U.S. Space Force
CubeSats from Navy Research Lab, U.K. defense ministry collab to conduct radiation experiments - News
June 07, 2022WASHINGTON. A joint experiment between the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the U.K. Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is preparing to launch into space to measure Earth’s ionosphere and particle radiation environment as part of the Coordinated Ionospheric Reconstruction CubeSat Experiment (CIRCE) mission.
Missile-warning ground stations garner Northrop Grumman $99.6 million contract from U.S. Navy - News
April 22, 2022BOULDER, Colo. Northrop Grumman has won a contract worth $99.6 million from the U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific to provide mission-critical capabilities for Relay Ground Station-Asia (RGS-A) under which the company will design, develop, integrate, test, and deliver the first of the next-generation relay ground stations to support legacy and future missile-launch and missile-warning detection satellites.
Fireball data collected by government sensors released by Space Force - News
April 08, 2022WASHINGTON. An agreement between NASA and the U.S. Space Force recently authorized the public release of decades of data collected by U.S. government sensors on fireball events, or large bright meteors also known as bolides, for the benefit of the scientific and planetary defense communities.
Ground-based anti-jam SATCOM capability demoed for U.S. Space Force - News
April 05, 2022CHICAGO, Ill. Boeing has demonstrated the integration of its Protected Tactical Enterprise Service (PTES) software elements with an industry partner’s user terminal, proving technical maturity on the U.S. Space Force’s pathfinder program.
Protected tactical SATCOM prototype undergoes review for Space Force - News
March 17, 2022CHICAGO, Ill. The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) and Boeing recently completed a critical design review for the Protected Tactical SATCOM Prototype (PTS-P), validating Boeing’s technical maturity on the rapid-prototyping program.
Remote sensing programs get additional $10.23 million boost for SAIC - News
March 09, 2022RESTON, Va. Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has won a $10.23 million modification to a previous U.S. Air Force contract to continue performing systems engineering and integration for remote sensing mission programs.
Spacecraft developed for USSF weather satellite program completes review - News
February 22, 2022SAN DIEGO, Calif. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that it has completed the final design review (FDR) of its spacecraft design for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command Electro-Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Weather System (EWS) satellite program.