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 ...
Space-Comm Expo, the UK’s first event dedicated to the commercialisation of space, has announced it will be hosting the first public panel discussion between four of the seven potential UK spaceports at its inaugural event at Farnborough International on 7-8 July 2021. Chaired by Ian Annett from the UK Space Agency ...
Official DPRTE 2021 event partner, DASA, has published a case study on Flare Bright’s SnapShot – a ruggedized nanodrone designed to be the simplest way to get aerial images is ready for in-field trials. In any military or security operation, awareness of your surroundings is critical. With multiple routes and obstacles ...
Viasat Inc. is to integrate its In-line Network Encryptor (INE) into the world’s first Link 16-capable low earth orbit (LEO) satellite, which Viasat is developing for the US Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles XVI program. Viasat’s INE will be the first crypto deployment on a Link 16-capable LEO satellite, and will provide ...