Government/Military

Maxar Technologies’ new satellite bus, called the Maxar 300 series, has completed its first critical design review (CDR), the company announced Monday.  Maxar is developing this satellite bus to support...

Thales Alenia Space signed new contracts with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the ground mission segment for Galileo Second Generation (GSG) and for system engineering activities, and two contracts...

PlanetiQ is beginning to deliver radio occlusion data to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under a previously awarded contract. PlanetiQ announced this week it will begin daily delivery of...

The 133 commercial space companies that provide systems for U.S. military use do not have automatic protection for those systems from U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM), the head of SPACECOM said...

While U.S. Space Force thus far has split National Security Space Launch (NSSL) between SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA), the service plans to have one more provider by the end of NSSL...

Fairwinds Technologies awarded Comtech a $30 million contract for its Troposcatter family of systems (FOS) to support U.S. Army tactical communications. Comtech announced the award on July 13.  Fairwinds is...

Millennium Space Systems reports it has completed a program design review (PDR) for a U.S. Space Force missile tracking satellite in just four months, the company announced Wednesday. The satellite...

Muon Space has been awarded an option to the company’s contract with Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLMC) to collect ionospheric data on the MuSat-2 satellite mission.  Under this...

Propulsion company Phase Four received a funding increase from the Air Force Research Laboratory and its innovation arm AFWERX. The $4.26 million funding increase is focused on developing a propellant...

The U.S. Space Force has awarded iRocket $1.8 million in further funding on a Phase II SBIR contract to develop its reusable rocket engine. iRocket — Innovative Rocket Technologies Inc....