The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected 14 companies to study the possibilities and implications of setting up a commercial lunar civilization. Under the 10-Year Lunar Architecture Capability Study, the companies will look at rapid technology development concepts for shareable and scalable systems that the United States and other countries can use on the […]
The U.S., UK and Australian governments are partnering for a new initiative to provide resilient space-based radar capabilities. According to John Plumb, U.S. assistant secretary of defense for space policy, the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability program will allow the countries to track, identify and characterize space objects and support space domain awareness and responsible […]
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command has announced that Canada is the first partner nation to access an ultra-high-frequency satellite communications system for connecting joint warfighters worldwide through adverse environmental conditions. The Mobile User Objective System features stronger performance and reduced signal interference over older systems, SSC said Thursday. Under the Tactical Narrowband SATCOM […]
Aly Mendoza-Hill, head of the Rideshare Office in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, said the agency’s rideshare policy is being updated for better alignment with current developments and challenges in deploying science missions in space. NASA will provide other rideshare options, including its Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare contract system and Artemis missions, Mendoza-Hill disclosed […]
Telesat’s government solutions business has announced a 20-month follow-on Phase 2 contract to support the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node program. Space-BACN is aimed at developing a lightweight, reconfigurable inter-satellite optical communications terminal to link constellations with different connectivity protocols, Telesat said Wednesday. The program is meant to advance Combined Joint […]
The University of Texas at El Paso will lead a study on Unresolved Resident Space Objects under a five-year, $5 million grant from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s Space University Research Initiative. The research team will study URSOs using spectroscopy and integrate methods like remote sensing and laboratory experiments with telescope observations. According […]
NASA’s acting associate administrator for space technology has warned advisers that budget cuts would impact some programs. Speaking at a NASA Advisory Council meeting, Prasun Desai shared that certain Space Technology Mission Directorate programs could face up to a 27 percent budget cut if the directorate does not receive the full $1.39 billion funding request. […]
Millennium Space Systems announced that it has completed a critical design review for the Missile Track Custody space vehicle it is building for the U.S. Space Force. The company completed the CDR less than five months after it concluded the preliminary design review for MTC. The CDR was performed using digital engineering techniques, which streamlined […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency is inviting companies to bid for spots on a potential 10-year, $900 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity deal to deliver proliferated low-Earth orbit services and capabilities to the Department of Defense. Interested parties can submit proposals for the PLEO Satellite-Based Services contract until May 31, 2024, according to the notice posted on SAM […]
The Space Development Agency’s transport layer of low-Earth orbit data relay satellites using the military band Link 16 successfully communicated with ground-based radios during SDA tests from Nov. 21 to 27. According to SDA Director Derek Tournear, the tests showed for the first time the feasibility of linking via communication satellites the space, land, sea […]
