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Theresa Hitchens on May 06, 2021 at 11:23 AM
As “the only U.S. military Service to be established during the Information Age,” Space Force says it has “the unique opportunity to be ‘born digital’.”
WASHINGTON: Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) is creating a new virtual testing environment to apply digital engineering techniques to space acquisition the first step in implementing the Space Force’s just-released Vision for a Digital Service.
SMC, which is transitioning to the new Space Systems Command, “is responsible for establishing the initial digital engineering ecosystem that we will use for our pathfinder programs,” Maj. Gen. Kim Crider, Space Force chief technology innovation officer, told reporters this morning. “We’re going to stand up an initial capability this year.
Hughes and OneWeb working to fill military’s Arctic communication gap May 6 The OneWeb gateway in Svalbard, Norway, capable of 10,000 hand-offs per second, is one of the gateways developed by Hughes that will orchestrate handover and tracking of gigabits of data for NORTHCOM. (OneWeb/Kongsberg Satellite Service) WASHINGTON The U.S. Air Force is teaming up with Hughes Network Systems and OneWeb to test how the latter’s new commercial broadband satellites could fill the military’s Arctic communications gap, the two companies announced May 5. The businesses will work with the Air Force Research Lab to connect Arctic military bases to each other and the joint force via OneWeb’s growing low-Earth orbit satellite constellation. Hughes will serve as the prime contractor, leading adaptation, integration, testing and management for the demonstration. Intellian will provide user terminals that can connect to the OneWeb network.
Lockheed Martin headquarters in Bethesda, Md. Photo: Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin’s Space segment saw another quarter of increased sales, as the company reported $3 billion in net Space sales in the first quarter (Q1) of 2020. This was a 3% increase compared to the same time period in 2020.
The company attributed the increase to higher net sales of approximately $60 million for the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) program due to higher volume; and about $20 million for commercial civil space programs due to higher volume primarily in space transportation programs.
The Space segment’s operating profit, however, decreased $54 million or 19% in Q1, compared to the same period in 2020. The company attributed the decrease primarily to lower risk retirements in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) program, and about $35 million due to lower equity earnings in
Lockheed Martin Reports First Quarter 2021 Results
- Net sales of $16.3 billion
- Net earnings of $1.8 billion, or $6.56 per share
- Generated cash from operations of $1.7 billion
- Maintained backlog of approximately $147 billion
- Increases 2021 financial outlook
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BETHESDA, Md., April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Lockheed Martin Corporation [NYSE: LMT] today reported first quarter 2021 net sales of $16.3 billion, compared to $15.7 billion in the first quarter of 2020. Net earnings in the first quarter of 2021 were $1.8 billion, or $6.56 per share, compared to $1.7 billion, or $6.08 per share, in the first quarter of 2020. Cash from operations in the first quarter of 2021 was $1.7 billion, compared to $2.3 billion in the first quarter of 2020.
New US Space Force directorate drafting ISR, intel requirements
09 April 2021
by Carlo Munoz
The US Space Force’s intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) chief is pressing ahead with two service-level initiatives that will lay the requirements and capabilities framework for the newest US military branch for the coming years.
The US Space Force (USSF) ISR personnel have created an internal working group to facilitate the stand-up of the National Space Intelligence Centre (NSIC), and also to help determine what the make-up of the service’s contribution will be to the new centre, and what the path ahead could look like, said Space Force ISR Director US Air Force Major General Leah Lauderback.