The Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Hybrid Space Architecture program has issued several contracts to companies to develop and demonstrate a space-based network architecture for communications across commercial and government satellites in multiple orbits.
Stellar Solutions, a global aerospace and systems engineering services firm, has unveiled Stellar Ventures, a woman-led venture capital firm investing in the next generation of space entrepreneurs, the company said July 7.
The first of the 3,000shp.-class engines in the development program has completed more than 100 hr. of run time since an initial “light off” event on March 22, GE says.
A Minotaur II+ rocket, the first launch test supporting the development of the Mk21A re-entry vehicle, exploded shortly after launch late July 6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
Norway’s Kongsberg has signed an initial contract with the Australian government worth NOK489 million ($48.9 million) for the company’s Naval Strike Missile.
“China poses a far more complex and pervasive threat to businesses than even most sophisticated company leaders realize,” FBI Director Chris Wray said.
As part of Reaction Engines’ continuing push to develop its pre-cooler technology for high-Mach aircraft, missiles and space access vehicles, the company has revealed it is midway through a U.S. Air Force-supported test program aimed at dramatically expanding the system’s performance envelope.
Virgin Galactic has signed an agreement to partner with Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences to build two new White Knight Two jets to carry its air-launched passenger suborbital spaceships.
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory is testing its experimental receivers for the upcoming Navigation Technology Satellite-3 as it is integrating the satellite ahead of its planned launch next year.
