In August, Department of Defense (DoD) Deputy Secretary of Defense, Kathleen Hicks, announced the Replicator initiative, a DoD-wide process to accelerate the delivery of innovative capabilities to warfighters at speed […]
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TEKEVER secures 1st contract with CNES
TEKEVER has secured a contract with the Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French Space Agency, to test new, Inter-Satellite Link (ISL) concepts using GAMALINK, TEKEVER’s software-defined radio (SDR) to […]
Telesat Government Solutions awarded DARPA Space-BACN Phase 2 contract
Telesat Government Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telesat, has been awarded the Phase 2 contract of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node (Space-BACN) program. The goal […]
Space Development Agency completes space to ground transmission from Link 16 Tactical Data Network
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has successfully demonstrated the first-ever Link 16 network entry through space to ground connection from LEO to a series of receivers using terrestrial radios during […]
Satellogic wins NOAA license
Satellogic ($SATL) has been granted a new, remote sensing license by NOAA. Satellogic has been building and operating EO satellites equipped with optical and multispectral sensors since the company was […]
NASA Wallops supports hypersonic rocket launches
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility successfully supported the launch of two, suborbital, sounding rockets on November 15, 2023, for Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP), and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), in […]
Orbit Fab spearheads in-space refueling with UK Space Agency support
Orbit Fab is partnering with the UK Space Agency to develop the GRASP (Grasping and Resupply Active Solution for Propellants) active refueling interface in the UK. Orbit Fab’s GRASP interface […]
Firefly Aerospace closes 3rd Tranche of Series C Round + reaches million $$$ of financing
Firefly Aerospace, Inc. has closed another tranche of financing, valuing the company at $1.5 billion pre-money with the round being led by existing investors including AE Industrial Partners, LP, as well as […]
DEWA + UAE Space Agency to enhance the UAE’s space industry
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UAE Space Agency to enhance both parties’ positive roles in developing the space sector — this […]
Lockheed Martin jets into nuclear electrical spacecraft power
Hot off the heels of the DRACO announcement in July 2023, Lockheed Martin was awarded $33.7 million from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for the Joint Emergent Technology Supplying On-Orbit Nuclear (JETSON) High […]