Brig. Gen. Jason Bartolomei has assumed command of the Air Force Research Laboratory, the scientific research and development detachment of the U.S. Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The Air Force said Friday the new AFRL commander was most recently the program executive officer for weapons and director of ...
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command has added Blue Origin and Stoke Space Technologies to the vendor pool of launch providers as part of the second on-ramping process to the fourth iteration of the Orbital Services Program. SSC said Wednesday OSP-4 is a potential $986 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with an or...
Kingswood U.S. has launched a group of former military leaders and capital market experts focused on supporting U.S. defense and aerospace companies and driving growth and innovation in the sector. Kingswood Defense Group will be led by Jeff Thompson, a U.S. Army veteran, and help companies improve their operations, advance product development, eval...
Blue Origin, CACI International (NYSE: CACI), General Atomics and Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT) have received contracts from Space Systems Command to design and build space laser communication terminal prototypes. The contractors will prototype size, weight, power and cost-optimized optical communications terminals designed for space under the first phase o...
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Blue Origin, SpaceX and United Launch Alliance spots on a potential 10-year, $5.6 billion contract to provide launch services as part of the third phase of the National Security Space Launch program. The Department of Defense said Thursday the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is for La...
The U.S. Space Force has awarded 20 small enterprises positions on a potential $1 billion contract to develop a next-generation ground system for military satellites, SpaceNews reported Friday. Rapid Resilient Command and Control is a small business set-aside program that seeks to build a ground system on a commercial cloud architecture to support s...
Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has secured a five-year, $94 million contract to deliver satellite communications support services to Space Systems Command The company said Tuesday it will provide new capabilities and security sustainment services in support of the Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services program under the contract, which has a pote...
Projections from the U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Satellite Communications Office indicate that service branches and government agencies could award approximately $1.7 billion in commercial satcom contracts over the next 12 months, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. CSCO outlined 10 contract opportunities for fiscal year 2024-2025 in its forecast to i...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has secured a potential $187 million contract to continue helping the U.S. Space Force maintain and upgrade its space surveillance systems and command centers dedicated to providing space domain awareness for military and civilian users. The award exercises the option year five of the potential 10-year, $1.2 billion...
Artificial intelligence is changing the game across all domains and industries, including in space. Maria Demaree, vice president and general manager of national security space at Lockheed Martin, spoke with Executive Mosaic about how AI is impacting missions from CJADC2 to space and more. Demaree, a two-time Wash100 Award winner, has been with Lo...
