Government/Military

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 […]

The era of space defense has well and truly arrived. NATO, one of the key organizations focused on space and defense, has made a number of signature announcements over the […]

NOAA is expanding its work with commercial satellite companies for weather data, working with 14 companies to acquire data across seven categories to improve weather forecasting.  NOAA announced partner companies […]

TrustPoint is moving forward to build out its GPS-independent PNT constellation plans, tapping EnduroSat US to build 40 satellites in a deal announced Thursday. These 40 satellites will take the […]

The U.K. Government has published its latest national space strategy as it looks to bring space investment and activity under one plan. The aim is to drive growth, strengthen security […]

Open Cosmos was selected as a key provider by the U.K. government as the U.K. looks to build better sovereign connectivity architecture. It has been selected by the British Government […]

Kymeta secured an order from a branch within the U.S. Department of Defense for 100 Osprey u8 multi-orbit satcom terminals worth $20 million.  The award announced Tuesday includes multi-orbit connectivity […]

Autonomous systems, ubiquitous sensors, and AI-optimized targeting are positioned to transform tomorrow’s warfighting domain, where the ability to see, decide, and act first may rest with constellations in orbit rather […]

All.Space has received a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) for its Hydra satcom terminal under a contract focused on increasing production rates in the U.S. defense supply chain.  […]

Smaller space companies want to see how the “commercial first” mantra of Pentagon acquisition reform translates into programs of record. The Space Force contends that its nine, new program acquisition […]

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope lifted off on Sunday morning on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy mission. The telescope, named after NASA’s first chief of astronomy, will orbit 1 million miles […]

Swedish satellite operator Ovzon is beginning to enter the German market through two new partnerships announced this week. The company will perform an initial test implementation with a German government […]

LeoLabs on Wednesday said the Space Force has awarded the company a $20.7 million contract to deliver a modified version of its Scout containerized space surveillance radar for a “new […]

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – The Office of Space Commerce’s space traffic management system, known as TraCSS, has onboarded more than 70 satellite owners and operators and more than 10 nations […]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded contracts on Wednesday to Muon Space, Orbital Micro Systems doing business as (DBA) Weather Stream, and Spire Global to develop new weather satellite instruments for […]

Space-based communications and intelligence provider CesiumAstro acquired a Virginia-based mission software and defense systems engineering company, 1Aardvark. Both companies announced the acquisition on Tuesday. The combination brings CesiumAstro’s satellites, communications […]

Space-based positioning and navigation solutions firm TrustPoint successfully demonstrated its C-band signals in the presence of GNSS interference, a milestone listed under its contract with U.S. Naval Air Systems Command […]

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — On-orbit checkouts of the Tranche 1 Space Development Agency (SDA) satellites launched in July are progressing much faster than previous plane launches, SDA Director Dr. Gurpartap […]

The White House set a target for the U.S to support more than 1,000 launches and reentries annually by 2030 in a new National Security Presidential Memorandum released Thursday.  That […]

Viasat has selected Rocket Lab to build a Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite for its contract on the Protected Tactical Satcom-Global (PTS-G) program. Rocket Lab will deliver a spacecraft based on […]

A new report from The Aerospace Corporation examining defense and space growth in the White House’s fiscal year 2027 budget request found that more than 75% of the increase is […]

Katalyst Space has won a major new contract from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) as the U.S. Government looks to tap into the latest deorbiting technologies. Katalyst Space will now […]

Gilat Satellite Networks has won a new connectivity deal in Peru, a country with a population of around 35 million people. Gilat Peru has signed a $14 million deal with […]

The U.S Space Force has awarded a series of contracts to five companies as it looks to reap the benefits of a a more diverse multi-vendor architecture approach related to […]

The Rwanda Government is looking to tap more into the benefits of satellite technology. It is teaming up with Planet Labs as it plans to launch a new national program […]

Impulse Space has won further business with U.S. Space Force. It has won a $28 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract extension in support of two missions: […]

Marlink has made a significant move as it looks to better position itself in the European government, defense and critical infrastructure markets. It is to acquire Global RadioData Communications (GRC), […]

Space42 has signed a key new sovereign national security deal with Leonardo DRS to boost security across the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The MoU will see Leonardo DRS contribute its […]

Voyager Technologies will develop space-to-space communication capabilities for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command in a major new contract win announced late Monday. Under the contract, Voyager will develop […]