Government/Military

ATLAS Space Operations entered into an agreement to develop its LINKS platform with the Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). The competitively awarded rapid prototyping program will run for 12 months, and will deliver a complete satellite communications platform tailored to the Air Force’s Multi-Band Multi-Mission requirements, as outlined by the Space and Missile...

Cubic revealed that its Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS) business division has been awarded a contract by Boeing to supply its wideband satellite communications modem system and Line-of-Sight (LOS) Common Data Link (CDL) system for the MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling program. The MQ-25 is the U.S. Navy‘s first operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft and is designed to...

Newtec deployed its Dialog hub for the Agencia Boliviana Espacia (ABE) which aims to enable the Agency to extend access to residential broadband to at least 6,000 users. The service will be delivered via ABE’s Tupac Katari 1 satellite in Ka-band. The project, which is part of the government’s National Broadband Plan, will serve the currently unserved...

Australia revealed its biggest investment in space R&D in the country’s history, with the launch of a multi-billion smart satellite research hub led by the University of South Australia. The Co-operative Research Center for Smart Satellite Technologies and Analytics (SmartSatCRC) is a $245 million national research center involving 84 research and industry partners and a $55...

The Blue Horizons Program at Air University has rolled out Black Horizon, a mobile application that delivers lessons in spacelift, orbital mechanics, and satellite constellation design for the U.S. Air Force. The student-adaptive educational app, covers the full range of space education requirements which will augment and accelerate the traditional space professionalization education program. Black Horizon...

U.S. Air Force Space Command expects to release this year a new strategy for the service’s future satellite communications architecture to address lawmakers’ longtime concerns about stove-piped capabilities and offer a more holistic, cost-effective solution, AFSPC leaders said this week at the 35th annual Space Symposium. The focus on great power competition has prompted the...

U.S. Air Force officials provided some insight into the concept of space deterrence at the 35th annual Space Symposium , as Pentagon leaders have ramped up rhetoric about the need to combat peer adversaries in the space domain. Outgoing Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson told reporters April 10 that “there may come a point where...

NASA will fund research and development for 18 space technology concepts, including solar sails, smart space suits, and a Lunar-polar propellant mining outpost, as part of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. The developers of each of these technologies will use the funds to determine the feasibility of their innovations and ability to change the way...

Where will the space industry be in 50 years’ time? Global space agency leaders from 10 of the largest space-faring nations gathered at the 35th Nation Space Symposium in Colorado Springs on a panel to speculate on the changing role of space agencies, how they can facilitate technological developments from private industry, organize projects, and...

The leader of the new Space Development Agency (SDA) unveiled a national future space architecture that the agency plans to develop over the next few years during his first public appearance as SDA director at the Space Foundation’s 35th annual Space Symposium on April 9. Fred Kennedy, who previously led the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s...