Lockheed Martin announced March 1 it has selected Raytheon Technologies to supply a second payload for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) geosynchronous satellites.

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A new NOAA weather satellite destined to track cyclones, wildfires, and solar flares from a perch high above the Western United States and Pacific Ocean is set for liftoff Tuesday from Cape Canaveral on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. The GOES-T satellite will launch with modifications to its main imaging camera, changes designed to avoid a minor cooling system problem that afflicted NOAA’s previous geostationary weather monitor sent into space four years ago.

The Space Development Agency announced Feb. 28 it awarded Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and York Space Systems contracts worth nearly $1.8 billion to produce 126 satellites for a global communications network in low Earth orbit.

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Colonial Pipeline announced on Tuesday that Adam Tice has joined the company as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). 

Tice recently led security operations, detection and response, threat intelligence, and investigations at Silicon Valley Bank.

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The Sunshine State’s efforts to lure commercial space ventures began well before the sun set on the Space Shuttle era.

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A new weather satellite destined for a perch over the Pacific Ocean and the Western United States was mounted on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket Thursday at Cape Canaveral, moving a step closer to launch scheduled for March 1.

AIRMSHL Hupfeld said the recent criticism was “completely unfounded” and insisted the reduction in time in the sky was actually due to “training and capability requirements”

The Defense Department in a report released Feb. 15 says it will “strengthen oversight” of industry mergers amid concerns that corporate consolidation is undermining U.S. competitiveness. 

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Joseph Dunford, a retired U.S. Marine Corps general and senior managing director of Liberty Strategic Capital, has joined the board of directors of Satellogic.

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The slow recovery of the global aviation industry and the government travel restrictions due to the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is likely to cast a shadow over Singapore Airshow next week. The first wave of the pandemic completely disrupted the […]

Lockheed Martin announced Feb. 13 it has decided to terminate a $4.4 billion deal to acquire rocket engine manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne.

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