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
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
By Courtney Albon, Published by Defense News, 23 February 2022 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force took a step toward improving its domain awareness in geosynchronous orbit this week, awarding a contract to Northrop Grumman for the first increment of a new deep space radar capability. The service used the
By Theresa Hitchens, Publishd by Breaking Defense, 22 February 2022 Missile Defense Agency pushes back, pointing Breaking Defense to positive report from Pentagon tester, laudatory comments from senior military officials and recent test wins. WASHINGTON: A new study of US missile defenses has found that — after 70 years and
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 7 February 2022 The nine-month contract is to process data from SBIRS sensors in highly elliptical orbit WASHINGTON — SciTec won a $5 million contract from the Space Force to develop a software application that analyzes data from U.S. missile-warning satellites, the company announced
By Patrick Daly, Published by the Evening Standard, 1 February 2022 The UK will invest £1.4 billion to bolster the number of British satellites in space as part of its first defence space strategy. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said it was “crucial” that Britain pushes the “frontiers of our defence
By Andrew Chuter, Published by Defense News, 1 February 2022 LONDON – Britain laid out its military space development priorities Feb. 1 as the Ministry of Defence published its long-awaited strategy for the sector. The bulk of the £6.4 billion ($8.7 billion) set aside by the MoD for space spending
Posted on ADS Advance, 1 February 2022 The UK will invest £1.4 billion to bolster our national interests in space, as part of the first Defence Space Strategy published today. Following publication of the National Space Strategy in September last year, the Defence Space Strategy (DSS) outlines how Defence will
