Government/Military

NASA Adds ULA’s Vulcan Centaur Rocket to Launch Services Catalog
April 16, 2021
ULA is now able to compete to launch future NASA missions on its Vulcan Centaur rocket, which is currently in development. On April 15, NASA announced that it had awarded ULA a Launch Services (NLS) II contract.  The NLS II is a contract vehicle under which NASA places orders from commercial providers for launch services...
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WSJ Reports Blue Origin Contracted for ULA Vulcan First Stage
Lockheed Martin Releases New Line of Mid-Size ISR Satellites
April 13, 2021
Lockheed Martin is releasing a new line of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) satellites designed for larger constellations and rapid satellite production.  According to the Tuesday announcement, this line is based on Lockheed Martin’s LM 400 mid-size satellite bus. The LM 400 is a configurable bus about the size of a refrigerator, and there are...
Government/Military
Blue Origin, Lockheed Martin, and General Atomics Win DARPA Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Contracts
April 12, 2021
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded General Atomics, Blue Origin, and Lockheed Martin contracts for the first phase of a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) demonstration program.  The awards, announced Monday, are for the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program. This program looks to demonstrate a NTP system above Low-Earth Orbit...
Government/Military
OneWeb CEO Neil Masterson Talks Telcos and Terminals
April 07, 2021
In one of his first public speaking appearances as OneWeb’s new CEO, Neil Masterson emphasized OneWeb’s go-to-market strategy for its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation as a business-to-business model, working with telcos and local Internet Service Providers (ISPs).  Masterson came to the satellite industry from Thomson Reuters, which sells software and tools for legal and tax...
Finance
Secure World Foundation Says Russia is Testing New LEO, GEO Anti-Satellite Technologies
April 06, 2021
The Secure World Foundation released a report suggesting that Russia is testing new Anti-Satellite (ASAT) and Direct Ascent Anti-Satellite (DA-ASAT) technologies that could threaten spacecraft in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), and eventually, Geostationary Orbit (GEO). In the April 2021 report, “Global Counterspace Capabilities: An Open Source Assessment,” co-authors Brian Weeden and Victoria Samson wrote that Russia...
Government/Military
SimbaCom: Boots on the Ground
April 02, 2021
  Satellite-based telecommunications and information technology solutions worldwide with services in some of the world’s most remote and hazardous environments SimbaCom provides End-to-end communication solution designs, engineering, test and evaluation, supply chain logistics, and technology life cycle management through our well-qualified team of field service representatives (FSRs). We offer Private Cyber, Security, IT, and NOC...
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From the Archive: 2018 Interview with Sen. Bill Nelson
April 01, 2021
President Biden recently announced his pick for NASA administrator — former Florida Senator Bill Nelson — selecting another former congressman to follow Jim Bridenstine. He is known for being the second member of congress to travel to space, as he was a payload specialist on a Columbia Space Shuttle mission in January 1986. In 2018,...
Government/Military
Industry Applauds Biden Decision to Keep National Space Council
March 31, 2021
The White House plans to keep the National Space Council that was reinstated by former President Trump, a move applauded by the space community. The move was first reported by Politco, and addressed by Press Secretary Jen Psaki in Tuesday’s press conference.  “The President believes that the National Space Council provides an opportunity to generate...
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White House
US Army Awards Maxar GEOINT Contract Worth up to $48M
March 29, 2021
The U.S. Army has awarded Maxar Technologies a geospatial intelligence support contract worth as much as $48.3 million, the company announced Monday.  The award is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command C5ISR Center, Intelligence & Information Warfare Directorate. Maxar will offer support...
Government/Military
OneWeb Partners With TrustComm as US Military Distribution Partner 
March 26, 2021
TrustComm, a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) satellite communications application specialist, is now a distribution partner of OneWeb. The companies announced an MoU on March 26 that TrustComm will deliver connectivity from OneWeb’s satellites in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) to U.S. government customers.  TrustComm holds a number of DoD contract vehicles to provide managed satellite services...
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