Tag: technology

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 03, 2023
NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland recently witnessed the vibrant blue glow of the Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) within its vacuum chamber during a critical phase of thruster qualification testing. This significant advancement in space technology reflects the culmination of efforts to create the most robust electric propulsion thruster to date. With a 12-kilowatt Hall thruste

  The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has awarded a £1.2 million ($1.46 million) grant to Horizon Technologies for the Amber Phoenix Mission, a project aimed at enhancing the UK Government's maritime intelligence capabilities. As part of the mission, an Amber...

BlackSky Technology has secured a competitive contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to develop an automated target recognition service capable of tracking vehicles in real-time from space. The contract, funded by the Space Development Agency and awarded through...

On 27 November 2023, the ESA Commercialisation Days: Transportation event will take place. Key actors from the transportation and space sectors will come together to develop new synergies. Read the story below from Awake.Ai, one of the start-ups that...

Precious Payload is delighted to announce the addition of Arrow Science and Technology to its Launch.ctrl marketplace for satellite launches. The satellite integrator, renowned for its extensive space mission heritage, offers highly demanded, rare launch slots on established rockets—both...

Astroscale Japan, a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings, on 3rd October, announced it has been selected by the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) for its Small and Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop an...

  BlueHalo recently hosted U.S. Space Force officials to showcase its cutting-edge Badger satellite terminal. The demonstration highlighted the successful target tracking and signal processing capabilities of the multi-band software defined antenna tiles used in the Badger product. The software-defined tile...

  Xage Security, a cybersecurity company based in Palo Alto, California, has been awarded a $17 million contract by the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command. The contract is for the provision of a cybersecurity platform to protect the Space...

  The U.S. Marine Corps has recently granted a contract to Lite Coms, a company specializing in VSAT terminals, with a potential value of up to $500 million. The Department of Defense announced the award earlier this month, specifying that...

Yahsat Government Solutions (YGS), a subsidiary of Yahsat, has secured a significant new contract with the UAE government worth over $5 billion. The deal, announced on September 22nd, grants YGS an Authorization to Proceed (ATP) to provide satellite capacity and...