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Air Force Research Lab agrees to support Stratolaunch’s first hypersonic flight test

Stratolaunch, the company created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen more than a decade ago, says it’s won a contract from… Read More

Boeing-built X-37B space plane lands after completing record 908-day orbital mission

The U.S. Space Force’s Boeing-built X-37B space plane today completed yet another record-setting mission, landing like an airplane at NASA’s… Read More

Microsoft and Amazon take on new roles in Pentagon’s space communication plans

Microsoft Azure Space, Amazon Web Services and Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network are now among the Pentagon’s partners in a… Read More

Former aQuantive exec launches BaseHubs, an app to connect military personnel to communities

Jeff Lanctot is reenlisting in his quest to use technology to help military personnel and their families. Lanctot has launched… Read More

Wave Motion team with jet-gun demonstration launcher

Wave Motion wins $1.3M award to work on prototype jet-gun launcher for U.S. Navy

Everett, Wash.-based Wave Motion Launch Corp. has been awarded $1.3 million to support the venture’s efforts to develop a barrel-less… Read More

Space Force awards $87.5M to Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, SpaceX and ULA for testing

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command today announced awards totaling $87.5 million to support prototype commercial projects relating to… Read More

Karman Systems acquires Systima to target hypersonic and space technology

Mukilteo, Wash.-based Systima Technologies has been acquired by Karman Missile & Space Systems as part of Karman’s push into the… Read More

Xplore wins $2M contract from Pentagon initiative to speed up satellite development

Redmond, Wash.-based Xplore says it has received a $2 million contract from National Security Innovation Capital, a hardware development accelerator… Read More

Microsoft and Ball Aerospace enlist the cloud to speed up Space Force’s data flow

How will Pentagon planners cope with the torrents of data that are expected to rain down from a constellation of… Read More

PowerLight is hitting its targets with a power beaming system that uses lasers

Wireless power transmission has been the stuff of science fiction for more than a century, but now PowerLight Technologies is… Read More

Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary to pay $25M to settle whistleblower complaint about used drone parts

Bingen, Wash.-based Insitu, a Boeing subsidiary, has agreed to pay $25 million to settle allegations that it used recycled parts… Read More

Pentagon worries that satellite attacks could spark ‘mutually assured destruction’

In the years ahead, the long-running nightmare of the nuclear Cold War — mutually assured destruction — could return in… Read More

Joint Base Lewis-McChord will test 5G for augmented and virtual reality missions

Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state is participating in a $600 million Pentagon program to test the use of 5G… Read More

BlackSky will add sharper focus and night vision to future Earth-watching satellites

BlackSky’s satellites are already producing frequently updated, high-resolution views of planet Earth — but now the company says its next-generation… Read More

Despite winning contract, SpaceX sticks with lawsuit against feds and rocket rivals

Update: A federal district judge in California ruled against SpaceX and ordered its case against the Air Force to be… Read More

Kymeta goes beyond antennas with acquisition of Lepton satellite service company

Kymeta Corp. — the satellite antenna venture that’s based in Redmond, Wash., and backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates —… Read More

ULA and SpaceX win shares of future national security launches; Blue Origin loses out

The U.S. Space Force designated United Launch Alliance and SpaceX as the winners of a multibillion-dollar competition for national security… Read More

Air Force goes with BlackSky’s Spectra AI platform to track impact of COVID-19

BlackSky, a satellite data venture with offices in Seattle, says it’s won a U.S. Air Force contract to track the… Read More

White House’s chief technology officer becomes Pentagon’s top techie as well

White House chief technology officer Michael Kratsios ⁠— who enlisted Amazon, Microsoft and other key players in artificial intelligence and… Read More

Boeing-built X-37B space plane goes into orbit for shadowy Space Force test mission

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launched a Boeing-built X-37B space plane today on a semi-secret orbital mission under… Read More

Anduril Industries expands to Seattle, seeks engineers to work on defense tech

Irvine, Calif.-based Anduril Industries says it’s opening a new office in Seattle and will be hiring engineers to work on… Read More

Space Force will test solar power transmission during X-37B space plane’s next mystery flight

When a Boeing-built X-37B space plane is sent into orbit this month for the test program’s sixth flight, it will… Read More

Attack of the drones: Boeing rolls out first ‘Loyal Wingman’ AI aircraft in Australia

A Boeing-led team has presented the Royal Australian Air Force with its first “Loyal Wingman” aircraft, an AI-equipped drone that’s… Read More

U.S. Navy officially releases UFO videos, years after they were unofficially leaked

The Defense Department has authorized the release of three unclassified Navy videos, captured in 2004 and 2015, that purport to… Read More

Air Force awards small-business contract to Refactr for DevSecOps software automation platform

Seattle-based Refactr has won a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research contract that calls for the Air Force to evaluate… Read More

Amazon ‘bid high and lost’ on JEDI, Microsoft says after release of DoD watchdog report

Microsoft took aim at Amazon in a blog post Wednesday, accusing its rival of seeking an unfair advantage as the… Read More

Boeing gets set to restart military aircraft production and 737 MAX maintenance

Boeing says it will bring about 2,500 employees back to its facilities in the Puget Sound region and Moses Lake,… Read More

Air Force strikes a deal with Boeing for fixing KC-46 tankers — and releases $882M in payments

The Air Force says it reached two agreements with Boeing today, aimed at making the final fixes in camera systems… Read More

Boeing wins $1.5 billion contract for a fresh batch of P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft

The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a $1.5 billion production contract for the next 18 P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft,… Read More

ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket launches AEHF-6 satellite on Space Force’s first official orbital mission

The first satellite mission conducted under the name of the U.S. Space Force got underway today with the launch of… Read More