Space

Smarter & Secured

Expanding our potential in the unknown

From designing the transponders that transmitted the first words from the Moon to building next-generation ground systems for satellite networks, we're committed to delivering technology that enables the national security, intelligence and scientific missions of today and tomorrow.


Artemis I - Space Domain

Spaceborne Communications & Electronics

We provide critical communications and electronics for manned and unmanned space missions, ranging from near-Earth to Deep Space.

Iridium Svalbard Ground Station

Satellite Ground Systems

We design, build and manage ground-based systems that enable communications and control of satellite networks and spacecraft.

Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture

General Dynamics is developing the integrated ground systems for the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranches 1 and 2. The Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture will provide integrated tranches of Low Earth Orbit satellites to support warfighter connectivity, missile tracking and other capabilities.  

Learn more about PWSA

James Webb Space Telescope JWST beryllium mirror segments cryogenic testing

Manufacturing & Engineering Services

We have decades of experience in manufacturing custom metal optical components for spacecraft and providing engineering operations and support for DOD and NASA missions.

Satellite Mission Payloads

We engineer spaceflight-proven digital payloads for advanced missions requiring complex RF communications, signal processing and on-board software updates.

Space Encryption

We build reliable, high-speed encryptors which ensure that critical data from satellites and spacecraft doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.

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