Alexandria, VA – Throughout history, humanity has steadily increased its dependence upon technology. Although technology has vastly improved the quality of life for billions of people, it has also opened […]
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Here comes the solar maximum
Alexandria, VA – In 1859, the largest recorded coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun, known as the Carrington Event, disrupted what little electrical technology was used at the time. […]
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Air Force Needs To Expand Use of Hosted Payloads
Federal budget-cutting should focus U.S. Air Force officials on hosted payloads as a way to cost-effectively deploy needed in-orbit capabilities more quickly and less expensively than by using dedicated satellites.
Posted inCommercial
Industry Says DoD Hosted Payload Guidance Too Restrictive
WASHINGTON — Pentagon guidance for hosting military communications payloads aboard commercial satellites is drawing criticism from industry for being too restrictive.
Posted inPress Release
Northrop Grumman Hosts Distinguished Panel of Women Aerospace Leaders
Eminent women thought leaders from government and industry provided an informative perspective on the U.S. Department of Defense push for affordability in space at a Women in Aerospace forum hosted […]
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EARTH: Crowdsourcing for quake-monitoring
Alexandria, VA – Technology is creating a new breed of scientist. I’m talking about citizen scientists – ordinary people and volunteers from all walks of life coming together to help […]
Posted inCommercial
For DoD Space: The Imperative of Affordability
The U.S. economy is in a tenuous place. The nation is $16 trillion in debt and that is increasing by more than $1 trillion a year. Sequestration is bearing down on us, and the United States is now one of only three nations in the world with debt-to-gross-national-product ratios greater than one. Without further White House and congressional direction and guidance, the pressure to pre-emptively reduce the Department of Defense (DoD) budget is immense, and certainly further significant cuts seem unavoidable.
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Northrop Grumman Joins Hosted Payloads Alliance to Further Help Address Global Security Needs
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) has become a member of the Hosted Payloads Alliance (HPA), joining the wide variety of companies that support an increasing role for defense and commercial contractors […]
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Space and Cyberspace Priorities
Editor’s note: In response to media requests during the 28th National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo., in April, U.S. Air Force Space Command released July 16 a list of its top priorities in its areas of responsibility, space and cyberspace. At the top in the space category are protected, survivable communications and missile warning, capabilities provided by the Advanced Extremely High Frequency and Space Based Infrared System satellite programs, respectively. Protection of Air Force and Defense Department computers and networks ranked No. 1 in the cyberspace category. The full document is reprinted here.
Posted inCommercial
Mission Success in a Cost-constrained Environment
While we in the U.S. space industry may have different roles, we do share the same ultimate goals — protecting our national security and working to deliver exquisite capabilities for the country.
