Space Force picks 14 for $1.8B object tracking contract
Established defense market giants and newer, mostly venture-backed startups are in the awardee pool. Space Force has awarded 14 companies positions on a potential 10-year, $1.8 billion contract vehicle to build satellites and other systems for use in space domain awareness efforts. The Andromeda program’s pool of winners represent a mix of established defense market giants […]
GAO warns DOD’s CMMC fix could become the program’s biggest threat
Waivers are a legitimate risk management tool, but the Government Accountability Office believes over-reliance on them could undermine the cyber and supply chain security initiative’s core premise. The Defense Department has made a lot of progress building out the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, but a Government Accountability Office report found there are still risks that […]
AEVEX sets the size, specs of its public offering
The nine-year-old drone manufacturer is following the same path traveled by Voyager Technologies, Firefly Aerospace and York Space Systems as SpaceX’s pending IPO looms as well. AEVEX Corp., a manufacturer of autonomous and uncrewed systems, has laid out the terms of its pending initial public offering as the company seeks to tap into heightened investor interest […]
‘Hybrid constellations’ are making it hard for militaries to hide
Vantor plans to combine high- and low-resolution space imagery in its satellite fleet. A planned satellite constellation will be able to image any location on Earth every 15 minutes and take more detailed images, a novel capability that could reveal even the nimblest and stealthiest military maneuvers, its developer says. On Thursday, Vantor announced plans to […]