The companies will compete for contracts to build ‘neighborhood watch’ satellites

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Anduril's Lattice software is used to autonomously process and distribute data from a global network of military space sensors

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Director Chris Scolese said the NRO and DoD are resolving data integration issues as more satellites are deployed

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The company will modernize data integration and communications for the U.S. military’s Space Surveillance Network (SSN) used to track space objects and missile launches

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France-based Unseenlabs has raised 85 million euros ($92 million) behind plans to double its maritime surveillance constellation to 25 nanosatellites for tracking vessels in near real-time.

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French maritime surveillance provider Unseenlabs plans to launch its 12th and 13th nanosatellite no earlier than March, passing the halfway mark for a constellation slated to begin tracking vessels in near real-time in 2025.

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The U.S. Space Force awarded SAIC a $574.5 million contract to maintain ground-based radar sensors used for missile warning and space surveillance.

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A geosynchronous surveillance satellite operated by the U.S. Space Force reached the end of its lifespan and was recently taken out of service.

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A deep-space radar developed by Northrop Grumman for the U.S. Space Force passed a critical design review, the company announced May 30.

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For some time now, alarms have been sounding in the United States military over activities of Chinese and Russian spacecraft in orbit that are viewed as potentially threatening. U.S. military […]

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U.S. military space surveillance sensors can be tweaked to help detect high-altitude aerial surveillance platforms in the upper layer of the atmosphere, said John Plumb, assistant secretary of defense for space policy

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The U.S. Space Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $341 million contract to develop a radar site to track active satellites and debris in high orbits.

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The U.S. Air Force has extended a research contract with startup Rhea Space Activity to develop a software tool to monitor and predict the trajectory of satellites in cislunar space.

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An upcoming report from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) discusses international activities beyond Earth’s orbit and helps to explain the U.S. Space Force’s effort to improve observation capabilities for cislunar space.

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The U.S. Air Force wants to use small radar satellites to track moving objects on the ground and the Space Force will help to make it happen, chief of space operations Gen. John Raymond said May 12.

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Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach: “Yes, I am absolutely in favor of more space-based ISR."

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The emergence of commercial suppliers of SSA data, short for space situational awareness, has led to a rethinking of how the Defense Department should invest its SSA dollars.

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Still in testing mode, the U.S. Air Force Space Fence on Kwajalein Atoll detected India’s March 27 anti-satellite test and issued a break-up alert.

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The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has transferred operations of a telescope designed to track objects in Earth orbit to the U.S. Air Force, ahead of a move of that telescope to Australia.

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Europe’s fitful attempt to create an independent space surveillance network took a step forward June 16 when five nations formed a consortium to coordinate their existing optical and radar tracking telescopes in a five-year effort funded by the 28-nation European Union.

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NGA Director Robert Cardillo said the agency must be poised to take advantage of a burgeoning Earth imaging satellite industry but also recognize how the surge in available data could aid the decision-making of the country’s enemies.

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U.S. Strategic Command and the German military will share space situational awareness data.

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European governments appear to have missed a big opportunity for costs savings with the French Defense Ministry’s decision to move ahead with plans to procure a pair of dedicated military communications satellites from a pair of domestic manufacturers.

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Two high-orbiting U.S. Air Force space surveillance satellites that launched in July must show “unprecedented” maneuvering accuracy given their potential to cause damage in a heavily used belt of Earth orbit.

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