By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 4 October 2023 The seven-year contract is for engineering and integration of space sensing systems, including missile-warning and weather satellites WASHINGTON — Booz Allen Hamilton won a seven-year $630 million contract from the U.S. Space Force for systems engineering and integration of satellite systems
By Debra Werner, Published by SpaceNews, 3 October 2023 SAN FRANCISCO – Attracting a talented workforce is a high priority for Scott Erwin, chief scientist for the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico. “If we don’t hire the best and brightest,
By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 2 October 2023 Starshield satellites are capable of hosting "the most demanding customer payload missions." SpaceX has won its first contract with the United States Space Force for its new Starshield satellite constellation. The one-year contract is worth $70 million and was confirmed by
By Nicholas Francoeur, Published by Payload Space, 28 September 2023 This opinion piece is written by Nicholas Francoeur, an active-duty officer in the US Space Force. Most recently, he was the director of LEO and GEO operations, and was previously a senior range operations commander at Cape Canaveral. These views
Clouds roll over the Thule Tracking Station, known as callsign "POGO," operated by the 23rd Space Operations Squadron, Detachment 1, at Thule Air Base, now known as Pituffik Space Base, in Greenland, in 2022. POGO is the northernmost unit of seven worldwide tracking stations in the Satellite Control Network. A
By Rick Tumlinson, Published by Space.com, 2 October 2023 The potential for conflict beyond Earth is coming. It's been reported that United States Space Force Commander Gen. Chance Saltzman surveyed the Force's members to develop a mission statement for America's newest military branch. Aside from the novelty of crowdsourcing soldiers
Published by RT.com, 29 September 2023 The billionaire entrepreneur continues to insist that the Starlink network should not be a “participant to combat” SpaceX has signed its first contract with the Pentagon to provide satellite services as part of its new ‘Starshield’ program. CEO Elon Musk described the effort as
By Seth Kurkowski, Published by Space Explored, 29 September 2023 According to a statement given to CNBC, earlier this month the Space Force purchased services on SpaceX’s new Starshield constellation. This is the first contract SpaceX has gotten for its government focused service it has yet to share much about
