Government/Military

Poland has committed 656 million euro ($748 million) to Europe’s IRIS² constellation, which will fund nearly 10% of the constellation.  Under the agreement signed Tuesday in Warsaw, Poland will fund […]

Signals intelligence company HawkEye 360 reports demonstrating tactical direct downlink while participating in the multilateral Valiant Shield military training alongside Lockheed Martin.  HawkEye 360 detailed a machine-to-machine pipeline with Lockheed […]

Building U.S. space-based moving target indication systems and the capability to disrupt Chinese military space systems is a top deterrence priority for U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess, he […]

Slingshot Aerospace has won a contract worth almost $70 million with the U.S. Space Force, a contract the company is calling the largest in its history. The contract will see […]

Update: SpaceX launched the SDA mission on Thursday afternoon from Vandenberg at 4:33 p.m. ET.  After a nine month pause in launches, the Space Development Agency (SDA) on Thursday plans […]

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) awarded Parsons Corporation subsidiary Space Ground System Solutions a contract to continue its work supporting satellite ground systems software and operations at the Blossom […]

L3Harris Technologies is receiving $955 million and Sierra Space $798 million under fixed price Other Transaction Authority (OTA) rapid prototyping contracts for an expedited launch of Tranche 3, Tracking Layer satellites […]

Telesat has reached an agreement with the Canadian government to provide Military Ka-band satellite capacity for Canada’s Enhanced Satellite Communications Project – Polar (ESCP-P) program. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney […]

The field of companies eligible for National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3, Lane 1 awards is now at seven after U.S. Space Force‘s Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded two […]

York Space Systems has closed its acquisition of satcom terminal company All.Space, in a move both company CEOs say will create a complete tactical satcom ecosystem.  York Space Systems announced […]

A group of eight NATO allies plan to bring national military satellites together into a hybrid constellation called HALO to improve NATO’s resilience and military advantage in space.  HALO, which […]

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded SES Space and Defense a five-year blanket purchase agreement (BPA) for global Ku-band connectivity, including a number of managed connectivity […]

Ovzon has won a significant new defence with a European NATO country worth 74 million Swedish krona ($7.1 million). The deal comprises of Ovzon’s complete satellite communications solution, based on […]

The FCC is moving toward another C-band auction, planning to vote in July on whether to approve auctioning 160 megahertz of the upper C-band.  Like the first C-band clearing that […]

MDA Space secured a significant contract to support a next-generation defense communications satellite for Japan. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has contracted the Canadian manufacturer to build the digital payload, antennas, and […]

The U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command has awarded Boeing a $2 billion contract for the next two Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellites. Fielded in 2019, four MUOS Geosynchronous […]

Rocket lab launched a responsive space mission for the U.S. Space Force on Friday from New Zealand, as part of the Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) Victus Haze mission.  Space Systems […]

MDA Space is acquiring spacecraft manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies from Raytheon to give the company a direct position in the U.S. defense market.  The acquisition will give the Canadian space […]

Quantum Space will demonstrate orbital refueling using its Ranger spacecraft under a recently awarded Pentagon contract.  The company announced June 18 it secured a contract from the Department of Defense’s […]

Vantor and German defense manufacturer Rheinmetall plan to form a joint venture to focus on sovereign space capabilities in Germany and Europe.  The two companies announced an MoU on June […]

Gitai has completed a flight model for an upcoming robotic on-orbit servicing mission, but is delaying the mission to focus on space-based interceptor (SBI) technologies after a recent U.S. Space […]

Eutelsat has won a slew of new deals including an order under an agreement with the French Ministry of the Armed Forces and Veterans, and an agreement for Low-Earth Orbit […]

The U.S. Department of State signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SpaceX to utilize the Starlink satellite internet system to enhance international disaster preparedness and U.S. humanitarian response […]

Viasat confirmed that it won a contract from the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) to build, launch and deliver the first of a proliferated fleet of small, […]

Lithuania and Luxembourg are looking to forge closer ties in the area of space defense after a successful meeting between Lithuania’s Minister of National Defense Robertas Kaunas and Luxembourg’s Minister […]

Airbus has put together a consortium of German companies to develop a sovereign intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) solution. The team announced Wednesday during the Berlin Air Show includes Rohde […]

LeoLabs has debuted a new mobile space domain awareness (SDA) tracking radar housed in a shipping container, deploying the first radar in the Asia-Pacific region.  The new system, called Scout-S […]

The U.S. Space Force (USSF) plans to request nearly $1.5 billion for the Space Data Network (SDN) Backbone in a future fiscal 2027 reconciliation bill. Last week, Space Force’s Space […]

BlackSky Technology on Tuesday said the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) awarded the company a contract modification to speed development of its AROS multi-spectral, broad area Earth observation satellites that will […]

Satellite bus manufacturer Apex Space raised an additional $200 million in capital at a $2.3 billion valuation, the company announced Friday. This more than doubles the company’s valuation after it raised […]