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Space Force choose 5 for $4B secure communications contract
The service branch is seeking to incorporate commercial solutions into its hybrid architecture that includes purpose-built satellites.
Companies
Firefly sets the size, specs of its public offering
Like with Voyager Technologies and its IPO, Firefly is looking to ride a wave of investor interest in space amid expectations of spending increases.
Companies
Firefly files for initial public offering
The eight-year-old maker of launch vehicles and other spacecraft gives a deeper look at its business for the first time, as is required before the listing completes.
Contracts
Boeing wins $2.8B Space Force contract for nuclear communications satellites
The Evolved Strategic Satellites will provide jam-resistant communications to support U.S. nuclear command and control systems.
Companies
Space tech accelerator backs 10 global startups with potential dual-use creations
Seraphim Space Enterprise has picked a group of companies working on solutions for monitoring space traffic, launch capabilities and data connectivity.
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NASA launches $2M space technology innovation contract
The agency is planning a maximum of 300 small research awards under its SpaceTech REDDI 2025 vehicle, which will focus on nearly 200 technology needs.
Contracts
NASA extends KBR’s $250M Wallops range contract
The agency says it would be too disruptive to compete a new contract right now as the facility takes on more launches including commercial and hypersonic vehicles.
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Space Force picks a dozen for $237M tech development, demonstration contract
The service branch wants to establish a base of commercial spacecraft suppliers that can supply systems on a more rapid turn.
Companies
Industry eyes ‘wicked hard’ Golden Dome space interceptor challenge
Defense companies are eager to stake claims in Trump’s Golden Dome vision.
Contracts
Space Force's intelligence ‘marketplace’ gets funds to expand
Military units post requests to TacSRT’s webpage, and industry competes to answer them.
Contracts
NASA previews hydrosphere research support recompete
The space agency is searching for a small business that can help create and apply technologies for addressing issues related to Earth's natural resources.
Contracts
Slingshot Aerospace secures Air Force contract to ‘fingerprint’ objects in space
The company is tasked with using artificial intelligence to analyze 4.5 million nightly observations from a global sensor network that tracks 14,500 satellites and other objects in space.
Companies
ARES wins $226M safety support recompete
The company will take over a program involving two of NASA's main scientific spacecraft and instrument development teams.
Companies
Washington Harbour Partners buys stake in debris-tracking satellite firm
The investment is the second announced within a week for Turion Space, which also builds satellites that can improve space-domain awareness.
Contracts
Space Force hopes it gains from Hegseth’s budget shift
Vice chief says service is looking for things to cut—and has suggestions for things to buy.
Contracts
Space Force taps Firefly for rapid response launches
The company will keep a rocket and vehicle on standby so Space Force can order launches for more quick responses.
Contracts
Space Force warns industry on cost overruns
The service will convert pricey programs to fixed-price contracts if needed, an official said.
Companies
Space companies say cyber threat intelligence is often overclassified, unactionable
Space and aerospace industry feedback from a series of government-run workshops noted that such threat intelligence is difficult to translate into actionable cyber efforts.
Contracts
NOAA awards key contract for space situational awareness system
Slingshot Aerospace, Inc. nabbed a contract worth up to $13.3 million to provide a “presentation layer” for the Traffic Coordination System for Space.
Companies