Astroscale Holdings, a Japanese leader in the emergent science of satellite servicing, or On-Orbit Servicing (OOS), has signed a three-year MoU with Australian company High Earth Robotics Pty Limited (HEO), an acknowledged market leader in non-earth imaging and space-based Space…
Japanese company Astroscale Holdings Inc, which specialises in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, has signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Australian company High Earth Orbit Robotics Pty Ltd (HEO), a market leader in non-Earth…
A Defence Trailblazer collaborative project led by industry partner Space Machines Company aims to develop space-borne perception and intelligence technology for Space Domain Awareness (SDA), supported by funding from the Adelaide and Canberra-based Defence Trailblazer’s Accelerating Sovereign Industrial Capabilities (ASIC)…
London-based Rolls-Royce has signed the eight-year, £9 billion ($18 billion) Unity contract which brings together all elements of research and technology, design, manufacture and in-service support of the nuclear reactors that power the Royal Navy’s fleet of submarines, including the…
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded the sole-source US$200 million ($295 million) Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) Site 2 contract by the US Space Force. The second site, located in the United Kingdom, is scheduled to be operational in June…
The US Department of Defense has launched five missile tracking satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The satellites, designed and built by L3Harris Technologies, form part of the US Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor…
San Diego-based General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has been awarded a contract of undisclosed value by the US Space Development Agency (SDA) to demonstrate the capabilities of the company’s Optical Communication Terminals (OCTs) hosted on GA-EMS’ GA-75 (75kg class) spacecraft…
The US Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a firm-fixed price agreement valued at approximately US$816 million ($1.26 billion) to build 36 Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) Beta satellites. T2TL is part of an overarching plan to strengthen deterrence with…
Sydney based Saber Astronautics has been awarded a $6.6 million Defence Innovation Hub contract to transform existing space telescopes into space traffic sensors, contributing to Space Domain Awareness (SDA). Following an initial $2.1m million Defence Innovation Hub contract in 2019…
Australian firm Quasar Satellite Technologies Pty Limited has been awarded a $5.3M Defence Innovation Hub contract to develop a multibeam phased array space communications ground station as well as enhanced space domain awareness. The company has also been shortlisted for the Avalon…