Sprint confirmed a significant wireless milestone as it works with LG Electronics U.S.A. to deliver the first mobile 5G smartphone in the U.S. in the first half of 2019. Sprint customers will be among the first in the world to experience the mobility of 5G. Device specifications and exact timing will be announced later. Sprint’s first 5G-ready…

HawkEye 360, an Allied Minds portfolio company, has raised $9.6 million in the first closing of a Series A-3 financing round (“the transaction”). The round included Razor’s Edge Ventures, Allied Minds, and Shield Capital. Additional investors are expected to subscribe further capital to a second closing of the transaction. Proceeds from the transaction will be…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Maxar Technologies' Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec satellite manufacturing facilities on Aug. 9 to view the final phases of construction of the Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM). Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Astronaut Jeremy Hansen also attended the visit. The RCM satellites will be the third generation of synthetic aperture radar satellite technology MDA has…

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 on Aug. 12 at 3:31 a.m. EDT. NASA selected ULA's Delta IV Heavy to begin the Parker Solar Probe's journey to the sun. This was the 37th launch of the Delta IV rocket, and the 10th in the Heavy configuration.…