Tag: Awards

Burlington VT (SPX) Aug 30, 2023
Tapped to help U.S. defense agencies deploy safer propellant alternatives to hydrazine, Benchmark Space Systems has announced a two-year, $2.81 million AFRL SPRINT (Space Propulsion Research and Innovation for Neutralizing Satellite Threats) award to further develop and test flight-optimized thrusters running on ASCENT (Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-Toxic) fuel. It is Benchmark's secon

Thales Alenia Space has secured new contracts with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the ground mission segment and system engineering activities of Galileo Second Generation (GSG). The contracts are valued at 300 million euros ($333 million). Additionally, Thales...

On Monday, the White House announced that the Biden Administration will be investing $42.45 billion in a high-speed broadband program aimed at connecting every resident and small business with high-speed internet by 2030. The funding will be provided through...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract worth over €200m ($218m) to GMV to develop the ground segment for in-orbit control and validation of the Galileo Second Generation (G2G), Europe's global navigation satellite system. GMV will contract...

The European Union (EU) has awarded contracts worth €5m each to nine startups to provide additional data to the Copernicus project, the world's largest Earth observation programme. The awards are part of a new procurement method called the "dynamic...

Space exploration is the ultimate frontier to discover new scientific and technical limits; however, inefficient designs, long lead times and incompatible components restrict access to space. Space Products and Innovation (SPiN), thanks to the support provided by the incubation...

The US Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) 12 National Security Space Launch (NSSL) missions under the fiscal 2023 NSSL Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement contract. Each provider will launch six...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded four contracts to Umbra, Terran Orbital’s PredaSAR unit, Northrop Grumman, and Jacobs to fly synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites in formation. The aim is to demonstrate novel imagery collection techniques...

Steve Parkes, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of STAR-Dundee and former Professor of Spacecraft Electronic Systems at the University of Dundee, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.Steve has been responsible for leading the development...