Tag: Defense
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Voyager Awarded NASA HUNCH Contract
Voyager Technologies was awarded a contract with NASA for the Create Hardware (HUNCH) program, extending Voyager’s role in advancing workforce development while supporting human spaceflight operations. HUNCH provides high school students with hands-on experience designing and fabricating hardware used by NASA, including for the International Space Station. Under the renewed contract, Voyager will build on…
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Missile Defense Agency Selects MDA Space for SHIELD Program
MDA Space, a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, announced it has received an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Missile Defense Agency for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This contract award positions MDA Space to bid on future tasks and services that support the expansive…
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Satellogic Announces Seven-Figure Monitoring Agreement for Earth Observation
Satellogic, a leader in high-performance Earth Observation (“EO”) platforms that deliver unique sovereign solutions and AI-first monitoring, announced a seven-figure agreement with a strategic customer to support continuous, high-frequency monitoring across a large portfolio of priority sites. The agreement reflects growing demand for Earth observation capabilities designed to operate persistently and at scale, supporting organizations…
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Northrop Grumman to Develop Marine Corps CCA with Kratos’ Valkyrie UAS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a leader in defense, national security and global markets, announced that Northrop Grumman was competitively awarded the U.S. Marine Corps’ Marine Air-Ground Task Force Uncrewed Expeditionary Tactical Aircraft (MUX TACAIR) Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). This award combines Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed capabilities and autonomous leadership with Kratos’ Valkyrie uncrewed aerial system…
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SkyFi Expands Geospatial Analytics Capabilities Through Vantor Integration
SkyFi announced the integration of Vantor (formerly known as Maxar Intelligence), the leading provider of unified spatial intelligence from space to ground. This integration makes Vantor™ world-class satellite tasking, imagery, and spatial content products available in the SkyFi platform. SkyFi integrates directly with the Vantor Hub, providing its users with on-demand access to the most…
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Aegis Aerospace Partners With United Semiconductors to Advance In-Space Semiconductor Manufacturing
Aegis Aerospace Inc., a leader in space and defense technology, has announced a groundbreaking partnership with United Semiconductors LLC to pioneer semiconductor manufacturing in space. This collaboration follows Aegis Aerospace’s recent grant agreement with the Texas Space Commission to develop an in-space manufacturing platform for advanced materials in low Earth orbit (LEO). “We are thrilled…
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Sierra Space Announces Early Completion of First 9 Satellites for SDA Tranche 2 Tracking Layer
Sierra Space, a proven defense-tech company delivering solutions for the nation’s most critical missions and advancing the future of security in space, announced the completion of the first nine satellite structures, Plane 1 of the 18 total satellites Sierra Space is contracted to deliver for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 2 Tracking Layer (T2TRK)…
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Pentagon Awards Karman Unit $5M Contract to Expand Rocket Motor Nozzle Production
Karman Space & Defense, a leader in the rapid design, development and production of critical, next-generation system solutions for launch vehicle, satellite, spacecraft, missile defense, hypersonic and UAS customers, announced its Systima facility in Mukilteo, WA received $5.0 million in Defense Production Act Title III funding from the U.S. Department of War on October 20,…
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AE Industrial to Acquire Majority Stake in L3Harris’ Space Propulsion & Power Business
AE Industrial Partners, a private investment firm focused on technologies and services considered critical to aerospace and national and economic security, announced that it has acquired a controlling interest in the Space Propulsion and Power Systems business of L3Harris Technologies. The transaction encompasses business units across five locations in the U.S., which have developed the…
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Kratos Announces First Factory Test of EPOCH C2 system for Airbus’ Software-Defined Satellite
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a technology company in Defense, National Security and Global Markets, announced the successful completion of factory acceptance testing between its EPOCH Command and Control (C2) software and Airbus’ OneSat next-generation software-defined satellite platform. Unlike traditional fixed satellite systems, Airbus’ OneSat software-defined satellite platform offers dynamic, in-orbit reconfiguration capabilities, dramatically enhancing…