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On April 2, 2026, Mercury Systems announced it has been awarded a contract by L3Harris Technologies to supply advanced solid-state data recorders (SSDRs) for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche […]
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RTX Corporation secured a $2.01 billion ceiling increase on its AEHF terminal contract, raising the total to $2.97 billion — more than triple the original $960 million ceiling from 2021.
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As of Feb. 28, 2026, Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has consolidated its position as a top-tier defense prime, maintaining a 100% mission success rate for its dedicated hypersonic test launches […]
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The commercial satellite communications sector has reached a structural turning point. The assumption of a borderless sky, where global mesh networks and technical neutrality defined market access, no longer holds. The industry has entered a new phase in which states intervene directly to enforce what amounts to orbital sovereignty.
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On Tuesday, February 24, 2026, a series of global defense announcements highlighted an accelerating shift toward sovereign, AI-integrated space assets. As nations like India unveil record $87 billion defense budgets […]
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BlackSky Technology Inc. announced the signing of a significant eight-figure international contract to provide a sovereign space-based intelligence solution to a global defense customer. The agreement includes the sale of […]
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Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. For the Space Industry Investment and Exit Strategies panel, a clear consensus emerged that the space sector has graduated from a science fair to a serious asset class. No one’s funding technology for technology's sake anymore. Today, capital flows follow what insiders call the barbell market of recurring revenue, defense utility, and the ability to survive.
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Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. Even here in the heart of Silicon Valley, the conversation has pivoted aggressively toward the Pentagon. The topic is the Golden Dome, the administration’s missile defense architecture mandated by Executive Order 14186 and funded at $175 billion.
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Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. The mood at the SmallSat Symposium has shifted from anxiety to resolve. While previous years were defined by fear of orbital overcrowding, this year marks the moment the industry decided to act. Experts at the Space Domain Awareness panel officially retired the “Big Sky” theory, the old assumption that space is too vast for collisions to matter. Yet panic did not replace this outdated concept. Instead, a sophisticated, militarized professionalism has taken command.
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On January 27, 2026, Northwood Space, a Los Angeles-based startup co-founded by CEO Bridgit Mendler, achieved a major dual-milestone by closing a $100 million Series B funding round and securing […]
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