The U.S. Space Force has named ABL Space Systems, Astra Space and Relativity Space as the first on-ramp awardees on the Orbital Services Program-4 contract vehicle as part of efforts to expand the pool of vendors that could help launch payloads larger than 400 pounds to orbit within one to two years from task order...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) helped the U.S. Space Force send a payload into orbit Sunday using an air-launched rocket to demonstrate a rapid response mission for emerging military requirements. A Pegasus XL carried the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 mission to low Earth orbit as part of the branch’s technology demonstration satellite program ...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) and Millennium Space Systems have received separate contracts to create digital models of sensor technology for the U.S. Space Force’s future missile warning satellite constellation. The Missile Track Custody Prototype contracts call for the two companies to perform modeling work as part of the Next Generation...
The U.S. Space Force intends to release a request for proposals by June 30 to develop prototypes of deep space radar sensors that can monitor satellites and space debris in geostationary orbits, SpaceNews reported Sunday. The Space and Missile Systems Center’s Space Enterprise Consortium plans to select one or more vendors to build prototype conce...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 27, 2021 — LMI has pledged to help a nonprofit advocacy group create professional development programs for the U.S. Space Force as well as the private and academic sectors through a new center of excellence, ExecutiveBiz reported April 9. Robert Lech, vice president of LMI’s defense market, said the management consultanc...
The U.S. Space Force has selected Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) to design, develop and launch payloads meant to secure military satellite communications as part of the new phase of the Protected Tactical Satcom program, SpaceNews reported Thursday. The service expects the Northrop and Boeing payloads to launch in 2024 aboard a...
Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) has received a potential five-year, $71 million contract to provide data analysis assistance for the U.S. Space Force’s forecasting system for space weather phenomena. Perspecta said Wednesday it will provide updated technology to support the Space Weather Analysis and Forecast System’s analysis of sensor data on spac...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for the fourth time in the eight-year history of the Wash100 Award, the industry standard for excellence in the government contracting (GovCon) sector. This marks Shotwell’s fourth Wash100 win in the l...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to present Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of the space business segment at Lockheed Martin, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for his significant contributions to the federal sector, space domain and his drive to advance spacecraft development and other space tech capabilities. For the sixth year, Ambrose h...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) will continue to help the U.S. Space Force and Space Command maintain infrastructure for monitoring assets in orbit as part of an $89 million option award under the potential 10-year, $1.2 billion Maintenance Of Space Situational Awareness Integrated Capabilities contract. The company said Thursday the award represe...
