Through two major plans this year, the Department of Defense announced its intention to take seriously the need for commercial space products. The DOD Commercial Space Integration Strategy and the U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Space Strategy were released within weeks of one another in April and declared that the rapid advancements taking pla...
The U.S. Army has procured mounted assured positioning, navigation and timing systems from an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business under a $96.8 million award. Collins Aerospace will deliver MAPS devices to the service branch, Army Watercraft and Marine Corps System Command as part of the recently executed MAPS Generation II delivery order 4, the Army said...
An RTX (NYSE: RTX) business will upgrade the U.S. Navy’s MK 15 Close-In Weapon Systems under a firm-fixed-price contract valued at $159.9 million. Raytheon will supply MK 15 Mod 31 SeaRAM upgrade kits and associated hardware to the service branch over a three-year period, the Department of Defense said Friday. The military and aerospace ...
General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) mission systems business unit has appointed Amy Johnson, a more than two-decade business and engineering leader in the defense and space industry, as vice president and general manager of space, cyber and intelligence systems. In a LinkedIn post announcing her appointment, Johnson said her 25 years at General Dynam...
SpaceX and United Launch Alliance have secured $1.76 billion in contract modifications from the U.S. Space Force to provide launch services under the second phase of the National Security Space Launch program. The Department of Defense said Friday the modifications awarded by Space Systems Command are for launches planned between fiscal year 2022 an...
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...
