The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded Viasat a $33.6 million contract to advance military satellite communication for tactical aircraft. Under the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet—or DEUCSI—program, Viasat will leverage
MoreThe Space Development Agency is soliciting proposals to study, model and simulate a network orchestrating system capable of supporting data transport. The desired solution would facilitate information exchange among the government-owned Proliferated
MoreNASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy announced the establishment of a new space sustainability division that will consolidate the agency’s orbital debris-related activities, SpaceNews reported Saturday. At a conference held Thursday, the previous
MoreRear Adm. Heidi Berg, the deputy commander of Fleet Cyber Command, recently underscored the need to provide credible counterspace capabilities as a deterrence to China and Russia, which are developing counterspace technologies
MoreBoston, Massachusetts-based Tomorrow.io and Orbital Micro Systems of Boulder, Colorado, have secured contracts valued at $4.3 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide Microwave Sounder—or MWS—data for new Commercial Weather Data
MoreVandenberg Space Force Base has adopted sealed bidding in the recent contract solicitation for its Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements, or SABER, program with the bids’ opening conducted live and streamed
MoreDerek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency, said York Space Systems has made its laser communications system operational on its military satellites and that SDA’s next step is to link the
MoreMITRE said the United Nations guidelines for the long-term sustainability of outer space activities do not address cybersecurity challenges and other threats to space systems. Good cyber hygiene is essential to the
MoreThe Space Security and Defense Program, which operates under the Department of the Air Force, is seeking input for space domain awareness capabilities and services to address threats in a dynamic and increasingly
MoreSpace Systems Command has announced the completion of the ground critical design review for its Next-Generation Overhead Infrared Polar, or OPIR NGP program, and the system critical integration review for its complementary
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