The command rang out as NASA’s elite knelt in military precision; their blue shields pressed to the ground. Has America’s space ambition finally hit rock bottom? Or should we say, […]
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Forrester’s Digest: AST SpaceMobile helps bankrupt Ligado
Ligado Networks filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on January 6th. Ligado holds some extremely valuable ‘L-band’ spectrum over North America but is in the middle of a bitter dispute […]
Umbra selected for NRO’s Strategic Commercial Enhancements Stage III
Umbra has been awarded the Stage III option of the National Reconnaissance Office‘s (NRO) Commercial Radar Capabilities contract — this contract, part of the NRO’s Strategic Commercial Enhancements (SCE) initiative, […]
Eutelsat America Corp. + OneWeb Technologies to offer Iridium Certus + STL® services to U.S. Gov’t
Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies Inc (EACOWT), operating in combination as a wholly owned, independent, U.S. proxy company and subsidiary of Eutelsat Group, have entered into a partnership agreement with Iridium Communications […]
NorthStar Earth & Space secures financing + names a new CFO
NorthStar Earth & Space recently secured shareholder financing, led by Telesystem Space, which is a joint venture between Telesystem and the Rogers private companies. This financing will enable NorthStar to […]
DARPA harnesses AI to keep tabs on space weapons, spy satellites on orbit
The system — dubbed Agatha — uses AI to identify nefarious satellites in large constellations and determine their intent. As the Pentagon continues to sound alarms over the growing number […]
Defense Threat Reduction Agency contracts for combating weapons of mass destruction
Applied Research Associates Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico (HDTRA124D0002); Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., McLean, Virginia (HDTRA124D0003); Leidos Inc., Reston, Virginia (HDTRA124D0004) + (HDTRA124D0008 ; Peraton Inc., Herndon, Virginia (HDTRA124D0005); SRC Inc., […]
Umbra Advances to Phase II of the DARPA DRIFT program
Umbra has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to progress to Phase II of the Distributed Radar Image Formation Technology (DRIFT) program. This significant milestone underscores […]
Astranis’ next generation product: Omega
Astranis has announced Omega which, according to the company, is pound-for-pound the most powerful communications satellite for a GEO satellite to ever offer, with more than over 50 Gbps in […]
U.S. + UK partner in regard to AI safety
U.S. and UK AI Safety Institutes to work seamlessly with each other, partnering on research, safety evaluations, and guidance for AI safety. Institutes to develop shared capabilities through information-sharing, close […]