Space
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
New Frontier Aerospace Hot Fires 3D-Printed Rocket Engine
New Frontier Aerospace (NFA) on Monday said it has completed a series of successful hot fire tests of its additively manufactured Mjolnir liquid rocket engine the startup is developing for […]
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Air Force
AFRL Wants To Gauge State of Propulsion Innovation
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Aerospace Systems Directorate at Edwards AFB, Calif., wants to gauge the breadth of innovation for future missile propulsion under AFRL’s Rocket Lab Hermes project, […]
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Space
Space Force Meadowlands Development in Parallel with Production For L3Harris
Building each U.S. Space Force Counter Communications System (CCS) 10.3 Meadowlands takes a year or two for L3Harris Technologies [LHX] at its Palm Bay, Fla., plant, and several such systems […]
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Space
DoD CIO Official: Satcom Needs its ‘3GPP Moment’
Satcom leaders at the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer (DoD CIO) are pushing to modernize user terminals and teleports, leaning into software-defined architectures to make use of military, commercial and […]
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Space
DIU Seeks Funding for Active Response to Interference Against Commercial Satellite Operators
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is lining up funding for a project that will enable Department of Defense entities to actively respond to electromagnetic interference (EMI) incidents against commercial operators. A contract […]
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Business/Financial
Satellite Developer Portal Space Opens First Manufacturing Facility
Satellite developer Portal Space Systems on Tuesday said it has opened a 50,000 square-foot manufacturing facility, the startup’s first as it prepares to begin production of its highly maneuverable Supernova […]
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Space
BlackSky to Expand Constellation With Multispectral, Large-Area Satellites
BlackSky [BKSY] is planning to expand the capabilities of its Earth Observation (EO) constellation with multispectral, large-area collection satellites called AROS, to launch “as early as 2027.” BlackSky explained the […]
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Space
Redwire Closes $925 Million Acquisition Of Edge Autonomy, Adding UAS Tech
Redwire Corp. [RDW] last Friday completed its $925 million acquisition of Edge Autonomy, taking the space technology company into the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) business. Redwire announced the deal in […]
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Budget
House Appropriators Want Blueprint, Details For Golden Dome
Amid scant details from the Defense Department about the Trump administration’s proposed homeland missile defense concept, the House Appropriations Committee wants granularity on the piece-parts, costs, and implementation plan for […]
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Air Force
House Defense Appropriators Reject Cancellation of USAF E-7
House defense appropriators propose $500 million in fiscal 2026 for the U.S. Air Force E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft by Boeing [BA] and turn back the Trump administration’s bid […]