Sierra Space Enters the Delivery Business
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.
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Stories about military and national security missions in orbit.
BlackSky Wins Secret Navy Laser Contract
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.
Defense Tech Firm Anduril Brings AI Software to Space
Anduril is formally jumping into the space game: expanding its AI-powered tech into space to working on national security missions.
RAND Wants The Space Force Focus on Human Security
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.
There Aren’t Enough Satellite Thrusters For The SDA—Yet
Redwire is partnering with propulsion startup Phase Four to commercialize a NASA-designed Hall Effect Thruster.
USSF Funds Impulse’s Massive High Orbit Kick Stage
Under the new STRATFI agreement, the first payload on Helios will be a DoD spacecraft.
A Reusable Rocket Plane Will Practice Peeking at VLEO Sats
Dawn Aerospace, a New Zealand space transportation company, will fly sensors for US firm Scout Space.
Outpost’s Carryall is Big Enough for Multiple Contracts
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.
Hungry Redwire Scarfs Sat Builder To Win DoD Biz
This is the tenth acquisition for the conglomerate built by private equity fund AE Industrial Partners.
Space Force Boosts Bonus To Help Retention
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.
The $570B Space Economy
For the third year in a row, government space budgets saw double digit percentage increases, driven by the significant militarization of space.
Scout Space Taps ABL for Tech Demo Launch
Scout needs to get its Owl optical imaging system on orbit to prove it is the right product for information-hungry national security agencies.