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SDA Awards L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, and Sierra Space Tranche 2 Tracking Layer Contracts
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) said on Jan. 16 that it has awarded contracts worth up to $2.5 billion to three companies for 54 infrared sensor-equipped satellites in the Tranche 2, Tracking Layer of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture for detecting hypersonic and ballistic missiles and developing high-fidelity fire control tracks to…
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L3Harris Awarded $919 Million Contract by SDA for Missile Tracking Program
L3Harris Technologies received a contract with a potential value of up to $919 million to design and build 18 infrared space vehicles for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 (T2) Tracking Layer program that will provide near-global missile warning and tracking coverage. L3Harris designed the missile defense solutions to support the U.S. military’s ongoing…
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Karim Michel Sabbagh Outlines the Vision for AI Space Tech Firm Space42, Following Yahsat/Bayanat Merger
Yahsat and AI geospatial solutions provider Bayanat announced a large piece of consolidation at the end of the year with plans to combine into a brand new AI-powered space technology powerhouse in the Middle East and beyond. The combined operation, called Space42, will have an implied market capitalization of over 15 billion UAE dirhams (over…
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Frontgrade Introduces Qualified Smart Power Switch Controller for Space Missions
Frontgrade Technologies, a leading provider of mission-critical electronics for aerospace and defense, has attained the Qualified Manufacturers List Class V (QML-V) rating for its Smart Power Switch Controller (SPSC). This new device provides critical power switching applications with extensive fault detection, isolation, recovery, and response speeds 10 times faster than existing solutions. This Smart Power…
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Forsway Forms New JV to Target Underserved Streaming Markets
Forsway and Cloudpoint have formed a joint venture, Xtend Solutions FZCO, a new provider of low-cost content streaming solutions in underserved regions. Primary markets of focus for the new venture are India, Africa, and Southeast Asia, within the education, digital outdoor advertising, and OTT services (network offloading) verticals. The first roll-out is planned for remote…
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Meet Helios, a new class of space tug with some real muscle
In recent years there have been a number of modest “tugs” brought online to ferry small satellites to designated orbits. These miniature spacecraft provide so-called last-mile service and are particularly useful for satellites that launch as a part of rideshare missions and seek to reach a different altitude or inclination than that of the primary…
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Daily Telescope: A beautiful supernova remnant from an uncertain age
Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’re going to take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a…
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SpaceX readies Falcon 9 for commercial flight to space station
Update: SpaceX has delayed the launch of the Axiom 3 mission to Thursday. Dragon Freedom stands ready for launch Wednesday morning at pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now. An international four-man crew strapped into a SpaceX capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket at the Kennedy Space Center Tuesday for a…
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Three Pacific Northwest space companies win awards from Space Force venture fund
An artist’s conception shows Gravitics’ space module in orbit. (Gravitics Illustration) SpaceWERX, which essentially serves as a venture fund for the U.S. Space Force, has awarded contracts worth as much as $1.7 million each to 18 companies — including three startups headquartered in the Seattle area. The Washington state awardees are Marysville-based Gravitics, which is…
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Sierra Space Secures $740M Prime Contract from SDA for 18 Missile Warning Satellites
Sierra Space, one of the leading commercial space companies building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space, announced that it has won a significant contract from the Space Development Agency for 18 missile warning and tracking satellites. The prime contract, valued at $740 million and awarded through an Other Transaction Authority (OTA), is…