Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) has secured a potential eight-year, $579 million contract from Space Systems Command to provide satellite communication support to the U.S. Space Force and SSC. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract includes a $146.3 million task order for the continuation of command and control sus...

SpaceX and United Launch Alliance have been assigned 21 launch service missions for fiscal year 2024 under phase 2 of the U.S. Space Force national security space launch contract vehicle. Space Systems Command said Tuesday SpaceX received 10 mission assignments while ULA received 11 missions that are expected to launch over the next two to...

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command is planning to award contracts worth approximately $20 billion in fiscal year 2024 for programs related to satellite communications and positioning, navigation and timing, a significant increase from the $1.6 billion awarded in FY 2023, DefenseNews reported Thursday. Cordell DeLaPena, SSC program ex...

Cordell DeLaPena, program executive officer for military communications and positioning, navigation, and timing at Space Systems Command, said the U.S. Space Force plans to release in January a request for proposals for the space vehicle segment of a potential $8 billion satellite constellation designed to provide nuclear command, control and commun...

The U.S. Space Force has issued two solicitations for the third phase of the National Security Space Launch program. The service has adopted a dual-lane approach to acquisition under NSSL Phase 3 to ensure assured access to space and meet warfighter needs, according to solicitation notices published Wednesday. Under the first lane, the service plans...

SpaceX will use its new satellite network to provide high-speed broadband, alternative positioning, navigation and timing and space domain awareness support for the U.S. Space Force under a potential $70 million contract with the service branch, Air & Space Forces Magazine reported Wednesday. Starshield is composed of satellites in low-Earth orb...

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has secured a seven-year, $630 million contract to provide the U.S. Space Force with systems engineering and integration services for space sensing capabilities, such as the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared satellites. The project builds on Booz Allen’s existing partnership with the Space Systems Com...

The Aerospace Corp. has received a modification to a contract with the Space Systems Command that calls for systems engineering and integration services in support of the national space community.  Work will be carried out in California with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2024, the Department of Defense said Thursday. The modification...

General Atomics has purchased space and airborne electro-optical payload developer EO Vista for an undisclosed sum and will integrate the acquired company with its electromagnetic systems business. Acton, Massachusetts-based EO Vista is a technology company founded in 2013 and is focused on developing next-generation EO sensing systems used for surv...

Tecolote Research will advise and assist Space Systems Command on business processes under a five-year, $131 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The sole-source award covers support for SSC’s administrative, financial and acquisition functions until Aug. 31, 2028, the Department of Defense said Thursday. Goleta, Californi...