Government/Military

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command has awarded Northrop Grumman a $235 million contract for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) polar satellites 1 and 2 —...

Private funding in commercial space startups dramatically outpaces government investment but venture capital (VC) could wane if the Defense Department fails to quickly boost its contracting with these companies, potentially...

E-Space completed a U.S. Department of Defense contract with a demonstration at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, the company announced Wednesday.  The announcement was light on details, E-Space said it...

The U.S. Army recently ordered $48.6 million worth of modems from Comtech, the company announced Tuesday. The contract is for Enterprise Digital Intermediate Frequency Multi-Carrier (EDIM) modems. The EDIM modems...

Last month, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) formally ended a commercial radar contract the agency had with PredaSAR, now Terran Orbital, the NRO said on Oct. 2. “PredaSAR did not meet...

The FCC took its first space debris enforcement action on Monday, fining Dish Network $150,000 for failure to properly deorbit its EchoStar-7 satellite. Dish admitted liability as part of the...

NASA has selected seven companies to provide commercial data for the agency’s Earth science research as part of the Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program (CSDA).  NASA announced Tuesday that Airbus...

The Japanese government awarded Astroscale Japan an award worth up to $80 million for a debris inspection mission. The award announced Monday is a small business innovation research (SBIR) award...

NASA extended its blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Planet, placing multiple orders totaling $18.5 million through 2024, Planet announced Friday.  The BPA is part of NASA’s Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition...

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) will invest a further 65 million pounds ($79.1 million) of funding for innovations that could boost U.K. leadership in space technologies and applications. The latest...