RTX's Blue Canyon Technologies Delivers Four Satellites for DARPA's Blackjack Program
Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT), a subsidiary of RTX, has delivered four satellites for the DARPA's Blackjack program and advancing low-Earth orbit (LEO) technology for national security. The
Iran Announces Long-Term Plans for 15-Ton Payload Satellite Launch Vehicles
Iran's Defense Ministry declared its long-term plans to develop satellite launch vehicles capable of carrying cargoes weighing up to 15 tons into orbit. The announcement was made by Ahmad Hosseini Mounes, the spokesman for the ministry's space division, following the recent successful launch of three domestically-produced satellites using the Simorgh (Phoenix)...
Rostec Tests New Military Weather Reconnaissance System
Rostec's Ruselectronics Holding has completed testing of the Syuzhet-MF complex, a system set to revolutionize military meteorological data gathering from hydrometeorological satellites. The system, designed to receive data from hydrometeorological satellites, promises to transform the way meteorological information is collected and utilized by the military
Airbus U.S. Purchases its 50% share of the Airbus OneWeb Satellites Joint...
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Iran Offers to Launch Satellites of Other Countries
The space commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force, Sardar Jafar Abadi, has announced Iran's readiness to launch satellites for other countries. This declaration came during a recent interview on a special news program, where Abadi also shared details about the successful launch of the Soraya satellite and...
Lockheed Martin, L3 Harris to Build Space Development Agency Tranche 2 Satellites
Lockheed Martin and L3Harris Technologies have collectively secured contracts totaling nearly $1.8 billion from the Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Tranche 2 Tracking Layer constellation, which aims to bolster global missile threat detection, warning, tracking, and identification, including addressing the challenges posed by hypersonic systems
South Korea's DAPA to Launch Military Satellites for Project 425 with SpaceX's
South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), under the leadership of Director Eom Dong-hwan, has unveiled plans for the launch of the 2nd and 3rd military satellites of Project 425. These Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites are scheduled to be deployed utilizing SpaceX's Falcon-9 launch vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Florida later this year
ISRO Launched 396 Foreign, 70 Domestic Satellites During 2014-23
Indian Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh announced in the Lok Sabha on December 20, 2023, that India significantly increased its satellite launches, launching 396 foreign satellites and 70 domestic satellites between 2014 and 2023
Germany Hosts Combined Space Operations Initiative Conference, Emphasizes Multinational Cooperation
Germany recently played host to the Principals' Board conference of the Combined Space Operations (CSpO) Initiative, marking the first time the conference was held on German soil. The international gathering, held at the Julius Leber barracks in Berlin from December 5th to 7th, brought together high-ranking representatives from the defense ministries and armed forces of Germany, New Zealand, Great Britain, the USA, Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, and Norway
Raytheon NORSS to Provide Space Surveillance and Tracking Services for UK Space...
Raytheon NORSS, a space domain awareness specialist under RTX, has secured a contract to deliver Space Surveillance and Tracking Services Data (SST) for Resident Space Objects (RSO) in low-Earth orbit (LEO) to the UK Space Agency. Under the terms of the contract, Raytheon NORSS will leverage its ground-based Low-Earth Orbit Camera Installation (LOCI) sensors, to gather observation data on objects in LEO
U.S. Space Development Agency Working on Hypersonic Missile Interception Capability
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South Korea Launches its First Spy Satellite
South Koreas Ministry of National Defense and the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) disclosed that the countrys first military reconnaissance satellite was launched on Saturday, December 2, at approximately 3:19 a.m
Turkey’s Baykar Tests Kemankes 2 Mini Cruise Missile
MD Helicopters to Showcase AH-530 Block I Helicopter Fitted with New Avionics,...
Australia to Invest $80B Over Next Decade to Boost Navy Capability
Seoul Ascertaining if North Korean Missile Tech Used in Iranian Missiles that...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...
Grounding of U.S. Military’s V-22 Osprey Fleet Enters Third Month
The grounding of around 400-strong fleet of Osprey V-22 Tilt-rotor aircraft is in its third month with no update on...
How Indian MQ-9B SkyGuardian Acquisition Plan Changes Drone Equation in South Asia
India has recently gained U