Space News & Articles

BlueHalo to Develop Next Generation Space Domain Solutions for AFRL

Five separate cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts have been awarded by AFRL, totalling over $130 million with an available ceiling of over $400 million.

Dec 31, 2020
Thales Alenia Space to provide Pressurized Module for Lunar Gateway Habitation And Logistics Outpost

Thales Alenia Space will design and manufacture the HALO primary structure - the pressurized module, the vestibule pressure control, part of the meteoroid protection system as well as the NASA docking systems interface

Dec 15, 2020
U.S. Space Force to Launch Fifth SBIRS Missile Warning Satellite in 2021

Lockheed Martin’s SBIRS GEO-5 is the first military space satellite built on the modernized, modular LM 2100™ combat bus, providing enhanced power and resilience

Dec 09, 2020
QinetiQ to Develop Relocatable Optical Ground Station Capable of Receiving High-Speed Data Transmissions from Space

QinetiQ’s £2.3 million contract to build the OGS will provide a solid platform to undertake experimentation into free-space optical communications

Nov 30, 2020
SpaceX sends Newest Satellite Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich into Space

Satellite will monitor global sea levels and provide critical data for scientific research and lay the framework for future generations

Nov 25, 2020
Next-Generation Satellite System Under Development for US Space Force

Boeing will provide a secure and resilient satellite communications architecture as well as a satellite payload prototype

Oct 06, 2020
Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar Spacecraft Critical Design Review Completed

PredaSAR is building and will operate the world's largest and most advanced constellation of SAR satellites

Aug 25, 2020
Technion and IAI Develop New Satellite Technology for Search, Rescue, and Signal Detection

The collaboration yielded an innovative electronic receiver and satellite computer for the ADELIS-SAMSON Project

Aug 24, 2020
ABL Space Systems Begin Stage Testing of RS1 Satellite Launch Vehicle

Testing is conducted at Edwards Air Force Base under a CRADA with the AFRL Rocket Propulsion Division

Aug 03, 2020
Advancing Defense Capability Through Strategic Collaboration Defense Advancement works with major OEMs to foster collaboration and increase engagement with SMEs, to accelerate innovation and drive defense capabilities forward.