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Cybersecurity
New National Cybersecurity Strategy Features Regulation, Liability, and National Power Tools
The Biden administration on Thursday released a new National Cybersecurity Strategy that builds on work of previous administrations but goes in new directions in several areas including calling for expanding regulations to […]
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Government/Military
Army Awards Maxar Contract to Continue Support One World Terrain Effort
Maxar Technologies on Monday said it has been awarded a new contract under the U.S. Army’s One World Terrain (OWT) effort to continue to evolve and add geospatial data for […]
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Government/Military
Capella Space Strengthens Government and Classified Focus With a New Subsidiary
Satellite imagery provider and technology company Capella Space on Tuesday said it has stood up a new subsidiary, Capella Federal, to better serve the federal government, in particular the classified space as […]
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Finance
SAR Startup Capella Space Raises $60 Million from New U.S Innovative Technology Fund
Capella Space on Tuesday said it has raised more than $60 million in new funding it will put toward new expanding its next-generation of radar satellites and new data products as […]
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Finance
L3Harris Completes Viasat Link 16 Deal
L3Harris Technologies on Tuesday closed its $2 billion acquisition of Viasat’s Tactical Data Links (TDL) product line, strengthening its focus on the Defense Department’s efforts to link its systems and sensors […]
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Finance
Regulators Bless L3Harris Deal for Viasat’s Data Link Line, Moving Up Closure
L3Harris Technologies on Tuesday said it has received all U.S. and international regulatory approvals for its pending acquisition of the tactical data link product line from Viasat, with the deal now […]
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Finance
L3Harris Makes a $4.7 Billion Deal for Aerojet Rocketdyne
Nearly a year after the collapse of a proposed deal by Lockheed Martin to buy engine and rocket maker Aerojet Rocketdyne, the only independent supplier of tactical rocket motors and engines for […]
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Government/Military
DoD Establishes New Office to Help Tech Companies Access Private Capital
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Dec. 1 established a new U.S. Department of Defense office charged with helping companies that are developing technologies critical to national security partner with private […]
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Finance
With Eyes on Profit, Boeing Streamlines Defense Business
Boeing on Thursday announced a consolidation and streamlining of its $26 billion defense unit, which has struggled with a slew of performance issues the past few years that have bled into […]
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Finance
Maxar Acquires Wovenware to Strengthen AI Capabilities
Maxar Technologies on Thursday said it acquired Wovenware, which specializes in artificial intelligence and software developing, and will make the Puerto Rico-based company one of its software development and AI/machine learning […]
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Finance
Terran Orbital Receives $100M Lockheed Martin Investment, Ends Plans for PredaSAR Constellation
Satellite designer and manufacturer Terran Orbital Corp. on Monday said it has received a $100 million investment from Lockheed Martin to allow the company to accelerate and expand its manufacturing capabilities. Lockheed Martin […]
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Finance
Sierra Space Launches Ventures Arm
The commercial space company Sierra Space launched a new business Oct. 12 that will invest in and partner with innovators and disruptors in the emerging new space market. Sierra Space Ventures […]
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Finance
AE Industrial Partners to Acquire Majority Stake In York Space Systems
The private equity firm AE Industrial Partners (AEI) on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire a majority share of the spacecraft company York Space Systems, which has a prime contracting role in […]
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Finance
L3Harris Moving Stackley To New Strategic Position, Names Rambeau New Chief Of IMS
L3Harris Technologies on Monday said is creating a new strategic position within the company aimed at better fusing its capabilities corporate-wide to win more business as prime contractor and expand […]
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Government/Military
Ursa Space, Spire Partner on Maritime Domain Awareness Services for Government
Ursa Space Systems and Spire Global, two commercial companies that provide remote sensing services to government and other customers, have formalized a partnership to combine their capabilities for detecting illicit maritime activity for […]
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Government/Military
DARPA Selects 11 Teams for First Phase of Space-BACN Intersatellite Communications
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on Wednesday selected 11 teams to advance development of low-power, low-weight, low-cost and interoperable technologies to create new datalinks to allow for seamless […]
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Finance
Boeing to Invest $50M in New Aerospace Tech Venture Fund
Boeing on Wednesday said it has agreed to provide $50 million to anchor a new aerospace technology venture fund that is privately-managed by the company’s partner AE Industrial Partners (AEI), a private […]
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Finance
Raytheon Technologies To Acquire UK Space Company NORSS
Raytheon Technologies on Monday said its United Kingdom-based subsidiary has agreed to acquire another U.K.-based company, Northern Space and Security Ltd. (NORSS), that specializes in space domain awareness. Terms of […]
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Finance
Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO Eileen Drake’s Faction Wins All Board Seats in Proxy Battle
Aerojet Rocketdyne President and CEO Eileen Drake won her bitterly contested proxy battle with the company’s dissident executive chairman, Warren Lichtenstein, after shareholders on Thursday voted in favor of Drake […]
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Government/Military
Biden Administration Directs Use of Technology to Combat IUU Fishing
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 […]
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Government/Military
Navy To Experiment With Satellite RF Sensing Data From Kleos
Kleos Space Inc. on Monday said they have entered into a research and development agreement with the U.S. Navy for an experimentation effort that will use radio frequency (RF) sensing […]
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Cybersecurity
US and EU Officials Attribute Viasat Cyber Attack to Russia
Russia is responsible for cyber attacks against commercial satellite communications networks in late February to disrupt Ukraine’s command and control efforts at the outset of Russia’s invasion of the country, […]
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Launch
Phantom Space Orders Hundreds of Rocket Engines From Ursa Major
Phantom Space Corp. on Wednesday said it has ordered more than 200 rocket engines from Ursa Major for its two low-cost launch vehicles with plans to launch the Daytona rocket in 2023, a […]
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Finance
Raytheon Technologies Invests in Rocket Propulsion Company Firehawk
Raytheon Technologies on Thursday said its Missiles and Defense segment has invested in Firehawk Aerospace, a startup developing and manufacturing lower cost, high-performance hybrid rocket engines. The size of the Series […]
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Government/Military
NRO Plans Solicitation for Commercial Radio Frequency Sensing
AURORA, Colo.—The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) this summer expects to seek proposals from commercial providers of satellite-based radio frequency (RF) sensing capabilities to help it better understand how to make use […]
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Government/Military
Intelligence Community is Rapidly Delivering Commercial Satellite Imagery to Ukraine, NGA Official Says
AURORA, Colo.—Advances in commercial satellite imagery collection and dissemination have enabled the U.S. intelligence community to provide commercial satellite imagery to Ukraine in its war against Russian invaders in just “minutes,” […]
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Finance
Anticipated Pandemic Impacts Send Lockheed Martin’s Earnings and Sales Down in Q1
Lockheed Martin on Tuesday posted declines in its top and bottom lines in the first quarter due to program transitions and supply chain and operations challenges related to COVID-19. COVID impacts […]
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Government/Military
Lockheed Martin Preparing Space-Based Testbed For Joint All Domain Operations
LITTLETON, Colo.— Lockheed Martin later this year plans to launch the first two of three satellites that will form the company’s testbed in space to test and demonstrate advanced communications and data […]
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Finance
Boeing’s Leanne Caret to Retire, Ted Colbert Tapped to Lead Defense, Space and Security
Boeing on Monday said that Leanne Caret, president and CEO of the company’s $26 billion Defense, Space and Security business, will retire later this year and be succeed by Ted […]
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Finance
AE Industrial Partners to Acquire Stake in Firefly Aerospace
The private equity firm AE Industrial Partners (AEI) on Thursday said it has agreed to acquire a “significant stake” in Firefly Aerospace, a deal that would add to its portfolio in the space […]




























