Next-Gen OPIR Block 2 — The Satellites That Watch for Missiles
USSF's $2.4B solicitation for the next generation of overhead persistent infrared satellites. The missile warning architecture the U.S. is counting on through 2040.
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Deep Space RFP Tracker — Asteroid, Jupiter & Outer Planet Contracts
The Beyond page tracks every active and pending solicitation for deep space exploration, from asteroid missions and Jupiter system probes to Saturn-and-beyond flagships, interstellar concepts, and next-generation space telescopes. Browse active deep space solicitations, follow Jupiter system missions, or explore the space telescope pipeline. For the full ranked view across all destinations, visit the 2026 tracker. For real-time bid updates, watch the live ABOI feed.
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USSF / SSCopen
Next-Gen OPIR Block 2 | The Satellites That Watch for Missiles
~$2.4B+ live MEO bid
The next missile-warning layer from GEO and polar orbits, successor to SBIRS. A live companion bid, System Delta 84 MEO Missile Warning (Sources Sought, due Oct 31), opens the medium-orbit tier of the same mission.
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COMMERCE / CHIPSopen
The Quantum Race Is Already Won If We Wait
$2.013B LOIsCongress contests
Commerce signed $2B in quantum Letters of Intent with mandatory equity stakes, and Congress called it illegal. What the race actually looks like, who China has in the field, and why Quantum First by 2030 landed now.
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NASA / GSFCopen
The Explorers Pipeline | NASA's Fast Lane to Orbit
Frequent flightsAO-driven
NASA's Explorers Program is the lowest-friction way a heliophysics or astrophysics payload reaches orbit. How the Announcement of Opportunity cycle works, and who keeps winning the small and medium-class slots.
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NASA / JPLopen
Discovery's Venus Double-Header | DAVINCI and VERITAS
Cost-cappedDAVINCI 2029
NASA's Discovery Program is sending two cost-capped missions back to Venus, DAVINCI in 2029 and VERITAS no earlier than 2031, alongside Lucy and Psyche. The economics of the cap and what it actually buys.
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NASA AMESopen
Spacecraft That Fly Themselves
Special NoticeDue Jul 1, 2026
NASA Ames wants optical navigation and autonomy modules for spacecraft that operate where light-lag makes ground control impossible. The vendors building the brains for deep-space probes.
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NASAopen
Uranus Orbiter | The Decadal's $4.2B Top Pick Waits for Funding
$4.2B est.Decadal #1
The Planetary Science Decadal's top-priority flagship sits in pre-Phase A, waiting for a budget line. An ice-giant orbiter and probe is a generational mission, and the contracts have not started.
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NASA / APLopen
Dragonfly | A Nuclear Rotorcraft for Titan
$3.35BLaunch 2028
A nuclear-powered rotorcraft that will hop between dozens of sites on Titan, studying prebiotic chemistry. It passed its critical design review, and the build is underway.
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NASA / JPLopen
NEO Surveyor | The Telescope That Hunts City-Killers
$100M launchLaunch 2027
The infrared telescope built to find the city-killer asteroids we cannot see today. Planetary-defense hardware contracts are active now, with a 2027 launch on a Falcon 9.
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NASA / APLopen
The Interstellar Probe | APL's 1,000-AU Concept Awaits a Green Light
$1.5-2B est.Awaiting decision
APL's concept for a dedicated probe reaching 1,000 AU would be the fastest, farthest spacecraft ever flown. The study is done; the program decision is not.