Northrop Grumman has successfully launched the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) payload into orbit for the US Space Force (USSF), using the company’s Pegasus XL rocket. TacRL-2 was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The USSF’s tactically responsive launch concept seeks to introduce speed, agility, and flexibility into the launch enterprise in ...
Northrop Grumman has been selected by the US Space Force’s (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to proceed with its ongoing Protected Tactical SATCOM (PTS) Rapid Prototype program, with a flight demonstration of the company’s PTS payload set to occur in 2024. Selected for the initial award through the Space Enterprise Consortium, ...
LinQuest has secured a five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract worth $500 million to provide analysis support to the US Space Force. The contract awarded to LinQuest represents the first enterprise contract awarded allowing USSF and other space analysis organisations to establish task orders promoting synergies and unity of effort. The ...
Lockheed Martin has announced the US Space Force has determined the fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) is complete and ready for launch in 2021. Built in a record time and at no additional cost to the government for the upgrade, SBIRS GEO-5 is the first ...