Government/Military

Maxar Technologies was selected by the U.S. Space Force to develop prototype mission data processing applications for the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution Mission Data Processing (FORGE MDP) program, the company revealed last Thursday. The program is located within the Cross-Mission Ground and Communications Enterprise at the Space and Missile Systems Center. The contract is...

On Oct. 19, Relativity Space revealed that it will launch Lockheed Martin’s in-orbit refueling demonstration as part of participation in the NASA Tipping Point contract. This demonstration mission is expected to launch in October 2023 on Relativity’s Terran 1 rocket. Earlier on Oct. 14, NASA revealed that 14 companies were chosen for contract awards to...

The FCC voted on Tuesday to establish a $9 billion 5G Fund for Rural America to bring 5G wireless broadband connectivity to rural areas of the United States. Phase I of the 5G Fund will target up to $8 billion of support nationwide to areas without unsubsidized 4G LTE or 5G mobile broadband, with $680 million...

The U.S. Space Force has awarded Peraton a contract worth $10 million over five years to provide orbital analysis. Under the contract, Peraton will provide orbital analysis subject matter expertise support and and orbital management training for a variety of missions supporting the Peterson-Schriever Garrison headquartered in Colorado.  Peraton has provided orbital analysis for U.S....

The government and defense market has always relied on satellite communications, and this is only set to increase in the future. Mordor Intelligence projects a CAGR of 6.9% in the period between 2020 and 2025. Satellite communication is used across the breadth of the defense industry, around the world. From surveillance and tracking to remote...

Telesat has selected German company Mynaric to supply optical inter-satellite link (OISL) terminals for Telesat’s work on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Blackjack Track B program. Last week, DARPA awarded Telesat a further contract worth $18.3 million to develop and test it’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation as part of the Blackjack program, which looks...

Telesat’s U.S. subsidiary has joined the Lockheed Martin team for the Tranche 0 contract of the Space Transport Layer. Lockheed Martin received a $187.5 million contract in September to build 10 satellites for an initial space-based sensor and tactical communications constellation – Tranche O. The architecture will be an optically-connected internet in space to provide...

Lockheed Martin Space continues to benefit from increased government spending, as the company reported a 6% increase in 2020 Third Quarter (Q3) net space sales totaling $163 million. Approximately $90 million of its space sales came from higher volume on government satellite programs such as the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) system....

Microsoft is making a play to be the cloud platform of choice for the space industry as it unveiled Azure Space on Tuesday, which will bring together Azure technology and a network of industry partners like SpaceX. Microsoft plans to give its customers satellite connectivity via SpaceX’s Starink constellation, and connect Starlink with its new...

The U.S was the first nation to test Anti-Satellite (ASAT) weapons in 1958 with bomber-launched ASATs, and three other nations have demonstrated the ability to destroy orbiting satellites — Russia, China, and, most recently, India, with a test in March last year. Officials from the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Space Force have largely confined...