Government/Military

Investigators will examine whether a secretive spy satellite program designed to snoop on other satellites is being properly managed, the Pentagon’s Office of the Inspector General said Wednesday. The probe into Air Force Space Command’s Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program will determine if the program meets “quality assurance standards.” Read More at The Gazette >>

Harris Corporation was awarded a $51 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) delivery order to provide Falcon III radios to a Central European nation – delivering narrowband and wideband networking capabilities and offering greater interoperability with U.S. and NATO allies for coalition operations. Under the award, Harris will provide Falcon III AN/PRC-158, AN/PRC-160, AN/PRC-152A and AN/PRC-117G manpack...

Lockheed Martin delivered the GPS III Contingency Operations (COps) software upgrade to the U.S. Air Force‘s current GPS ground control system on May 22. The upgrade aims to help enable the Air Force to start commanding the new, next-generation GPS III satellites now coming off the production line and beginning to launch. “Positioning, Navigation and...

Relativity secured an agreement with the NASA and an incentive package from the Mississippi Development Authority to expand facilities and infrastructure at NASA’s historic Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi. Through this agreement, Relativity will leverage existing NASA infrastructure and capital investment incentives from the Mississippi Development Authority to build and integrate a pioneering...

Most people are aware of the Trump administration’s plans for a “Space Force,” but few are clear on how it will fit within DoD structure, how it operate differently than existing organizations like the Air Force Space Command, and what it will look like if and when it survives scrutiny in Congress. To explain everything...

The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is seeking information on services capable of conducting coordinated collection planning across multiple commercial satellite constellations, and advanced analytics on large volumes of commercial satellite data for the purpose of delivering High-Cadence GEOINT (GEOINT collected at intra-hour rates) to consumers within minutes of collect. The NGA put out the...

Viasat‘s Commercial Broadband Modem (CBM)-400 became the first-ever software-defined modem to successfully complete the Army Forces Strategic Command (ARSTRAT) certification process. By successfully completing the certification process, the Viasat CBM-400 modem is now the only software-defined modem authorized to operate on the Wideband Global Satellite (WGS) communications network. This aims to enhance air, land, and...

Maxar Technologies was awarded a study contract with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). This contract aims to help enable the U.S. government to gain a greater understanding of Maxar’s current and future commercial imagery capabilities. The one-year contract will support the NRO’s efforts to further research and assess the U.S. commercial Electro-Optical (EO) imagery industrial...

Maxar Technologies revealed that it was awarded multiple contracts in the first quarter of 2019 to provide Earth intelligence solutions to U.S. government agencies, with a total value of more than $95 million. As announced in January, Maxar is now fully domesticated in the United States. Recent contract wins include: The U.S. Air Force awarded Maxar...

Colorado Springs-based Braxton Technologies has won a five-year contract worth up to $100 million from the Air Force Space Command to develop software to control multiple satellites and ground stations. It’s the biggest-ever contract for the 100-employee firm that’s headquartered downtown. Read More at The Gazette >>