Just in Time for 2024, Rocket Lab Won Its Biggest Contract Ever

By now you've heard the news: On Dec. 22, 2023, small rocket company Rocket Lab (RKLB 0.19%) won its biggest contract since its foundation -- and it wasn't for launching rockets at all.For a grand total of $515 million, the U.S. Space Force hired Rocket Lab to design, build, and operate a total of 18 satellites for its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture program, the PWSA. Comprising two separate but related systems, PWSA is designed to encircle the globe in a network of small satellites able to trac ...