Government/Military

Reaction Engines, a U.K. space company, has begun testing its high-Mach propulsion technology in a critical U.S.-based trial, as it looks to make more of an impact in the United...

Israeli satellite technology company Gilat Satellite Networks has won a new defense contract in Asia, the company announced July 7. Gilat was awarded follow-on orders for the expansion of a...

Airbus will supply Northrop Grumman with satellite platforms for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer award, the companies announced Tuesday.  The Airbus U.S. Space & Defense subsidiary...

OneWeb’s prospects in Latin America have been boosted by the news that the Brazilian telecoms regulator, Anatel has granted the company a 15-year license to provide connectivity services across Brazil....

President Biden on Monday issued a National Security Memorandum (NSM) aimed at combating illegal fishing by distant water fleets in the world’s oceans and directed several departments and agencies to...

Rocket Lab launched the CAPSTONE mission for NASA early Tuesday morning, sending the spacecraft on a journey to a unique lunar orbit.  CAPSTONE — Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and...

The U.S. Space Force established the National Space Intelligence Center in Dayton, Ohio on Friday, to provide intelligence and technical expertise in the space domain. NSIC is led by the...

The Department of the Air Force’s top space acquisition official said that he wants to use the cost and schedule realism injected by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) into its...

Spire Global received a $6 million, year-long extension from NASA for the agency’s Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program. Spire announced the extension on June 23.  The CSDA allows NASA...

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded BlackSky Technologies a contract worth up to $241 million over five years to create and optimize data sets for use in DoD AI...