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Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Kratos Defense & Rocket Support Services Supports Successful Sounding Rocket Launch of AFRL ... Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.March 12, 2021 GMT SAN DIEGO, March 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its Sounding Rocket Program (SRP)-4 launch vehicle team under subcontract t...

Visitors arrive at the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, during a media open house Wednesday, March 3, 2021. The structure is the only fully operational lighthouse owned by the U.S. Space Force and stands at 151-feet tall. It was built in 1868 and stands adjacent to the historic Launch Complex 26 and the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Museum. The lighthouse is only accessible by tours through the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse Foundation. A public open house is schedu...

These Dover airmen have transitioned to Space Force The friendly jokes have been mounting over the past few weeks. As Lt. John McGrady walked around Dover Air Force Base recently sporting new patches on his fatigues, a colleague bowed his head and said: "Hello, guardian." McGrady, a cyber operations flight commander, is one of six people on-base in Dover who have recently transitioned into the United States Space Force, which calls their enlistees guardians. "Everyone is super excited," McGr...

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A prototype of Atlas Space Operations prototype antenna. Photo: Atlas Atlas Space Operations phased array antenna system has recently completed late-stage testing, solidifying it as a new Multi-Band/Multi-Mission (MBMM) antenna system, the company reported Dec. 17. Atlas has been developing the antenna system under a contract through the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and in partnership with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).  According to Atlas, its engineers have used...

Advertisement Raytheon has received security certification for new GPS modules and receivers from the Global Positioning Systems Directorate at the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. The new modules and receivers will give military aircraft, ships, ground vehicles and weapon systems secure and reliable access to modernized GPS. “Because GPS is under constant attack, we worked with our government partners to create new M-code modules and receivers that give the military secure an...

After months of delays, spy agency launches 5th mission of 2020 December 11, 2020 A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office lifts off from Space Launch Complex-37 at 8:09 p.m. EST on Dec. 10, 2020. (United Launch Alliance) WASHINGTON ― Following three months of delays, the National Reconnaissance Office successfully launched its fifth mission of 2020 on Dec. 10 from the renamed Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. ...

Defense Daily Share: Icebreaker Needs. The U.S. Coast Guard needs more polar icebreakers and should evaluate ice strengthening for some of its high-endurance National Security Cutters and forthcoming medium-endurance Offshore Patrol Cutters, says a new analysis by Rand Corp. analysts. Given the rapidly changing nature of polar conditions, the likelihood that new icebreakers will be operating for decades, increasingly diverse mission sets, and unknown future requirements related to militar...