Space
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SpaceProposed Elimination of SDA And Space RCO Faces Opposition
Congressional defense authorizers’ proposal to nix the 2019-established Space Development Agency (SDA) and the 2018-created Space Rapid Capabilities Office (Space RCO) may backfire, according to analysts. SDA and Space RCO […]
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Air ForceSASC Wants Boost In Air Force MQ-9 Numbers
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) wants the Air Force to boost its number of MQ-9 drones by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) through production or other means, according […]
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Business/FinancialICEYE Raises $520 Million In Late Stage Round
Finnish satellite remote sensing company ICEYE on Tuesday said it raised $520 million in a Series F round to accelerate delivery of new capabilities. The investment was led by General […]
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Intelligence CommunityNRO Awards BlackSky Multi-Million Dollar Modification To Accelerate Development Of AROS Satellite
BlackSky Technology [BKSY] on Tuesday said the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) awarded the company a contract modification to speed development of its AROS multi-spectral, broad area Earth observation satellites that […]
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SpaceYork Delivers Second Production Lot Of Tranche 1 Transport Satellites For SDA
Just ahead of a planned launch this summer, York Space Systems [YSS] on Friday morning said it has shipped the second plane of 21 satellites it built for the Space […]
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Business/FinancialApex Raises $200 Million To Boost Hiring And Vertical Integration
Satellite bus manufacturer Apex on Friday said it raised more than $200 million in a new investment round to add more engineers, continue vertical integration of satellite production, and provide […]
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SpaceNGA Awards Planet $22M Luno B Option For Maritime Domain Awareness
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded Planet Labs [PL] a $22 million option on a contract begun last year to provide unclassified artificial intelligence-enabled data analytics for U.S. Combatant […]
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Space
NRO Nominee: “We Have To Look Differently At Our Requirements”
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has said that it has launched more than 200 proliferated low Earth orbit satellites in the last two years to supplement the costly high-end systems […]
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Space
Space Force Eyes Nearly $1.5 Billion for Space Data Network Backbone in Future Reconciliation Bill
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) plans to request nearly $1.5 billion for the Space Data Network (SDN) Backbone in a future fiscal 2027 reconciliation bill. Last week, Space Force’s Space […]
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Missile DefenseNorthrop Grumman Targets Next Year For On-Orbit SBI “Capability”
Northrop Grumman [NOC] is to have space-based interceptors for Golden Dome on orbit, at least at the demonstration level, by next year–a year earlier than the White House’s goal, the […]