Space
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SpaceSpire Introduces Dark Ship Detection Solution
Spire Global [SPIR], a provider of satellite-based radio frequency analytic solutions, this week introduced a dark shipping detection solution to track ships that have turned off or manipulated their tracking […]
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SpaceCybersecurity is Uniquely Critical to the Space Domain, Space Force Official Says
The U.S. needs to be ready to defend itself in cyberspace against Russia and China’s cyber capabilities, an official with U.S. Space Force warned last week. Col. John Smail, who […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyHundreds of Future Satellites May Get GPS-Type Payloads
Hundreds of future satellties under the National Defense Space Architecture (NDSA) may carry GPS-type payloads to complement, improve, and back-up GPS satellites, per the Department of the Air Force Space […]
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Business/FinancialMaxar Acquires Wovenware To Strengthen AI Capabilities
The commercial remote sensing company Maxar Technologies [MAXR] on Thursday said it acquired Wovenware, which specializes in artificial intelligence and software developing, and will make the Puerto Rico-based company one […]
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SpaceNRO Expects to Release Hyperspectral Satellite RFP By the End of 2022
RESTON, VA — The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is close to finishing a request for proposal (RFP) to acquire commercial hyperspectral satellite data and hopes to release the solicitation by the end […]
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CyberCyberSatGov Panelists Debate Landscape of a Potential New Cold War in Space
RESTON, Va. — The United States is in a new Cold War era. It may be a bold statement, but it is one that the vast majority of attendees at the […]
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SpaceSpaceX Launches Falcon Heavy Mission for US Space Force
SpaceX launched a Falcon Heavy rocket on Tuesday morning in a mission for the U.S. Space Force — the first Falcon Heavy mission in more than three years. The Falcon Heavy took off from […]
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SpaceSpire Wins DARPA Contract to Design ‘Ouija’ Satellite
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Spire Global a contract to design a satellite to carry sensors to measure the ionosphere. The contract is part of DARPA’s Ouija program that aims to […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin Invests $100 Million In Terran Orbital; Companies Enter New Strategic Agreement
Satellite designer and manufacturer Terran Orbital Corp. [LLAP] on Monday said it has received a $100 million investment from Lockheed Martin [LMT] to allow the company to accelerate and expand […]
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SpacePentagon Advised to Make Hardening of Transport Layer for JADC2 a Priority
A new report from the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies recommends that the Pentagon require the hardening of the Space Development Agency’s envisioned Transport Layer satellites, which are to be […]