Military & Defense

By Chris Forrester Silicon Valley Space Week’s third day of discussions and networking, as part of its MilSat Symposium, focused on the proposed US Government’s significant ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense scheme, and its likely benefits for the space and satellite ...

By Chris Forrester Silicon Valley Space Week’s second day, and part of its Satellite Innovation sessions, kicked off with another busy room to hear ‘Mobilizing Capital for Space Innovation: What Investors Want from New Tech’, reported Chris Forrester The expert ...

AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (dba, EagleNXT) (NYSE: UAVS) has received a significant sale as part of a larger Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) procurement, supplying two of its eBee TAC unmanned aerial systems to support the operational needs of a United ...

The European Commission and the High Representative have proposed to EU Member States the ‘Preserving Peace - Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030', a comprehensive plan to strengthen European defence capabilities. As requested by the European Council in June, the Defence Roadmap ...

Trust Automation Inc. will showcase the company's advanced counter unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) capabilities at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting & Exposition, October 13-15, 2025, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C ...

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has expanded its VAMPIRE™ system, demonstrating the company’s ability to swiftly respond to the U.S. Department of War and allied partners’ urgent need to defeat small unmanned autonomous systems accurately and affordably—the expanded family of systems ...

The Astroscale U.S. Refueler (APS-R)—to conduct hydrazine refueling operations above GEO and the first, on-orbit refueling mission supporting a Department of War asset. Astroscale U.S., in collaboration with NASA Goddard, recently conducted a comprehensive, four-week, advanced testing campaign at Goddard’s ...

The UK is investing in sensors that will help protect satellites crucial to the UK's economy and security from adversarial lasers, according to UK Space Command (UKSC). British businesses, emergency services and others will be protected from drastic disruption by ...

The U.S. Space Force has declared operational acceptance of the Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System (ATLAS) designed and built by L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX). ATLAS successfully integrates space domain awareness, space command and control (C2), intelligence, operational and system ...

Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B) has completed two integrated Moog propulsion modules—these advanced systems will be installed on Moog’s ESPA-Grande class Meteor satellite buses to support critical national security space missions. Photo is courtesy of Moog This milestone reflects ...

Vitesse Systems, backed by Trive Capital, a Dallas-based private equity firm, announced that it has acquired Spacetime Engineering Inc., a recognized leader in ground antenna technology used in military and commercial satellite networks. The acquisition of Spacetime positions Vitesse as ...

Roughly 12,550 miles above Earth, a constellation of U.S. global positioning satellites orbits the planet. GPS satellites also carry a sophisticated system designed to detect above ground nuclear detonations anytime, anywhere. The Global Burst Detection system, developed by Sandia and ...

Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), held an opening event yesterday for its new office in the Crystal City area of Arlington, Virginia, minutes from the Pentagon. Ribbon cutting at the New Teledyne FLIR office Designed to ...

Ascent AeroSystems has unveiled SPARTAN, the next generation of the firm's proven NX30 coaxial UAV platform. Purpose-built for defense, public safety, industrial, and agricultural operators, SPARTAN sets a new standard in performance, reliability, and versatility for integrators and operators who ...

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: GILT, TASE: GILT) has announced that Gilat DataPath (DataPath, Inc.) was awarded a contract to provide transportable SATCOM terminals in support of the U.S. Department of Defense through a prime contractor. The award includes multiple ...

Andøya Space and Rheinmetall Nordic AS (RhN) have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to collaborate on enhancing commercial capabilities for civil and military space operations—this partnership aims to address the increasing security demands in Europe by rapidly deploying satellites ...

The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Ukraine of Satellite Communications Services and related equipment for an estimated cost of $150 million—the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the ...

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has begun manufacturing electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensor systems at a 2,000-square-meter facility in Katowice—this facility provides European operators with Targeting, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (T-ISR) sensors for crewed and autonomous platforms. The facility is equipped with tooling ...

ThinKom Solutions, Inc. has entered into the High-Power Microwave Directed Energy Weapons (HPM DEW) market, developing VICTS-based systems for C-UAS, Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD), and other counter-electronic missions. Because of significant internal investment, the company has already made ...

As the prime contractor of NTS-3, L3Harris is preparing its Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) for launch following successful tests earlier in 2024—designed, built, and tested by L3Harris, NTS-3 is the first U.S. experimental, integrated navigation satellite system in nearly 50 ...