By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 6 January 2022 Slingshot will develop an analytics tool that ingests GPS telemetry data from commercial LEO constellations and uses it to paint a picture of RF hazards on the ground WASHINGTON — Under a $2 million contract from the U.S. Space Force, Slingshot
By Amanda Miller, Published by Airforce Magazine, 2 January 2022 Airmen recite the oath of office before transferring into the Space Force during a ceremony at the Pentagon, Sept. 15, 2020. About 300 Airmen at bases worldwide, including 22 in the audience, transferred during the ceremony. Air Force photo by
By Theresa Hitchens, Pubished by Breaking Defense, 28 December 2021 US leaders this year faced difficult decisions against a backdrop of rapidly growing challenges from potential adversaries, and a booming commercial space sector that innovation-wise is leaving the Defense Department and the Intelligence Community in the dust. WASHINGTON: Saying it
The terrifying future space weapons – ‘rods from God’ meteorites, molten metal cannons and weaponised asteroids By Patrick Knox, Published by the U.S. Sun, 23 December 2021 WEAPONISED asteroids, "rods from god" raining down on Earth and cannon firing molten metal and — it sounds like something from a sci-fi
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 22 December 2021 GAO said information provided to Congress on the Space C2 program makes it difficult to assess its progress WASHINGTON — The Government Accountability Office issued another report critical of a U.S. Space Force program that is developing software tools to track
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 22 December 2021 Space Force wants to deploy sensors across the GEO belt and is asking contractors if they can produce payloads for $10 million or less WASHINGTON — GEOST, a small company based in Tucson, Arizona, won two U.S. Space Force contracts worth
By Nathan Strout, Published by C4ISRNet, 17 December 2021 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has awarded Raytheon Technologies a $67 million contract to test a prototype weather system the company designed for the service, the American firm announced Dec. 15. The Space Force initially selected Raytheon Intelligence & Space
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 15 December 2021 Raytheon is one of three contenders selected by the Space Systems Command in June 2020 to develop space sensor prototypes for the Electro-Optical Infrared Weather System WASHINGTON — Raytheon Technologies received a $67 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to
