BlinkDash

The company’s first two Jackal spacecraft are scheduled to launch aboard SpaceX’s upcoming Transporter-10 rideshare

National Guard, Air Force, working to resolve impasse over space units

Space operations units in the Air National Guard face uncertain future as political fight continues on whether to fund a Space National Guard

BlackSky inks $50 million deal to supply imagery services and satellites to Indonesia

BlackSky will work with Thales Alenia is support of the Indonesian Ministry of Defense

Tech executive Tim Solms named CEO of Slingshot Aerospace

Founded in 2017, Slingshot is based in El Segundo, California; and Austin, Texas.

Space VCs urge startups to pursue government contracts but stay focused on commercial success

While venture capital has retrenched, “the government has stepped up and created a tailwind for the space industry.”

Air Force rocket cargo initiative marches forward despite questions about feasibility

The U.S. Air Force is pressing forward with plans to demonstrate point-to-point rocket travel perhaps in a few years.

Space Systems Command weather group to review requirements and long-term plans

Over the next couple of months, the U.S. Space Force organization responsible for delivering weather information to Defense Department customers will take a hard look at weather data requirements.

Space Force seeks to clear up confusion over selection of Northrop Grumman’s refueling tech

Col. Joyce Bulson said the Space Systems Command ontinues to evaluate other refueling solutions for potential use.

China’s secretive spaceplane raises its orbit, but yet to deploy satellites

China’s experimental reusable spacecraft recently performed maneuvers to raise its orbit but is apparently yet to release objects as it did in previous flights.

Satellite-services industry awaits critical demand signal from U.S. military

Diane Howard: “The industry has to have a “clear demand signal from government users”

Space Force’s Orbital Prime program looking to turn R&D into commercial products

SpaceWERX is now weighing next steps for the program, trying to gauge the maturity of technologies, their utility and possible commercialization paths.

U.S. Space Force wary of China’s expanding spy satellite fleet

Chief Master Sgt. Ron Lerch, of the Space Systems Command’s intelligence directorate, said China’s rapidly advancing military space-based reconnaissance capabilities are worrisome. 

Former head of NRO’s space launch office joins Stellar Solutions

Retired U.S. Space Force Col. Chad Davis was named director of sigint programs

Northrop Grumman’s orbital refueling port selected for U.S. military satellites

A satellite refueling nozzle developed by Northrop Grumman is the first to be selected as a preferred standard for U.S. military satellites.

Space Force selects vendors for suborbital launch services

Kratos Space & Missile Defense Systems, L3Harris’ Aerojet Rocketdyne Coleman Aerospace, and Corvid Technologies were awarded indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts for Sounding Rocket Program-4.

US seeks dismissal of Ligado’s $40 billion roadblocked 5G spectrum claim 

The United States government has called on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to throw out a lawsuit from Ligado Networks seeking $40 billion over the company’s derailed wireless network plans.

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