS IIIF birds.
Space Force
Air Force secretary eyes multi-year deals for satellites, aircraft
Pentagon officials are seeking lawmakers’ authorization to buy weapon systems through multi-year deals “across the board, not only with munitions, but actually with the production of aircraft, with the production of spacecraft,” said Air Force Secretar…
9 firms win orbital AMTI deals, Space Force says
The Space Force did not disclose when the contracts were awarded or their individual dollar values.
Shifting gears: Space Force moves to embrace space mobility for orbital warfare
The service’s new Objective Force plan calls for demonstrating on-orbit refueling and fielding operational “space tugs” between 2025 and 2030.
With new portfolios, SDA ‘probably won’t’ exist, acting director says
The rollout of a new acquisition model could reshape entities like the Space Development Agency or Space Rapid Capabilities Office, though their missions will persist, Gurpartap (GP) Sandhoo told reporters.
Space Force 2040: 30,000 satellites, ‘thousands’ more Guardians
The Space Force’s projections of its needs for orbital warfare and electronic warfare are only included in the classified version of the new Objective Force plan, but Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman confirmed that the service wants…
Space Force to finalize acquisition portfolio structure over next two months
Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant said SSC is working to hire “several hundreds” of personnel to rebuild its decimated acquisition corps.
White House wants Pentagon to demo nuclear space power by 2031
The Trump administration’s National Initiative for American Space Nuclear Power unveiled today says the Pentagon and NASA will run “design competitions” that are “parallel and mutually reinforcing” to achieve space-based nuclear power.
Nowhere to hide: Iran war spotlights military challenges posed by space-based remote sensing
Planet in a March 9 notice to its customers, obtained by Breaking Defense, explained that the company would be instituting a 14-day delay on release of imagery not just of Iran, but also of nearby military bases, the Gulf States and “existing con…
Space Force programs supporting Golden Dome see big FY27 budget boost
Missile warning and tracking programs, and the emerging Space Data Network being developed to ferry space sensor data to shooters on the ground, in the air and at sea are among the programs seeing huge increases.