The Space Development Agency is gearing up to launch its next set of satellites as it works to build a future network of hundreds of military satellites and sensors. On Thursday, SDA will launch its ...

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WASHINGTON — Aalyria, a startup spun off from Google’s parent company Alphabet, announced Feb. 12 it successfully demonstrated its software platform to manage a mesh network of communications ...

AI computing platform is pushing edge intelligence into orbit, enabling real-time onboard data processing for satellites, ...

The Hybrid Space Architecture program aims to create a resilient and scalable Internet of Things environment in space. (Aalyria) The Defense Innovation Unit said Monday it has selected 12 companies to ...

WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency announced Dec. 19 it awarded about $3.5 billion in contracts to four companies to build 72 missile-tracking satellites for the next phase of a low Earth orbit ...

Humankind has the technology to go to space. Space architect Ariel Ekblaw says the bottleneck now is real estate: getting larger volumes of space stations in orbit. Her company is working on the ...

The Missile Defense Agency and the Space Development Agency are developing sensor technology to track hypersonic weapons from space. (L3Harris) The Space Development Agency is launching a study to ...

On October 30, the Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded contracts totaling $1.3 billion to Redondo Beach, California-based Northrop Grumman Space Systems and Denver-based York Space Systems, which ...

The Air Force may cancel the development of hundreds of Space Development Agency satellites and give the work to SpaceX, one senator said Thursday—a move that would shut out other companies hoping to ...

The 5-year-old U.S. Space Force is moving quickly to confront what is becoming its priority challenge: the threat of anti-satellite weapons (ASATs) from foreign adversaries, including Russia and China ...