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  • SDA Awards HALO Contract to Capella Space for LEO Tactical Comms Demo
  • Space Force shifts from SDA transport layer to new Space Data Network ‘backbone’
  • GP Sandhoo Named SDA Director, PAE for Missile Warning & Tracking

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executivegov.com /1 month ago

SDA Awards HALO Contract to Capella Space for LEO Tactical Comms Demo

The Space Development Agency has awarded a $48.9 million prototype agreement to Capella Space under its Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated Low Earth Orbit, or HALO, Europa Track 1...

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breakingdefense.com /1 month ago

Space Force shifts from SDA transport layer to new Space Data Network ‘backbone’

A project previously called MILNET will now be funded in a budget line labeled “proliferated LEO SATCOM,” which the Space Force is seeking $1.6 billion in reconciliation funding to...

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executivegov.com /1 week ago

GP Sandhoo Named SDA Director, PAE for Missile Warning & Tracking

SDA announces the appointment of GP Sandhoo as director and Space Force PAE Michael Eppolito assumes the SDA deputy director role Sandhoo is a confirmed speaker at the 2026 Air and...

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breakingdefense.com /1 week ago

Space Force names Sandhoo as head of new missile warning/tracking PAE

As of May 11, Sandhoo is double hatted as both head of the PAE and director of the Space Development Agency.

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breakingdefense.com /1 month ago

EXCLUSIVE: SDA’s Sandhoo likely to lead Space Force Missile Warning & Tracking portfolio

It is unclear whether Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo will keep his role as SDA acting director under...

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breakingdefense.com /3 weeks ago

It’s a wrap: Space-BACN satellite laser link program shifts from DARPA to DIU

Space-BACN’s optical inter-satellite links and related tech are transitioning to the Defense Innovation Unit for a future on-orbit pathfinder, according to industry execs.

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executivegov.com /3 weeks ago

Space Force Deploys DARC Early for Space Domain Awareness

The U.S. Space Force has accelerated the employment of the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability, or DARC, to address growing risks from manmade objects and potential adversary acti...

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breakingdefense.com /1 month ago

Space Force slates $1.8B for commercial sats to replace GSSAP neighborhood watch birds

The service has tapped 14 firms to compete for rolling task orders through April 2036 under the Andromeda program, formerly known as RG-XX.

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breakingdefense.com /4 days ago

SpaceX wins $2.29B to speed Space Force’s LEO communications ‘backbone’

The SpaceX “backbone” constellation will support the broader Space Data Network, which will include the Space Development Agency’s Transport layer satellites.

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executivegov.com /1 month ago

Space Force Sends Experimental Payloads Into Orbit Via STP-S29A Mission

The U.S. Space Force has launched five Department of War experiments and additional CubeSats into low Earth orbit as part of DOW’s Space Test Program S29A, or STP-S29A, mission. Th...

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breakingdefense.com /1 week ago

DAF study finds new space launch site ‘probably’ required

Lt. Gen. David Miller, Space Force deputy for Strategy, Plans, Programs and Requirements, said on Tuesday that the service alone is looking at some 1,000 launches between fiscal 20...

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executivegov.com /1 month ago

Space Force to Launch Cislunar Acquisition Office for Lunar Mission Support

The U.S. Space Force plans to establish a Cislunar Coordination Office, an acquisition task force that will coordinate technology development and planning for cislunar operations,...

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breakingdefense.com /1 month ago

With eyes on future NASA moon base, Space Force launches cislunar acquisition task force

Meanwhile, the Air Force Research Laboratory is gearing up to launch its experimental cislunar monitoring satellite, called Oracle Prime, next year.

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breakingdefense.com /3 weeks ago

Space Force boosts contract ceiling for Andromeda space monitoring sats to $6.2B

The Andromeda IDIQ contract vehicle will fund a replacement for the current GSSAP on-orbit inspection satellites as well as the classified SILENTBARKER space surveillance birds.

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breakingdefense.com /1 month ago

Accelerating space power through software-defined mission dominance

[Sponsored] As space threats continue to evolve, existing satellites need new capabilities to defend and protect, even after launch.

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newswire.com /1 month ago

General Atomics Advances Space-Based Weather Intelligence Mission to Improve All-Domain Tactical Decision-Making and Res...

GA-EMS completes pre-ship review for the U.S. Space Force EWS program, replacing aging DMSP satellites to deliver real-time weather intelligence from space

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govconwire.com /1 month ago

SpaceX Awarded $178.5M Space Systems Command Task Order for SDA-4 Launches

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command, or SSC, has awarded SpaceX a $178.5 million task order for additional launches under the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1...

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executivebiz.com /1 month ago

Lockheed Martin Unveils NGSD Satellite Platform

Lockheed Martin has introduced its Next-Generation Space Dominance, or NGSD, a modular spacecraft designed to provide customers with rapid delivery timelines and mission flexibilit...

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govconwire.com /3 days ago

SpaceX Lands $2.3B USSF Contract for Space Data Network Backbone Prototype

SpaceX has secured a $2.29 billion Space Force agreement to fast-track the SDN Backbone program The satellite network is designed to provide secure, high-speed military communicati...

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executivegov.com /1 week ago

Space Force to Advance Data-Driven Space Operations With Stanford-Based AI Accelerator

Space Force launches Stanford-based accelerator to fast-track AI innovation Program explores orbital computing, sensor fusion and autonomous space operations Initiative supports th...

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breakingdefense.com /3 weeks ago

NRO awards three new contracts for commercial satellite data

The head of the NRO’s commercial programs, Pete Muend, suggested that spysat agency could vet the ability of commercial satellite firms to track airborne targes for the US Space Fo...

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breakingdefense.com /1 month ago

The Golden Dome’s missing layer: On-orbit logistics for a resilient missile defense

[Sponsored] Building on-orbit servicing into the architecture of the constellation is foundational to sustaining missile defense in space.

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executivegov.com /1 month ago

Space Force to Create SF/S9 Force Design & Analysis Office to Replace Futures Command

Gen. Chance Saltzman, the U.S. Space Force’s chief of space operations and a four-time Wash100 Award winner, has authorized the establishment of the SF/S9 Force Design and Analysis...

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breakingdefense.com /1 month ago

Space Force awards first contracts for satellite threat warning radar payloads

Space RCO is already looking to start a follow-on effort to build smaller threat warning sensors for a wider set of Space Force birds.

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