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SpaceX and ULA win massive national security launch contracts
The contracts will support more than 30 heavy lift launches planned between fiscal 2022 through 2027.
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US Space Force completes upgrade to help protect GPS capabilities
While the new anti-spoofing, anti-jamming, encrypted M-code signal has been available on many GPS satellites for years, the military has not had the corresponding ground and user equipment to access and leverage it.
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US special ops orders inflatable satellite antennas
Worth up to $172 million, the contract with GATR Technologies will provide U.S. Special Operations Command with highly portable, inflatable satellite communications terminals.
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How the Army plans to use space and artificial intelligence to hit deep targets quickly
New low Earth orbit sensors and machine learning algorithms like Prometheus could enable the U.S. Army to hit beyond-line-of-sight targets with new levels of speed and accuracy.
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The Air Force’s experimental navigation satellite cleared for fabrication
Navigation Technology Satellite–3 is an Air Force Vanguard program being developed to demonstrate new positioning, navigation and timing technologies that will inform how future GPS satellites work.
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With this new sensor, Blackjack drones can monitor an entire city at once
The U.S. Navy has already ordered two Cardcounter sensor prototypes from Logos Technologies.
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Rocket Lab identifies anomaly that caused failed launch
The FAA has cleared the company to resume launch activities, and the firm is moving forward with planned launches for the National Reconnaissance Office and the Air Force Research Laboratory.
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BAE Systems completes $1.9 billion acquisition of Raytheon’s military GPS business
The acquisition follows the merging of defense contracting giants United Technologies Corp. and Raytheon in June.
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Air Force moves to enact space acquisition reforms, despite hold up of legislative proposals
While a report outlining reforms to how the military buys space systems has been held up by the Office of Management and Budget, the Air Force is planning to move forward with changes that don't require legislative input.
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Raytheon to design weather satellite prototype for US Space Force
The new electro-optical/infrared satellite is intended to replace the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
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