Viasat has been awarded a five-year, sole-source Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract through the US General Services Administration (GSA) with a $568 million ceiling. Redwire has been awarded a $45 million plus five-year cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the design, development, and testing of prototype software and hardware for mission critical technologies. Aalyria has been selected by the US Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to enhance connectivity for defense applications, and more.

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T-Minus Guest

Our guest today is Astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell.

You can connect with Jonathan on LinkedIn and read the paper he co-authored on launch and reentry air pollutants on Nature.com.

Selected Reading

Viasat Awarded up to $568 Million IDIQ Contract from General Services Administration to Support C5ISR Capabilities for U.S. Defense Forces

Redwire Awarded $45 Million Contract from Air Force Research Laboratory to Advance Enhanced Space-Based Capabilities for the Warfighter- Business Wire

Aalyria selected by Defense Innovation Unit to enhance swarm connectivity for defense applications- Business Wire

NASA Awards Contract for NOAA’s Next Generation Space Weather Program

Lockheed Martin’s Newest Technology Demo for Space Connectivity Is Ready for Launch

Mission Success for Rocket Lab’s Latest Suborbital Hypersonic Launch

Planet Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2025- Business Wire

Sierra Space Advances Space Domain Awareness with NVIDIA

ispace and Magna Petra Agree to Future Resources Exploration on the Moon’s Surface

ION-X raises €13 million to scale up to industrial production

NASA Invites Media to Panama, Austria Artemis Accords Signings

NASA Researchers Discover More Dark Comets

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