Tag: Pentagon
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Boeing Wins $2 Billion Space Force Contract for Next MUOS Military Communications Satellites
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Boeing a $2 billion contract to develop the next generation of Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) communications satellites as part of an effort to extend the operational life of the military’s narrowband satellite communications network. The contract supports Phase II of the MUOS Service Life Extension program and includes…
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Space Force Gets $71B in Trump’s $1.45T Defense Budget
What does the Pentagon’s $1.45 trillion defense budget mean for Space Force? The U.S. Space Force will receive $71 billion under President Trump’s proposed $1.45 trillion defense budget for fiscal year 2027, Pentagon officials confirmed today. This represents a substantial allocation for military space operations as the service continues expanding its satellite constellation capabilities and…
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Pentagon Drone Tests Hit by Starlink Outage Shows DoD SpaceX Risk
Pentagon Drone Operations Face Critical Risk from SpaceX Dependency A recent Starlink service disruption directly impacted Pentagon drone testing operations, underscoring the Department of Defense’s deepening reliance on SpaceX’s commercial satellite network for critical military communications. The outage affected unmanned aerial vehicle trials that depend on Starlink’s satellite constellation for beyond-line-of-sight command and control links.…
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Pentagon Eyes Vulcan Issues for Next Launch Competition
How Will Vulcan’s Reliability Issues Reshape Pentagon Launch Strategy? United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket faces its second grounding in less than two years, and a Space Force three-star general confirmed Tuesday that these reliability issues will “absolutely” influence the Pentagon’s next launch services competition. Despite a backlog of nearly 70 missions, Vulcan has completed just…
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Orbion Delivers 33 Electric Propulsion Units to York for Military Satellite Constellation
Orbion Space Technology said on Tuesday it has delivered 33 Aurora Hall-effect electric propulsion modules to York Space Systems, supplying flight-ready hardware for spacecraft that will operate within an upcoming U.S. military satellite constellation. The delivery reflects the growing emphasis on high-volume, standardized production of critical satellite components as the Pentagon accelerates deployment of proliferated…
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Pentagon to Invest $1 Billion in L3Harris Missile Unit Ahead of Planned Spinoff
The Pentagon said it will invest $1 billion in the missile business of L3Harris Technologies as part of a plan to spin the unit off into a separate publicly traded company, a move intended to accelerate weapons production for future conflicts. L3Harris said on Tuesday the missile segment would be separated into a stand-alone company,…
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U.S. Space Force Awards Prototype Contracts for Space-Based Missile Interceptors
The U.S. Space Force has awarded initial prototype contracts to multiple companies to develop space-based interceptors capable of disabling enemy missiles within minutes of launch, as part of the Pentagon’s Golden Dome missile defense initiative, the service said in a statement. The contracts were issued under competitive Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs), a mechanism used to…
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Weapons of war are launching from Cape Canaveral for the first time since 1988
The US military launched a long-range hypersonic missile Friday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on a test flight that, if successful, could pave the way for the weapon’s operational deployment later this year. The Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon fired out of a canister on a road-mobile trailer shortly after sunrise on…
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Weapons of war are launching from Cape Canaveral for the first time since 1988
The US military launched a long-range hypersonic missile Friday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on a test flight that, if successful, could pave the way for the weapon’s operational deployment later this year. The Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon fired out of a canister on a road-mobile trailer shortly after sunrise on…
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Blue Origin plans to test Blue Ring space platform on Pentagon’s DarkSky-1 mission
An artist’s conception shows the Blue Ring logistics vehicle in orbit. (Blue Origin Illustration) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says that technology for its Blue Ring orbital platform will be put to the test during an upcoming mission sponsored by the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit. Blue Ring is a multi-mission, multi-orbit vehicle that’s being…