Government/Military

The U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command awarded BAE Systems a contract to build radio frequency (RF) terminals for a space-based data layer. BAE Systems announced the award on Oct. […]

A Ukrainian defense advisor accused SpaceX of limiting Ukraine’s access to Starlink as Ukraine faces increased attacks from Russia. SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk disputed the claim and said […]

SES has selected Lyntris as the payload integrator for its work for the U.S. Space Force’s Protected Tactical Satellite-Global (PTS-G) program.  Space Systems Command contracted both SES and Viasat in […]

York Space Systems will support a multi-vendor interoperability demonstration as part of a recent U.S. Space Force award for the Space Data Network (SDN).  York Space was one of five […]

As Russia begins deploying its military RASSVET constellation, internal political fractures and slow-moving bureaucracy are leaving Europe completely reliant on the U.S. for security in orbit. And things won’t change […]

In this new era of space defence, Germany has been making a lot of headlines as it looks to ramp up its capabilities. Germany’s security also came into a sharp […]

Kymeta won further U.S. government business in the form of a development contract. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has tapped Kymeta to develop an enhanced cartridge that integrates compute, […]

Northrop Grumman has selected a ThinKom antenna to provide satcom for the U.S. Navy’s E-130J Phoenix II aircraft, which will assume the Navy’s TACAMO mission.   Northrop Grumman is developing the […]

The state of California is integrating Iceye satellite data into statewide emergency operations as part of a new agreement. California opened a modernized state operations center (SOC) for emergency response […]

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has received multiple contracts worth more than $100 million combined for space and cyber capabilities to provide space intelligence data. Kratos’ work under these contracts […]

York Space Systems will integrate a government space domain awareness (SDA) into a spacecraft headed to Geostationary Orbit (GEO), marking the first time the company has integrated a satellite for […]

The White House on Tuesday nominated U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. David Miller for his fourth star as the head of U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM). Miller would replace Gen. Stephen […]

The FCC continued its push to deregulate and open up new spectrum with two major decisions on Wednesday — exempting space activities from certain federal environmental regulations and opening up […]

Northrop Grumman said on Monday that it has delivered 21 satellites to Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., for Tranche 1 of the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer […]

NSSLGlobal is making a new acquisition move in the security arena. The company announced Friday that it is purchasing MetOcean Security UK, a company that provides global security, surveillance and […]

SSC Space and Saab are teaming up to explore potential areas of cooperation related to space and Multi-Domain Operations (MDO). These will include the use of Esrange Space Center as […]

The U.K. Government has made a major new space defense initiative by launching its first ever dedicated squadron to protect its satellites. The No. 3 Space Effects Squadron (SES) will […]

(London) U.K. Defense Secretary Wes Streeting said that the U.K. government considers satellites critical to intelligence gathering and missile warnings, and that they now underpin almost a fifth of the […]

Measat calls for sovereign space capabilities to be a national investment priority in the country’s 2027 budget process. The Malaysian regional satellite operator released five priorities for the budget process […]

Viasat has received a $42 million task order under its contract to provide managed satcom services to the U.S. Marine Corps.  Viasat has a background in providing managed satcom to […]

Boeing Defence Australia selected New York-based Lite Coms to provide tactical satellite terminals for a beyond-line of sight (BLOS) satcom program for the Australian Defence Force (ADF).  Under the award […]

The Defense Innovation Unit and U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) have awarded True Anomaly and Northrop Grumman Geosynchronous High-Resolution Optical Space-Based Tactical Reconnaissance (GHOST-R) prototype contracts to deliver “lower-cost” reconnaissance satellites […]

As Europe works to move faster in its space defense capabilities, leaders at the Space and Defense & Security Summit say Ukraine accelerated a shift in institutional urgency yet challenges […]

Katalyst Space has been selected by a Pentagon energy investment program to take part in a space-based power beaming to remote locations, working with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL).  […]

The Architecture for Resilient and Federated ISR in Sovereign Europe (ARISE), a European sovereign intelligence consortium led by Iceye, will conduct an architecture design study for the European Space Agency […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The United States has orbital space weapons, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said on Monday. “What’s becoming even more important as we move forward is sensing […]

PARIS — Europe needs to embrace risk if it is to benefit more from next generation of space capabilities and keep its space assets secure. This was one of the […]

PARIS — Executives from BlackSky, Planet, Iceye and HawkEye 360 assessed the changing dynamics of the sovereign Earth Observation (EO) satellite market at the Space Defense and Security (SDSS) summit […]

European satellite manufacturer Open Cosmos raised 300 million euro (approximately $346 million) in a funding round led by European investors Lightrock, ETF Partners, Institut Català de Finances (ICF), Entrepreneurs First […]

The Pentagon’s Silicon Valley-based Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is looking for domestic and foreign company proposals for an artificial intelligence (AI) system to understand and predict space threats. “Today’s space […]