Ball Aerospace, Microsoft and Loft Federal team up for SDA's NExT program

By Apurva Minchekar / April 14, 2023 at 9:45 AM
Ball Aerospace announced its collaboration with Loft Federal and Microsoft on Tuesday to work on the Space Development Agency's experimental testbed program, called NExT, that will carry 10 satellites with experimental payloads into orbit. "Ball Aerospace is leveraging our strong relationships with Loft Federal and Microsoft, which will enable us to streamline our assembly and integration process and move quickly to deliver capabilities to SDA," Ball Aerospace President Dave Kaufman said. Last October , SDA awarded Ball Aerospace a $176...

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