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The Commercial-Defense Convergence: 2026 Trends to Watch
There’s a growing understanding that space-based capabilities are critical for national defense strategies, and defense demand for commercial space systems has been a key trend in 2025 influencing both satellite communications, manufacturing, and imagery and sensing. 2025 brought the announcement of the Golden Dome planned missile defense architecture, and a steep ramp-up in space investment…
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Alén Space Completes First VDES Technology Demonstration Aboard SATMAR Satellite
Alen Space confirms the completion of the first demonstrator pilot campaign of VDES (VHF Data Exchange System) technology aboard its SATMAR satellite. Over the past week, several use cases were tested in a real maritime environment in cooperation with Egatel and with the support of the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA). The…
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Japan Defence Ministry Awards Astroscale Contract to Develop Satellite Gripping Technology
Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) has awarded Astroscale Japan a contract valued at 1 billion yen ($6.4 million) to develop a gripping mechanism designed for use with national satellites, the company said. Under the contract, Astroscale Japan will design the mechanism and conduct ground-based demonstrations to test its ability to grip national security satellites under…
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Ursa Major and Teledyne Partners to Enhance Hypersonic Missile Defence Systems
Ursa Major has been added as a key partner for Teledyne Brown Engineering’s (Teledyne) prime contract under US Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s Design, Development, Demonstration, and Integration (D3I) Domain 1 Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity. The D3I IDIQ contract vehicle funds threat representative ballistic and hypersonic target vehicles that are integral for missile defense…
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ispace Announces Plans to Establish Saudi Arabia Subsidiary to Expand Lunar Exploration Partnerships
ispace, a global lunar exploration company with entities in Japan, Europe, and the United States, is proud to announce the initiation of establishing a new ispace subsidiary in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This establishment of ispace Saudi Arabia (entity name pending), ispace’s fourth global entity alongside its entities in Tokyo, Luxembourg and Denver, reflects ispace’s…
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Media Broadcast Satellite Provides SATCOM as a Service Portfolio for Satellite Communications
Media Broadcast Satellite (MBS), a Germany-based provider of professional satellite communication services, highlights the SATCOM as a Service offering, an established service portfolio designed to deliver flexible, fully managed satellite connectivity for commercial, institutional and enterprise users. The SATCOM as a Service model builds on MBS’s long-standing experience in operating satellite ground infrastructure and managed…
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GomSpace Secures €2.9 Million Deal with Leading North American Space Company
GomSpace Luxembourg announced its selection by a leading North American space company for a mission focused on lunar exploration. The mission marks a major step forward in the understanding of the solar system and in the capabilities of small satellite platforms for deep space exploration. The contract covers the initial design of two state-of-the-art spacecrafts.…
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Kepler Communications Launches First Tranche of Optical Relay Satellites
Kepler Communications announced the successful launch of the first tranche of its optical relay satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The satellites will now begin commissioning as Kepler transitions its optical data relay network into operational service. The tranche consists of 10 satellites, each approximately 300 kilograms in…
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Mindrum Precision Highlights Space Services and Manufacturing Capabilities
Mindrum Precision, a US-based precision manufacturing company, is highlighting the space-focused services and capabilities that support the development, qualification and production of flight-critical hardware for spacecraft, launch vehicles and space systems. The company’s space services are already in active use across aerospace and defense programs, with a focus on delivering mechanically precise, repeatable and qualification-ready…
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Telit Cinterion and Nokia Partner on AI-Driven Mission-Critical Connectivity for Industrial Edge
Telit Cinterion, an end-to-end IoT solutions enabler, announces a technology collaboration with Nokia to provide mission-critical and heavy industries with a new generation of mission-critical communication and in-network compute capabilities. By integrating Telit Cinterion’s latest cellular, satellite and Wi-Fi communication modules with Nokia’s Cognitive Digital Mine (CDM) platform, oil/gas, logistics, mining and other industries now have…