Government/Military

The creation of the U.S. Space Force was a response to the growing use of space by more nations around the globe – and the potential threat that some pose...

NASA has awarded L3Harris Corporation the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Engineering Development Unit Telescope contract, the Agency announced Monday, March 16. The cost-plus, fixed-fee, 36-month contract has a total...

U.S military personnel may be largely restricted to their local areas for the next two months, but the new Space Force will continue to perform mission-critical activities such as launches,...

Phase Four has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract by Air Force tech accelerator AFWERX, to adapt its Maxwell in-space propulsion system for defense users. The...

Hughes Network Systems has received a Data Link Modernization (DLM) contract by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) to provide advanced satellite communications systems for the U.S. Army‘s MQ-1C Gray Eagle...

The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has announced three companies will build prototypes for the U.S. Space Force’s Protected Tactical Satellite (PTS) Communication program as Lockheed Martin and Boeing...

Viasat has announced a Strategic Alliance Agreement (SAA) signed with Blacktree Technology, an Australian-based communications systems design and integration company, in November 2019. The companies say the agreement will help...

The FCC released its final report and order on repurposing C-band spectrum for 5G on Tuesday, slightly shifting the amounts that satellite operators can receive in accelerated relocation payments to...

SpaceLogistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as its commercial partner for the agency’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous...