SpaceX will use its new satellite network to provide high-speed broadband, alternative positioning, navigation and timing and space domain awareness support for the U.S. Space Force under a potential $70 million contract with the service branch, Air & Space Forces Magazine reported Wednesday. Starshield is composed of satellites in low-Earth orb...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has secured a seven-year, $630 million contract to provide the U.S. Space Force with systems engineering and integration services for space sensing capabilities, such as the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared satellites. The project builds on Booz Allen’s existing partnership with the Space Systems Com...
The Aerospace Corp. has received a modification to a contract with the Space Systems Command that calls for systems engineering and integration services in support of the national space community. Work will be carried out in California with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2024, the Department of Defense said Thursday. The modification...
General Atomics has purchased space and airborne electro-optical payload developer EO Vista for an undisclosed sum and will integrate the acquired company with its electromagnetic systems business. Acton, Massachusetts-based EO Vista is a technology company founded in 2013 and is focused on developing next-generation EO sensing systems used for surv...
Tecolote Research will advise and assist Space Systems Command on business processes under a five-year, $131 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The sole-source award covers support for SSC’s administrative, financial and acquisition functions until Aug. 31, 2028, the Department of Defense said Thursday. Goleta, Californi...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has won a $574.5 million task order to help the U.S. Space Force update and sustain a global network of ground-based radar systems. Space Systems Command received four bids for the cost-plus-incentive-fee contract via a competitive acquisition and is obligating $43.8 million in fiscal 2023 operat...
The Department of Defense’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative, or JADC2, has been a high priority for leaders across the defense landscape as they work to provide the United States’ joint force with a connected, unified network to accelerate data sharing and decision making. The Air Force’s response to the Pentagon’s JADC2 effo...
The U.S. Space Force has released the second round of draft requests for proposals incorporating industry feedback from the first draft solicitations and describing the “dual-lane” approach to acquisition under the third phase of the National Security Space Launch program. Space Systems Command said Friday over 20 vendors participated in an ...
The U.S. Space Force has released a draft request for proposals to solicit information on potential industry sources that could meet the requirements of a potential 10-year, $2.5 billion contract to provide advisory and assistance services to help build and sustain weapons systems for Space Systems Command. USSF intends to compete the Hemisphere pro...
A Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) subsidiary has received from the U.S. Air Force three separate one-year contracts worth $110.5 million combined to provide data-as-a-service platforms to support command and control and decision-making operations. Palantir USG will support the Headquarters Air Force by enabling HAF to integrate personnel, health,...
