SpaceX wins $4.16B Space Force contract to detect airborne moving targets
“While this OTA agreement establishes initial SB-AMTI capability, the Space Force anticipates issuing multiple awards in the coming year ,” the service said today.
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SPACECOM exploring tech for future offensive cislunar ops: Chief Scientist
An analyst called the new commitment to pursue cislunar operations a “massive policy change” for the Pentagon.
Epic Fury highlighted Space Force needs for distributed ops, EW sites
“We’ve seen in Operation Epic Fury, for the first time, that our space capabilities have been targeted and destroyed. We expect that to happen more,” Brig. Gen. Christopher Fernengel said today.
Nasa images show wildfire damage to island dubbed ‘Galapagos of California’
The satellite visuals reveal vast burn scars after blaze tore through rare ecosystems on Santa Rosa IslandImages from a Nasa satellite showcased the devastating scars left behind by a wildfire that consumed roughly a third of Santa Rosa Island, one of …
Dept. of Air Force ‘still working’ to sort space programs into acquisition portfolios: Ainsworth
The Department of the Air Force in “the coming days” will announce the finalized PAE structure along with the names of each office leader, Thomas Ainsworth, acting space acquisition chief, said.
Space Force Awards SpaceX $2.3 Billion Contract For Space Data Network
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command has awarded SpaceX a $2.29 billion Other Transaction Authority (OTA) contract for the Space Data Network (SDN) Backbone, a proliferated Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) […]
The Road to Space Runs through the Poles
Why are there more antennas on Svalbard than anywhere else on Earth? Svalbard of all places, where cats and childbirth are banned and there are more polar bears than people? This cluster of islands in the Arctic, one thousand kilometers from Norway, is…
SpaceX wins $2.29B to speed Space Force’s LEO communications ‘backbone’
The SpaceX “backbone” constellation will support the broader Space Data Network, which will include the Space Development Agency’s Transport layer satellites.
Air Force Could Transfer Appropriated Funding From Other Programs To ICBMs In 2027 And Beyond Under HASC Proposal
Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink could gain the authority to transfer funds appropriated for non-ICBM programs to the LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM and the existing Minuteman III, under […]
Nasa selects Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin for first of three uncrewed lunar missions
Three lunar landings are planned for this year in preparation for the construction of a $20bn moon baseSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailNasa announced on Tuesday ambitious plans for three uncrewed lunar missions this year to kickstart c…