Tag: Defense
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BlackSky Secures Gen-3 Expansion Contracts as Pilot Programs Convert to Renewal Deals
BlackSky Technology has signed multiple Gen-3 expansion contracts as early access pilot programs pivot into renewal deals. Accelerated investments in BlackSky’s tactically responsive commercial space-based intelligence capabilities across the Americas, Asia and Europe align with the company’s land-and-expand strategy and follow global trends in defence spending. “BlackSky’s reliable high-cadence, low-latency Gen-3 monitoring service continues to…
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CesiumAstro Raises Funding to Expand Texas Manufacturing for National Security Missions
CesiumAstro, a global leader in space and defense communications systems and satellites, announced it secured a historic $200 million financing package from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), in partnership with J.P. Morgan—the largest financing ever completed under EXIM’s “Make More in America” (MMIA) Initiative and one of the most significant government-backed investments…
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AST SpaceMobile Wins Prime Contract Role on US Missile Defense Agency SHIELD Program
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, announced that it was awarded a contract for the Missile Defense Agency Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. This contract encompasses a broad range of work areas…
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Redwire Phases Out Edge Autonomy Brand to Introduce New Structure for Faster Growth
Redwire Corporation, a global leader in space and defence technology solutions, announced the sunsetting of the Edge Autonomy brand and full assumption of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) and associated defence technology offerings into Redwire branding. The unification of both space and defence technology capabilities under a single Redwire brand is being rolled out concurrently with…
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SkyFi Secures Funding to Advance Access to Satellite Imagery and Analytics
SkyFi, an AI-first Earth intelligence platform, announced that it has raised a $12.7 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round. The round was co-led by Buoyant Ventures and IronGate Capital Advisors, with new participation from DNV Ventures, TFX Capital, Beyond Earth Ventures, Nova Threshold, and Chris Morisoli, and existing investors RSquared VC and J2…
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Firefly Aerospace Announces Alpha Block II Configuration Upgrade for Flight 8
Firefly Aerospace, a market-leading space and defense technology company, announced a Block II configuration upgrade for its Alpha rocket with a focus on enhancing reliability, streamlining producibility, and improving launch operations to support further commercial, civil, and national security mission demand. Firefly’s upcoming Alpha Flight 7, targeted to launch in the coming weeks, will be…
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Radeus Labs Advances Mission-Ready SATCOM Solutions for Space Applications
Radeus Labs, a US-based developer of advanced aerospace and defense electronics, highlights the portfolio of SATCOM solutions designed to support reliable, resilient satellite communications across space, defense and high-reliability commercial missions. The company’s SATCOM products are already deployed and address the practical requirements of operators working in contested, remote or data-intensive environments where dependable connectivity…
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Australian Defence Force Secures Satellite Communications on SES IS-22
Satellite communications solutions provider SES will provide secure uninterrupted satellite communications to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) for a minimum of 16 years thanks to a new extended agreement. The service will be provided via the SES Intelsat 22 satellite and an ultra-high frequency (UHF) military communications payload. Under the renewed arrangement, SES will reposition…
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Satellogic and Portugal Signs $18MM USD Agreement for High-Resolution Satellites
Satellogic, a leader in high-performance Earth Observation (EO) platforms that deliver unique sovereign solutions and AI-first monitoring, announced an agreement with CEiiA, the Centre of Engineering and Product Development in Portugal, for the supply and in-orbit delivery of two NewSat Mark V 50cm-class imaging satellites. The agreement strengthens Portugal and Europe’s sovereign Earth observation capabilities by…
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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…