Space
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SpaceNRO Adds Umbra To Next Stage Of Commercial RF Sensing Contract
Umbra on Wednesday said the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has selected the company for the second stage of a commercial remote sensing contract the agency uses to obtain radio satellite-based […]
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Business/FinancialFrench RF Satellite Solutions Company Unseenlabs Raises $92 Million In Funding Round
Unseenlabs on Tuesday said it has closed a $92 million funding round that will help the company further expand its observation capabilities with an expanding constellation of radio frequency sensing […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyCalvelli: Industry Low Balling to Win Space Contracts ‘Has to Stop’
A top Department of the Air Force official laid down the gauntlet to industry on Feb. 23 to help field space systems more rapidly to counter China. “It all comes […]
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SpaceSDA Director Backs Raising Small Business Award Caps, Advises Small Companies to Team with Primes
Space Development Agency Director (SDA) Derek Tournear on Feb. 23 suggested that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce lobby Congress to raise the $2 million small business innovation research (SBIR) award […]
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Business/FinancialLiDAR Satellite Startup NUVIEW Acquires Astraea To Strengthen Imagery-Based Analytics
NUVIEW, a startup developing commercial LiDAR satellites for global 3D mapping, has acquired Astraea, which provides a software-as-a-service platform to provide analytics insights from satellite, aerial, and drone imagery. Terms […]
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SpaceRussian ASAT Development Not an ‘Immediate” Threat,’ White House Says
On Feb. 14, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said on X that the committee had made available to all congressional members “information concerning a serious […]
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SpaceMDA, SDA Satellites On Orbit
The Defense Department late Wednesday said that six demonstration satellites launched earlier that evening for the Missile Defense (MDA) and Space Development (SDA) Agencies successfully reached orbit and have begun […]
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Air ForceIndustry Raises Questions on U.S. Space Force CASR
Companies are raising questions with the U.S. Space Force about a future Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR). “At the Schriever [Space Force Base, Colo.] wargames, as we were playing through […]
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SpaceSpace Systems Command Launches Final Tranche 0 Satellites, Prototype HBTSS Birds
U.S. Space Systems Command Wednesday evening launched the final four Tranche 0 satellites in the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) demonstration of low-Earth orbit capabilities for data transport and missile tracking, […]
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Business/FinancialBAE Set To Close Ball Aerospace Acquisition After Receipt Of Regulatory Approvals
BAE Systems in the coming days will close its $5.6 billion acquisition of Ball Aerospace after receiving all required regulatory approvals, the company said on Wednesday morning. Ball Aerospace will […]