Tag: Defense
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L3Harris Technologies to Expand Solid Rocket Motor Production in Arkansas
L3Harris Technologies and Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders have announced plans to construct an extensive large solid rocket motor (LSRM) production campus at the company’s site in Camden. L3Harris is investing nearly half a billion dollars across its major production sites to support solid rocket motor production. “Arkansas is a great place for L3Harris to…
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Sierra Space Awarded Contract by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company and defense tech prime that is building a platform in space to benefit and protect life on Earth, announced it has been awarded a contract by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to deliver key components for spacecraft docking on the International Space Station (ISS). This includes a Passive Common Berthing…
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BlackSky Secures Multimillion-Dollar Deal for Imagery and Analytics Services
BlackSky Technology won a competitive, multimillion-dollar contract with a new international customer that combines immediate Gen-3 and Gen-2 subscription-based imagery and analytics services and follow-on ground segment modernization services. “This contract illustrates how BlackSky’s reliable, fully integrated real-time, commercial space-based intelligence services can be used as an important tool for modern defense and intelligence organizations engaged…
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IonQ Acquires Capella Space to Advance Quantum-Secure Space Communications
IonQ, a leading commercial quantum computing and networking company, announced the completion of its acquisition of Capella Space Corporation, an American space tech company with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and satellite solutions for government and commercial applications. The closing marks a significant step in IonQ’s mission to develop the world’s first space-to-space and space-to-ground satellite…
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Redwire’s Edge Autonomy Stalker Drone Added to DIU Blue UAS List
Redwire Corporation, a global leader in aerospace and defense technology solutions, announced that the Stalker uncrewed aerial system (UAS), developed by Redwire’s wholly owned subsidiary Edge Autonomy, has been granted an Authority to Operate (ATO) and is now on the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Blue UAS List. The DIU Blue List contains technology vetted and…
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Redwire Collaborates with Japan’s SpaceData to Advance AI and Digital Engineering
Redwire Corporation, a global leader in aerospace and defense technology solutions, announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Japanese startup SpaceData, an innovative technology company dedicated to driving innovation and advancing the democratization of space. The MOU signals Redwire’s expansion of international collaboration into the Japanese tech sector. Through the agreement, Redwire…
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Thales Alenia Space Completes European Space Agency Space Rider’s Closed Loop Drop Test
The Space Rider program, the European Space Agency’s re-usable and re-entry vehicle, made another significant advancement with the recent Closed Loop Drop Test campaign, conducted in June 2025 at Salto di Quirra Italian Defense Test and Training Range (PISQ), in Sardinia. Space Rider Following last year’s tests success, the program saw recently a substantial advancement…
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Maxar Secures $205 Million in Strategic Contracts to Advance Sovereign Capabilities in Middle East and Africa
Maxar Intelligence, the leading provider of secure, precise geospatial insights, announced three new multi-year strategic contracts totaling $204.7 million that will help accelerate sovereign defense and intelligence capabilities and space leadership across the Middle East and Africa (MEA). The contracts, which expand on Maxar’s two decades-long leadership in the region, are built around Maxar’s Direct…
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RTX and Shield AI Partner to Develop New Defense Capabilities
RTX and Shield AI announced a new partnership to integrate Shield AI capabilities into select RTX defense products, like loitering munitions and sensors. This collaboration will deliver enhanced, autonomous capabilities to US and allied defense forces. RTX will integrate Shield AI’s Hivemind to field the first operational weapon powered by Networked Collaborative Autonomy (NCA) –…
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BAE Systems and Defense Unicorns to Deliver Scalable Secure Software for DoD’s P1 Solutions
BAE Systems, a leading provider of defense systems integration and advanced DevSecOps services, in collaboration with Defense Unicorns, a pioneer in secure software delivery platforms announced that their joint solution has achieved “Awardable” status through the Platform One (P1) Solutions Marketplace. The P1 Solutions Marketplace is a digital repository of post-competition, five-minute long readily-awardable pitch…