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Space Force awards $739 million in launch orders to SpaceX SpaceNews · 10 Jan 2026 SpaceX sweeps nine national security missions for SDA and NRO under NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1
APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR COHORT 4 OF SDA TAP LAB – CATALYST CAMPUS MINI ACCELERATOR SpaceNews · 8 Jan 2026 Catalyst Campus is proud to announce they are now accepting applications for Cohort 4 of the SDA TAP Lab – Catalyst Campus Mini Accelerator, a high-impact accelerator program designed to […]
US Space Command APEX summit explores AI for campaign planning SpaceDaily · 8 Jan 2026 Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Jan 03, 2026 U.S. Space Command's Joint Operations Division hosted the command's first artificial intelligence-enabled summit Nov. 18-21, 2025, at the Bayfield facility in Colorado Springs and a...
Sierra Space finishes first plane of SDA missile tracking satellite structures SpaceDaily · 8 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 Sierra Space has completed the first nine satellite structures for the Space Development Agency's Tranche 2 Tracking Layer program, delivering Plane 1 of its contracted 18 satellites thr...
Terran Orbital to build satellite buses for SDA Tranche 3 Tracking Layer SpaceDaily · 5 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 Terran Orbital has been selected by Lockheed Martin to supply satellite bus platforms for the Space Development Agency's Tranche 3 Tracking Layer within the Proliferated Warfighter Space...
Terran Orbital Selected by Lockheed Martin to Provide Satellite Buses for SDA’s Tranche 3 Tracking Layer SpaceNews · 2 Jan 2026 IRVINE, CA, Jan. 2, 2025 – Terran Orbital, a leading manufacturer of small satellites primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, announced today that it has been selected by Lockheed […]
SDA expands Tracking Layer satellite awards and related missile defense contracts SpaceDaily · 1 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 The Space Development Agency has selected four contractor teams to build and operate 72 Tracking Layer satellites for Tranche 3 of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture in low E...
Muon Space secures Direct to Phase II award for SDA missile warning and tracking mission SpaceDaily · 1 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 Muon Space has secured a Direct to Phase II award to support the Space Development Agency's missile warning and tracking mission, advancing the company's role in developing space based s...
Space Development Agency awards roughly $3.5 billion to 4 companies for 72 missile tracking and warning satellites Spaceflight Now · 20 Dec 2025 This batch of satellites will populate what the SDA calls the Tracking Layer of its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) constellation in low Earth orbit. The work will be divided evenly, with each company b...
Space Development Agency awards $3.5 billion in contracts for missile-tracking satellites SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2025 L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, Rocket Lab and Northrop Grumman won contracts to build 72 satellites
2025 was “almost a watershed year” for the Space Development Agency SpaceNews · 18 Dec 2025 In this episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss talks with Dr. Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo about what he calls "almost a watershed year" for the Space Development Agency.
Autonomous DARPA project to expand satellite surveillance network by BAE Systems SpaceDaily · 16 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2025 The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems' FAST Labs research, development, and production organization a $16 million Phase 2 contract under the...
BAE Systems wins $16 million DARPA award to advance autonomous satellite tasking SpaceNews · 11 Dec 2025 The award is for Phase 2 of DARPA’s Oversight program.
Pentagon weighs consolidation of DIU tech portfolio SpaceNews · 8 Dec 2025 The ongoing review could have implications for space projects
Missile Defense Agency clarifies ‘SHIELD’ vendor selection is not a Golden Dome preview SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 MDA selected 1,014 vendors for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program
Strengthened collision avoidance system boosts UK satellite safety for LEO constellations SpaceDaily · 21 Nov 2025 London, UK (SPX) Nov 20, 2025 GMV's UK subsidiary has taken a significant step in space safety with the development and deployment of an advanced collision avoidance system tailored for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite co...
Redwire to Deliver Spacecraft for DARPA Otter VLEO Demonstration SpaceDaily · 21 Nov 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2025 Redwire Corporation has secured a 44 million dollar phase 2 contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to advance the Otter Very Low Earth Orbit mission. The contract su...
Redwire lands $44 million DARPA award to build air-breathing satellite SpaceNews · 19 Nov 2025 Program aims to prove a new class of spacecraft that can survive and maneuver in the drag-heavy regime of very low Earth orbit
Investors gravitate toward space firms with defense applications SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2025 MOUNTAIN VIEW, California – Investors are backing space companies with defense-related business lines. In many cases, growing Department of Defense interest in commercial space technologies is benefiting the most well-fu...
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 2nd batch of satellites for Space Development Agency constellation Spaceflight Now · 14 Oct 2025 The mission, dubbed Tranche 1 Transporter Layer C, will add another 21 satellites into the burgeoning constellation for the Space Development Agency. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 4:...
SDA picks GMV to build next-generation space safety system SpaceNews · 16 Sep 2025 The Space Data Association has picked Spanish technology provider GMV to upgrade and operate its global space traffic coordination platform starting early next year, the non-profit group of satellite operators announced...
New U.S. military satellite constellation takes shape with first launch from Vandenberg SFB Spaceflight Now · 12 Sep 2025 The Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture constellation is expected to deliver global coverage beginning in 2027. Launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 7:12 a.m. PDT (10:12 a...
House Passes FY2026 NDAA SpacePolicyOnline.com · 11 Sep 2025 The House passed the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act this evening, authorizing funding for the U.S. Space Force and other components of the Department of Defense. Only a fraction of
SpaceX launches 21 satellites for Space Development Agency ‘Transport Layer’ military network SpaceNews · 10 Sep 2025 The satellites, made by York Space Systems, make up the first plane of a mesh network projected to have 126 spacecraft
Live coverage: Space Development Agency, SpaceX to launch next-gen national security satellites Spaceflight Now · 10 Sep 2025 The 21 satellites from York Space Systems are the first in the SDA’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellite constellation. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 7:12 a.m. PDT (10:12 a...
Tournear leaves Space Development Agency for new role at Auburn University SpaceNews · 8 Sep 2025 Derek Tournear is now director of space innovation under Auburn University’s Applied Research Institute
Trump’s Labor Union EO Designates NASA as Primarily An Intelligence/National Security Agency SpacePolicyOnline.com · 1 Sep 2025 An Executive Order issued by President Trump to exclude NASA and other agencies from collective bargaining rights does so by designating them as having intelligence or national security as a
X-37B set to launch on USSF-36 mission aboard Falcon 9 NASASpaceflight · 21 Aug 2025 The U.S. Department of Defense’s reusable X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) is about to make…
NASA Program Builds Bridge From Military to Civilian Careers for Johnson Team Members NASA · 17 Jul 2025 Of all the possible entry points to NASA, the agency’s SkillBridge Program has been instrumental in helping servicemembers transition from the military and into civilian careers. Offered in partnership with the Departmen...
NASA and DARPA Kill DRACO Nuclear Rocket, Shift Focus to Electric Propulsion Future The Launch Pad · 13 Jul 2025 NASA and DARPA Kill DRACO Nuclear Rocket, Shift Focus to Electric Propulsion Future
Muon Space names new leadership to advance role in government market SpaceNews · 8 Jul 2025 Former Space Development Agency official Paula Trimble has joined the company as vice president of government affairs and strategy
DARPA says decreasing launch costs, new analysis led it to cancel DRACO nuclear propulsion project SpaceNews · 2 Jul 2025 A DARPA official said the agency canceled a space nuclear propulsion project it was jointly developing with NASA in part because the effort was overtaken by lower launch costs.
Pentagon to consider SpaceX alternative for Space Force satellite program SpaceNews · 26 Jun 2025 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
York Space launches U.S. military satellite on SpaceX rideshare SpaceNews · 23 Jun 2025 Dragoon is the first of 12 satellites York is building under a contract with the Space Development Agency
NASA, DoD Practice Abort Scenarios Ahead of Artemis II Moon Mission NASA · 13 Jun 2025 NASA and the Department of Defense (DoD) teamed up June 11 and 12 to simulate emergency procedures they would use to rescue the Artemis II crew in the event of a launch emergency. The simulations, which took place off th...
House Appropriators Add Amost $3 Billion to President’s Request for Space Force SpacePolicyOnline.com · 11 Jun 2025 The House Appropriations committee took the first step in crafting a FY2026 bill to fund the Department of Defense today, albeit reluctantly. Appropriators from both parties lamented the paucity of
ExoTerra delivers 21 propulsion modules for SDA satellites SpaceNews · 27 May 2025 SAN FRANCISCO — Colorado-based ExoTerra Resources has supplied York Space Systems with 21 propulsion modules for the Space Development Agency (SDA) Transport Layer. After raising money to expand staff and […]
Eutelsat’s DoD setback adds to GEO headwinds as LEO growth builds SpaceNews · 16 May 2025 The sudden loss of a large U.S. Department of Defense contract has added to Eutelsat’s geostationary challenges as the French operator shifts greater focus to its low Earth orbit OneWeb constellation.
Pentagon taps more firms to build commercial-military satellite network SpaceNews · 12 May 2025 The Defense Innovation Unit added more than a dozen new companies to its Hybrid Space Architecture project.
Accelerating the path for commercial space integration (and implementation) remains a DoD and national security priority SpaceNews · 12 May 2025 Last year’s release of both the Department of Defense (DoD) “Commercial Space Integration Strategy” and the United States Space Force (USSF) “Commercial Space Strategy,” marked, for the first time, the […]

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