The Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking (TacSRT) program was left out of the 2026 defense budget

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Committee directs Air Force to study heavy-lift launch capacity, LOX-methane safety protocols

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A new GAO report highlights slow adoption of orbital servicing capabilities

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U.S. Space Force looks to private-sector capabilities to track and interpret China’s spacecraft moves.

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Paul "Rusty" Thomas was tapped as chief executive of EnduroSat USA, as the company scales up operations.

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The strategy reflects a growing recognition that the U.S. cannot go it alone in orbit — especially as space becomes more congested, contested and militarized.

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The company's Golden Dome efforts are led by Raymond Sharp, vice president of Northrop Grumman’s missile defense solutions business unit

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New contracts highlight growing global appetite for real-time geospatial intelligence

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Former Space Development Agency official Paula Trimble has joined the company as vice president of government affairs and strategy

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The pads were intended to support the Air Force’s Rocket Cargo program

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The canceled program, known as Protected Tactical Satellite Communication-Resilient (PTS-R), was launched in 2020 to build anti-jam communications satellites

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The ESS satellites are central to U.S. nuclear command, control and communications

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Structured as Luno A and Luno B, the five-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts carry a combined ceiling of $490 million

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Based in Marietta, Georgia, Atomic-6 makes solar arrays that are designed to fold and unfold

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The funding was awarded through a Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) agreement

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Planet Labs won a multi-year $280 million agreement funded by the German government to supply satellite imagery and intelligence

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“Maneuver is pretty critical to warfighting,” said Kelly Hammett, director of the Space Rapid Capabilities Office

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Space Force awards third consecutive NSSL Phase 3 task order to SpaceX for 2027 launch

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The outcome of the review could impact the procurement of as many as 140 satellites for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 3 program

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The Pentagon has no backup plan if the massive reconciliation package fails to pass

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The satellite, built by the California-based startup Muon Space, launched March 14 aboard SpaceX's Transporter-13.

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At issue is the Trump administration’s proposal to cut roughly $130 million from the NRO’s commercial imagery procurement budget for fiscal 2026

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The company developed an AI analytics platform that aggregates data from Maxar's own satellites as well as partner constellations

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Dragoon is the first of 12 satellites York is building under a contract with the Space Development Agency

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