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Raytheon’s Blue Canyon opens expanded small satellite production facility

WASHINGTON — Raytheon-owned Blue Canyon Technologies opened the doors of a new satellite manufacturing facility in Colorado that will increase its production capacity to...

US spy agency sends another satellite to space in show of rapid launch capability

WASHINGTON — The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office on Thursday launched its NROL-199 mission — the second of its kind in less than a month’s...

Space-Based Infrared satellite launch to complete missile warning system

WASHINGTON — If all goes as planned, the U.S. Space Force will have a complete constellation of Space-Based Infrared System satellites on orbit by...

Lockheed to launch space-based test bed for joint all-domain operations

FARNBOROUGH, England — Lockheed Martin plans to launch a three-satellite test bed next year to demonstrate space-enabled joint all-domain operations.The company’s 2023 launch schedule...

Senators seek $2 billion Space Force budget boost for missile defense, responsive launch

WASHINGTON — Senate lawmakers want to boost the Space Force’s budget by more than $2 billion to support missile warning satellite development, responsive launch...

Saltzman nominated to lead Space Force

President Joe Biden on Wednesday tapped Space Force operations boss Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman to run the service as the next four-star chief of...

Pentagon renames UFO office, expands mission to include ‘transmedium’ objects

WASHINGTON — After only eight months of existence, the Pentagon’s office tasked with investigating and tracking UFOs — or unidentified aerial phenomena — will...

Pentagon’s National Reconnaissance Office says latest launches demonstrate speed, agility

WASHINGTON ― The National Reconnaissance Office, the Pentagon agency that designs, builds and operates U.S. spy satellites, said it launched the NROL-162 mission with...

L3Harris, Northrop picked for $1.3 billion hypersonics tracking satellite project

WASHINGTON — L3Harris Technologies and Northrop Grumman Strategic Space Systems won a U.S. Department of Defense contract to furnish multimillion-dollar satellites that help detect,...

‘Space is where we need to go’: US Air Force preparing networked infrastructure for new mission

RAF FAIRFORD, England — As the U.S. Space Force eyes a new mission to track ground targets from space, the Air Force needs to...

Putin makes changes to arms industry, space agency leadership

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday reshuffled his top officials, naming a new head of the state space corporation and giving new...

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