The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded BlackSky Technology an AFWERX direct-to-Phase 2 contract to develop an automated target recognition service that can track vehicles in real time using combined radio frequency and electro-optical satellite sensor data. The service will automatically detect vehicles of interest and share mobile asset location data with remote devices […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded AT&T and Honeywell Aerospace a potential 10-year, $900 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for proliferated low-Earth orbit satellite-based services. AT&T and Honeywell will provide low-latency satellite communications services to the U.S. Space Force, ensuring that operators will have reliable data across all warfighting domains. The contract has a base performance period […]
Mark Clampin, NASA’s astrophysics director, revealed on Friday that he is looking into spending cuts for the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope. At the National Academies’ Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Clampin said he expects that the fiscal year 2024 budget will remain at 2023 levels due to the Fiscal Responsibility Act […]
The NASA spacecraft Psyche, designed for a six-year journey to a metal-rich asteroid 2.2 billion miles away, was launched aboard a SpaceX rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, the agency announced. Psyche’s voyage, NASA’s first mission to a metallic asteroid, aims to probe further Earth’s origins and to test the agency’s […]
The U.S. Space Force is seeking proposals for a Colorado-based Tools Application and Processing laboratory that would host space domain awareness projects. According to the Space Systems Command, Project Apollo proposals should focus on space launch custody, object identification, and decision-making support. Some of the solutions SSC is looking for are space launch detection data, […]
The U.S. Space Force is working to expand its collaboration with foreign allies to include space-related development and acquisition programs. Currently, the U.S. government’s partnerships with allied nations focus on intelligence sharing and data exchange. At a Payload-hosted webinar, Deanna Ryals, director of the Space Systems Command’s International Affairs Office, highlighted the importance of expanding […]
The U.S. Space Force is looking at technologies for its guardians’ virtual and remote training, which needs to be more realistic and immersive than before, according to a SpaceNews report. Maj. Gen. Shawn Bratton, former Space Training and Readiness Command head, said the first challenge is explaining the space domain to trainees who have not […]
The National Reconnaissance Office is expanding its constellation of satellites providing imaging and signals intelligence amid increasing threats from adversaries. In an interview with the Mitchell Institute, Space Force Maj. Gen. Christopher Povak, the NRO’s deputy director, said the new satellites will come in various sizes and will be deployed across diverse orbits to improve […]
California-based startup Vector Atomic and Honeywell Aerospace have developed an atomic sensor that takes navigation measurements without using GPS. Funded by the Defense Innovation Unit, the sensor was delivered in August and is planned to be deployed into orbit, SpaceNews reported. DIU awarded Vector Atomic a $10 million contract in 2020 to produce an atomic […]
Communications & Power Industries’ Antenna Technologies division has received a $30 million-plus subcontract from Peraton to provide Earth station antennas for NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program. CPI will provide three gateway antenna systems for the SCaN Lunar Exploration Ground Sites projects. The antennas, measuring 20 meters in diameter each and operating in the X […]
