Lockheed, Northrop choose payloads for Space Force missile warning satellites

By Courtney Albon, Published by C4ISRNET, 1 March 2022 WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman announced Tuesday they have selected payload providers for their respective segments of the Space Force’s Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program. Both companies are on contract to build a portion of the first block of

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Shetland spaceport gains planning approval

By Jonathan AMos, Science Correspondent, Published by BBC News, 1 March 2022 Artwork: The first Lockheed mission from Shetland will deploy a kind of space tug Construction of a spaceport in the far north of the UK could finally get under way next month after planning permission was granted. Shetland

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Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, York Space selected to build DoD’s internet-in-space constellation

By Sandra Erwin,Published by Space News, 28 February 2022 Rendering of the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer low Earth orbit constellation. Credit: Northrop Grumman The agency awarded three contracts: $700 million to Lockheed Martin, $692 million to Northrop Grumman and $382 million to York Space for the Transport Layer Tranche

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Eyes Over the Pacific

By Nicky Hager, Published by Declassified Australia, 28 February 2022 A ‘morally conflicted’ spying operation on Pacific nations sees Australia and New Zealand running a covert interception and surveillance program against our Pacific island friends. A spying network of satellite surveillance hubs and on-the-ground listening stations is being used by

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