Tag: Defense
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Planet Labs Secures NGA Contract for AI Maritime Analytics
Planet Labs, a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, announced its subsidiary Planet Labs Federal has been awarded a contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) under the Luno B indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. The $12.8 million initial award is for Advanced Analytics for Maritime Operations and Reconnaissance (AAMOR). Under…
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SkyFi Upgrades ATAK Plugin for Real-Time Satellite Imagery
SkyFi, the leading Earth Intelligence Platform, announced an update to its Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK) plugin. The new release introduces a suite of powerful features designed to give tactical and remote teams unprecedented control over their Areas of Interest (AOIs) and imagery, ensuring mission readiness and security in any environment. The SkyFi ATAK plugin…
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Beyond Gravity Expands Solar Array Mechanism Production Capacity Fivefold
Beyond Gravity, a global supplier of space technologies headquartered in Zurich, has expanded its manufacturing area in Switzerland for solar array drive mechanisms. The mechanisms are used to orient satellite solar wings toward the sun, ensuring optimal energy generation. “By doubling our manufacturing area we have increased our production capacity fivefold”, says Oliver Grassmann, Executive…
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Ascent Solar Ships Thin-Film Photo Voltaic Samples to Ocean and Space Tech Innovators
Ascent Solar Technologies, the leading U.S. innovator in the design and manufacturing of featherweight, flexible thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solutions, announced that it has delivered test samples of its thin-film PV technology to an ocean monitoring technology company, a developer of autonomous underwater vehicles capable of reaching anywhere in the ocean with a high degree of…
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Momentus and Solstar Signs Three-Year Alliance to Enhance LEO Satellite Services
Momentus, a commercial space firm specializing in satellite solutions and in-space infrastructure, announced a three-year reciprocal services agreement with Solstar Space (Solstar). The agreement is designed to utilize the respective strengths, products, and services of each company to deliver comprehensive low Earth orbit (LEO) space capabilities to address a broad range of commercial, government, and…
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Viasat Secures US Space Force Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global Contract
Viasat, a global leader in satellite communications, announced it has been selected for a prime contract award by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (USSF SSC) for the Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global (PTS-G) program. Viasat is one of five awardees to receive an initial Delivery Order 1 (DO1) contract under what is a large…
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ICEYE Showcases Operational ISR Cell at NATO Tiger Meet 2025
ICEYE, the global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations, is demonstrating the operational capabilities of its newly launched ISR Cell at the NATO Tiger Meet (NTM25) exercise in Beja, Portugal (22–30 September), in close coordination with the Centre of Space Operations from the Portuguese Air Force. The international exercise involves around 1,700 military…
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RTX and Anduril Successfully Test Advanced Solid Rocket Motor
Raytheon, an RTX business, and Anduril have successfully conducted a static fire test of an advanced solid rocket motor under a contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate. In response to the increasing global demand for munitions, Raytheon has been working with domestic and international partners to enhance U.S.-based rocket motor manufacturing capacity.…
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Muon Space Secures $44.6 Million US Space Force Contract for Dual-Use Satellite Monitoring
Muon Space, a leading provider of end-to-end space systems specializing in mission-optimized satellite constellations, announced it has been awarded a $44.6 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Firm Fixed Price Phase III Other Transaction Authority (OTA) Agreement from the United States Space Force‘s Space Systems Command System Delta 810 (SYD 810). The OTA Agreement funds…
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Space Force Awards Contract to ExLabs to Advance Persistent In-Space Infrastructure
Exploration Laboratories (ExLabs) has been awarded a Direct-to-Phase II contract by the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command to advance its next-generation spacecraft platform, SERVSAM. The effort supports the Department of Defense’s expanding interest in modular, persistent infrastructure to accelerate in-space operations. Built on ExLabs’ core SERV architecture, SERVSAM is a heavy-class, reconfigurable spacecraft designed…