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...
The U.S. Army has released a draft request for proposals for the full and open segment of a follow-on indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covering research and development capabilities to address the mission needs of the service branch’s Space and Missile Defense Command. The Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration II D...
Aerostar International, a part of TCOM’s portfolio of aerospace and defense companies, has purchased Near Space for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to broaden its set of products and services, advance innovation and expand its presence in the aerospace and defense sector. Near Space performs high-altitude flight testing, runs the Johnson Nea...
Lockheed Martin is a multinational aerospace, defense, and technology corporation well-known for its state-of-the-art contributions to space exploration and national security. With more than a century of experience, it has made a name as a pioneer in cutting-edge technological solutions that influence the direction of the aerospace and defense indus...
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command has released a solicitation to seek additional launch providers as part of the second on-ramping process to the fourth iteration of the Orbital Services Program. OSP-4 is a potential $986 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with an ordering period that will run through October 2...
The U.S. Space Force awarded Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) a $444 million contract to help the Space Systems Command modernize space launch instrumentation. SAIC said Monday it will support the Digital Transformation, Acquisition, Modernization and Modification program, which will benefit Space Launch Delta wings 30 and 45, b...
