Space Force Turns to TAP Labs To Bridge Tech Gaps
“TAP Lab has done an amazing job of bridging the Valley of Death in R&D.”
Stories about military and national security missions in orbit.
“TAP Lab has done an amazing job of bridging the Valley of Death in R&D.”
Military officials chose Impulse Space to fly two different tactically-responsive demonstration missions with its high-powered spacecraft in 2026.
Sierra Space won a $980,000 AFRL contract to study how its Ghost reentry spacecraft could provide point-to-point delivery services for the US government.
The potential ROI is substantial: The company is expecting to achieve a 10x improvement on its current 90-minute or less tasking-to-imagery delivery timeline.
Anduril is formally jumping into the space game: expanding its AI-powered tech into space to working on national security missions.
RAND argued that the Space Force’s assets should be used to identify and to head off global crises before they spiral out of control.
Redwire is partnering with propulsion startup Phase Four to commercialize a NASA-designed Hall Effect Thruster.
Under the new STRATFI agreement, the first payload on Helios will be a DoD spacecraft.
Dawn Aerospace, a New Zealand space transportation company, will fly sensors for US firm Scout Space.
Outpost won a $36M in recent contracts from the US military to develop its technology for hypersonic testing, reentry missions, and on orbit cargo storage.
This is the tenth acquisition for the conglomerate built by private equity fund AE Industrial Partners.
The Space Force has raised its max reenlistment bonus for some members of the service to $180,000, an $80,000 increase from the previous year.