January 7, 2026
 

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SDA Surveying Industry On Ability to Provide Ground Entry Points for Tranche 3
The U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) wants to hear from companies able to build ground entry points (GEP) for Tranche 3 of the agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). Next month, SDA may release a solicitation for a five-year GEP development and integration contract.

The GEPs are to ease communications to and from the PWSA satellites in Tranches 1, 2, and 3. A winning company for the GEP contract “will be responsible for performing GEP site civils, procurement, installation, integration, test and verification of GEP site communications shelters, antennas and antenna electronics, optical terminals and optical electronics, and…[continued]

Finance
Viasat Exits Investment in Maritime Service Provider Navarino
Viasat is exiting its position in Navarino as the maritime service provider secures new investment.  Navarino announced Jan. 5 that the company’s co-founders Dimitris and…[continued]
Finance
Satellite Radar Startup Array Labs Raises $20M
Array Labs, a startup focused on building radar payload technology for satellites, has raised $20 million in a new funding round announced Monday.  Catapult Ventures…[continued]
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Government/Military
Sierra Space Completes First Batch of SDA Satellite Structures Ahead of Schedule
Sierra Space reports it has completed satellite structures for the first nine of 18 satellites it is building for the Space Development Agency (SDA), three…[continued]
Government/Military
Israel Space Agency Selects Team to Lead R&D Space Laboratory Development
The Israel Space Agency has tapped the Access to Space consortium to establish and operate Israel’s national R&D space laboratory for the accelerated development of…[continued]
Finance
ICYMI: 4iG Space and Defence CEO Sárhegyi Explains Axiom Space Investment, Previews Hungary’s Growth in Space
4iG Space and Defence (4iG SDT) is a growing presence on the space landscape in Europe, and is Hungary’s main space company. In October, the…[continued]

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