DIU selected 14 more companies to help troops tap into commercial networks for quicker access to data collected in orbit, the unit announced Monday.
Meet the HSA: The Hybrid Space Architecture (HSA), which was established in 2022, aims to bridge military and commercial space assets and to speed up how quickly troops can access data—while also maintaining critical cybersecurity requirements. HSA is part of the DoD’s push on tactically responsive space—this time focusing on tactical surveillance, reconnaissance, and tracking capabilities.
“DIU’s ability to rapidly integrate and deliver a hybrid space network architecture is testament to its process of allowing commercial innovators to solve complex problems at speed and scale by applying their solutions to DoD’s problems,” Steve Butow, the director of DIU’s space portfolio, said in a statement.
Fresh faces: The new companies awarded contracts under the program this week include Capella, EdgeCortix, Eutelsat America, OneWeb, Fairwinds, AST SpaceMobile, Illumina Computing Group, Lockheed Martin Space, MapLarge, SES Government Solutions, Skycorp, SkyFi, Ursa Space Systems, and Viasat.
Veterans: Companies already participating in the demo include Aalyria, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Kuiper, Anduril, Astranis, ATLAS Space Operations, Enveil, Google, Palantir, Planet Labs Federal, Microsoft, and SpiderOak.
What’s next: Demo missions are set to begin this summer and continue over the next year, in locations including the Indo-Pacific, Europe, and South America. The program aims to complete HSA by 2026.
