Government/Military
April 19, 2024
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and SES demonstrated a virtualized satcom ground system for the U.S. Army Futures Command, over the SES O3b satellite network, the companies announced April 17. The project was funded through the Network Cross-Functional Team (N-CFT) established by the Army Futures Command. The demonstration for the U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development…
April 19, 2024
The U.S. Space Force awarded L3Harris a contract option worth up to $187 million to support military space domain awareness. The award announced Thursday is for option year five of the Maintenance Of Space Situational Awareness Integrated Capabilities program, known as MOSSAIC. MOSSAIC detects, tracks and identifies deep space objects to provide space surveillance information…
April 17, 2024
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is going to bring further financial assistance to U.K- based space startups. It is launching a 8 million pound ($9.95 million) Space Portfolio within the UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund (UKI2S), managed by Future Planet Capital. The Space Portfolio aims to address a crucial funding gap that early-stage space…
April 16, 2024
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—U.S. Space Systems Command will shortly release request for proposals (RFPs) for two new programs, Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (ESS) and Protected Tactical Satcom (PTS), the official overseeing the programs said last week. The RFP for ESS is expected within two weeks and for PTS within a month, Cordell DeLaPena, program executive officer…