Pentagon taps 12 more companies for space data transport network demos

DIU awards 12 new contracts under combined space network portfolio

The Defense Innovation Unit awarded 12 new contracts for its project aimed at combining government and commercial space-related capabilities into one connected network, the agency announced yesterday. The Hybrid Space Architecture (HSA) initiative, according to DIU, will build the technical and programmatic foundation to pilot an operational commercial and government space network by 2026. The latest awardees include Capella Space Corp., EdgeCor…

DIU expands ‘Hybrid Space Architecture’ vendor pool, plans 2026 pilot

HSA is aimed at creating a "hack-proof" internet in space comprising commercial and government SATCOM birds to underpin the Defense Department's Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control concept to link sensors and shooters in real time.

Pentagon taps 12 more companies for space data transport network demos

The program, led by the Defense Innovation Unit, plans to start demonstrating the hybrid network this summer and launch a pilot next year.

With pilot planned for 2026, DIU brings additional vendors into ‘hybrid’ space satellite network project

The Defense Innovation Unit announced Monday that 12 new vendors have been added to its Hybrid Space Architecture project, which looks to pilot a space communications architecture integrated with both commercial and government assets by next year.  Kickstarted by DIU in 2021, the HSA program is developing a space-based architecture that can rapidly deliver critical warfighting data by combining commercial-built technologies with military and civ…

Pentagon taps more firms to build commercial-military satellite network

The Defense Innovation Unit added more than a dozen new companies to its Hybrid Space Architecture project. The post Pentagon taps more firms to build commercial-military satellite network appeared first on SpaceNews.

Japan’s EdgeCortix wins US defense innovation unit contract

The agreement empowers the US Defense Innovation Unit to rapidly evaluate and eventually deploy EdgeCortix’s hardware and software solutions across diverse US Department of Defense edge applications.