Government/Military

The French government is increasing its stake in Eutelsat Group as part of capital raise, and the French armed forces ministry, DGA, reached a framework agreement for satellite services from […]

SpaceWERX awarded 10 companies contract awards in the Sustained Space Maneuver Challenge to advance space mobility and resilience technologies.  The 10 companies selected — Apech Labs, BlackStar Orbital Technologies, CisLunar […]

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is lining up funding for a project that will enable Department of Defense (DoD) entities to actively respond to electromagnetic interference (EMI) […]

Planet has signed a new seven-figure contract with NATO to deliver advanced daily monitoring and intelligence capabilities across NATO’s strategic areas of interest. Planet called it a “landmark partnership” and […]

Dawn Aerospace has revealed details of a major new initiative to bring more space business to Oklahoma. It has signed a partnership deal with the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority […]

The European Commission granted unconditional approval for SES’s acquisition of Intelsat, issuing a determination that the combination does not raise competition concerns in the European Economic Area (EEA).  The EC […]

The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) announced $10.1 million in contracts on Wednesday to a number of space companies to address ‘blind spots’ in commercial collision avoidance.  The awards are […]

BAE Systems and Hanwha Systems have signed a new MoU to develop a multi-sensor satellite system to collect radio frequency (RF) and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data.   Announcing the MoU […]

A bipartisan pair of Senators introduced legislation last week that lawmakers said would prevent foreign adversaries from accessing and compromising American satellite systems. Senators Deb Fischer, R-Neb., and Ben Ray […]

New policy changes to the U.S. federal BEAD broadband program open the door to satellite connectivity with the adoption of a “technology-neutral” approach.  The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and […]

Laser communications tech developer Mynaric has now delivered more than 100 of its CONDOR Mk3 optical communications terminals to its customers, including the first complete launch set to a prime […]

U.S. Space Systems Command selected BAE Systems to serve as the prime contractor for its Resilient Missile Warning & Tracking (RMWT) – Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Epoch 2 program under […]

Northrop Grumman‘s SpaceLogistics in-space servicing business integrated a U.S. Naval Research Laboratory robotics payload onto its Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) spacecraft bus at its Dulles, Virginia facility, the company announced […]

Ovzon has received its largest contract to-date from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), for an integrated satcom solution that includes satellite network services, mobile terminals, and customer support.  The […]

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (USSF SSC) is exploring the possible lease of commercial small and medium satellites able to maneuver in Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO) to detect threats and […]

EchoStar responded to the FCC this week after the Commission opened an inquiry into the operator’s spectrum. In new filings, EchoStar argued the FCC’s inquiry threatens its business, 5G progress […]

The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) has rolled out an iterative update to the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) with updates for large satellite constellations, the office announced Tuesday.  […]

ExoTerra reports it has delivered 21 of its Iris250 propulsion modules to York Space Systems to support York’s work on the Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer program.  […]

The FCC voted to start a proceeding on Thursday that the Commission said could unlock more than 20,000 megahertz of spectrum for satellite broadband, a move that the Satellite Industry […]

Scout Space has won a new contract from the U.S. Space Force to deliver a new GEO Geostationary Orbit (GEO) space awareness domain (SDA) sensor. The contract, worth $3.8 million, […]

Iceye plans to develop a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) constellation with Japanese heavy industry company IHI Corporation under a new MoU announced Thursday. IHI and Iceye plan to establish a […]

ST. LOUIS — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the U.S. Space Force on Wednesday signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) clarifying their respective roles and responsibilities in carrying out […]

Another 20 companies have been selected for the CASSINI Business Accelerator program, an initiative of the European Commission (EC) and European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA). It was […]

ST. LOUIS — A new version of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) primary tool for ordering imagery should be ready for operational use later this year, an agency official said. […]

President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday announced key details of the planned Golden Dome missile defense architecture, with an expected total cost of $175 billion, timeline […]

ST. LOUIS — Mirroring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s priority of opening up the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) procurement process to find the best solutions, the intelligence community is doing […]

ST LOUIS — Commercial satellite imagery and sensing leaders see growing demand in the international market for geospatial intelligence and are looking at ways to increase collaboration and streamline the way […]

ST. LOUIS — The use of geospatial intelligence to accelerate decision making from the time a potential target has been detected until an effect is put against it has been […]

PARIS —  There is a newfound urgency toward space cybersecurity in Europe. Josef Aschbacher, director general of the European Space Agency (ESA), keynoted CySat 2025 in Paris, underlying a new […]

While the U.S. Space Force’s first Space Warfighting Framework, released last month, highlights the importance of satellite maneuver to complicate adversary surveillance and targeting, in-space refueling to ease such maneuver is […]