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Space Systems Command awarded Amentum Technology a $572,358,987 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to operate and sustain NORAD Cheyenne Mountain warning and space command systems through Sept. 2033 after seven offers.
Read the story →The Space Force filled its final three Portfolio Acquisition Executive seats on July 14, completing a nine-portfolio restructuring that pushes 90-92% of contracting authority down to mission-level leaders.
The Space Development Agency awarded L3Harris $955M and Sierra Space $798M to build 36 Tranche 3 missile-tracking and missile-defense satellites for Golden Dome for America, bringing the Tracking Layer to 104 spacecraft with delivery expected by end of 2028.
A $93M modification lifts Pivotal Space Inc.'s (LEAP) Space Force SBIR Phase III contract from $7M to $100M for satellite resupply and integration evaluation work, as the Broomfield firm scales its launch vehicle line.
Space Force awarded Impulse Space and Relativity Federal spots on the $5.6B NSSL Lane 1 launch IDIQ, adding an upper-stage-only prime and a reusable-rocket startup to a pool that now spans seven companies through FY2029.
GAO's July 2026 Weapon Systems Assessment finds $11.4 billion in cost overruns across Space Force satellite programs and confirms the Pentagon quietly cancelled Raytheon's OCX ground-control system for GPS after years of software delays and cost growth.
The Space Force issued a Commercial Solutions Opening in June 2026 to recompete the SCAR satellite-control antenna program around commercial phased-array systems, months after terminating an estimated $1.7 billion contract tied to AeroVironment for convenience.
The Defense Logistics Agency placed a maximum $29.98M delivery order with United States Antimony Corp. for antimony metal ingots bound for the National Defense Stockpile, drawing on a five-year sole-source IDIQ worth about $245M aimed at reducing reliance on China.
Air Force Test Center awards Geneva Technologies a $20.6M cost-plus contract to fly novel space thrusters and conduct on-orbit resiliency experiments through 2036, supporting Space Force satellite survivability goals.
Rocket Lab's Electron launched the Victus Haze satellite for the Space Force on June 19, 2026, just 16 hours and 42 minutes after receiving notice — shattering the 2023 Victus Nox record of 27 hours and demonstrating rapid rendezvous with a non-compliant satellite in LEO.
Space Force selected Boeing over Lockheed Martin for a $2 billion fixed-price-incentive contract to design, develop, and produce two Mobile User Objective System Phase II satellites, the first competitive narrowband SATCOM production award Boeing has won from the service.
The U.S. Space Force awarded Lockheed Martin $514M to produce GPS IIIF satellites SV23 and SV24, expanding the modernized anti-jam constellation to 14 spacecraft under a 2018 contract with options for up to 22.
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