Fifteen companies have secured spots on a Space Force IDIQ contract Contract performance is slated to run through July 2032 The 2026 Navy Summit will explore AI, autonomous systems and more The U.S. Space Force has awarded 15 companies positions on a potential $981 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to develop test and range ca...
The Falcon 9 launches will lift off from Vandenberg The missions will carry payloads for the Space Based Sensing and Targeting portfolio The orders came through NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 The U.S. Space Force has awarded SpaceX two task orders worth a combined $1.6 billion covering 18 Falcon 9 launches. The missions will carry...
Sphinx Defense has booked a Space Force OTA agreement for ESS mission planning The Phase 3 award follows two earlier prototyping phases The 2026 Air and Space Summit this Thursday will explore AI, Golden Dome and more Sphinx Defense has secured a $287 million other transaction authority agreement from the U.S. Space Force to develop...
The Air Force has several active contract opportunities to support missions, ranging from missile defense to AI C2 The service is also increasingly using non-traditional contracting pathways to accelerate acquisition timelines Discover more contract opportunities at the 2026 Air and Space Summit on July 30! The U.S. Air Force is ramping u...
Seven companies have received NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 contract modifications The modifications raise the contract’s ceiling from $5.6 billion to $17 billion The 2026 Air and Space Summit will explore AI, commercial space relay, Golden Dome and more The U.S. Space Force has awarded seven companies contract modifications to provide launch services u...
The Pentagon is using new acquisition strategies for Golden Dome The program could be worth as much as $3.6 trillion over the next 20 years Get the latest Golden Dome partnership opportunities at the 2026 Air and Space Summit! Golden Dome is more than just a cutting-edge missile defense system. It’s an ambitious investment in a new...
SDA has awarded two AMDT3 OTA prototype agreements L3Harris will provide missile defense variant satellites The 2026 Air & Space Summit will explore AI, Golden Dome and more The Space Development Agency has awarded approximately $1.75 billion in prototype agreements to L3Harris Technologies and Sierra Space to deliver 36 Accelerated ...
Acting Air Force Assistant Secretary for Space Acquisition and Integration Thomas Ainsworth issued a memo that finalizes the Space Force’s nine mission-focused PAEs Of the nine PAE positions, only four are filled by permanent appointees Ainsworth will deliver a keynote, while PAEs Sandhoo and Frazier will join panel discussions at the 202...
Greg Heckler, deputy program manager for capability development for NASA’s SCaN program, spoke on a podcast about the O2O, the LCRNS and the surface network system The official described the current moment as the “platinum era of satellite communications,” noting that U.S. companies are making major investments in LEO, MEO and GEO ...
The Department of the Air Force is making an aggressive case for one of the largest budget increases in its history, arguing that decades of underinvestment, growing threats from near-peer competitors and the accelerating importance of space operations demand a significant infusion of resources. During a June 9 hearing before the Senate Appropriatio...
