Space Force awards first contracts for satellite threat warning radar payloads

Space Force awards first contracts for satellite threat warning radar payloads

WASHINGTON ― The Space Rapid Capabilities Office (Space RCO), in partnership with the Space Force’s innovation arm SpaceWERX, has awarded three small companies contracts worth $3 million each to develop new radar warning receivers to equip future highly maneuverable satellites in geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO). The awards to Assurance Technology Corporation, Raptor Dynamix and Innovative…

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2 NCR writers win Religion News Association awards

2 NCR writers win Religion News Association awards

Two National Catholic Reporter journalists won awards for their work at the 2026 Religion News Association Awards. The RNA Excellence in Religion Reporting Contest winners were announced April 25 during the organization’s 77th annual conference in Atlanta. NCR staff reporter Camillo Barone won the Renner Award for Excellence in In-Depth and Continuing Coverage category, placing…

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2026 AAM Awards: All The Winners

2026 AAM Awards: All The Winners

Sundowner Artists’ Simone Ubaldi and Andrew Parisi were the big winners at the Association of Artist Managers’ fifth annual awards, presented lunchtime Wednesday (April 29) at Sydney’s Crowbar, just hours before the APRA Music Awards. The pair, who manage the international breakthrough punk rockers Amyl And The Sniffers, won manager of the year, the same…

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Space Force awards .7 billion in contracts to SpaceX and two others for national security missions

Space Force awards $13.7 billion in contracts to SpaceX and two others for national security missions

Boldly going: The US Space Force has awarded $13.7 billion in contracts to SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, and Blue Origin under the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 program. The contracts run through 2029 and mark the first time three companies will simultaneously handle top-priority military satellite missions – signaling a new era of competition…

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