The Space Force in contracting with SpaceX for a new government-owned, contractor-operated satellite communication constellation in low Earth orbit, called MILNET, that eventually will be integrated ...
Space lasers, once a mere futuristic joke, have become a real tool in building technology up there and making improvements for all of us down here. There's been NASA's use of space lasers to study ...
WASHINGTON — The Space Systems Command (SSC) announced it has awarded contracts to four companies to develop prototypes for laser communication terminals, kicking off the first phase of a $100 million ...
With a launch expected in the next several weeks, Lockheed Martin’s Pony Express 2 will add to the recent string of orbital demonstrations to usher into the space domain an advanced, terrestrial-scale ...
The Trump administration plans to cancel a fleet of orbiting data relay satellites managed by the Space Development Agency and replace it with a secretive network that, so far, relies primarily on ...
Blue Origin, CACI International (NYSE: CACI), General Atomics and Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT) have received contracts from Space Systems Command to design and build space laser communication terminal ...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sept. 10, 2025, launched 21 satellites for the Space Development Agency's Tranche 1 Transport Layer from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON ...
The United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command has awarded contracts to CACI, General Atomics and Viasat to develop the Enterprise Space Terminal Phase 2 prototypes. The SSC said Thursday the ...
The Space Force is working to field a space-based data mesh network in low Earth orbit. Credit: Rost-9D/Getty Images The U.S. Space Force is considering the optimal way to build out a vast and ...