Tag: Defense
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BlackSky Technology Secures $30 Million Defense ISR Contract
BlackSky Technology, won a nearly $30 million, one-year Assured contract from an international defense customer. The customer rapidly scaled from an initial six-figure Early Access program to the subscription deal in less than six months to meet an accelerated need for real time space-based tactical ISR capabilities. The expedited adoption timeline followed an incremental validation…
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Viasat Confirms Successful Launch and Initial Signal Acquisition of ViaSat-3 F3
Viasat, global leader in satellite communications, announced the successful launch and initial signal acquisition of the ViaSat-3 Flight 3 (F3) satellite. The satellite successfully separated from the launch vehicle’s upper stage just under five hours after liftoff, with initial signals acquired minutes later, confirming the satellite is healthy in orbit and ready for the next…
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AeroVironment Unveils Halo_Shield Tile-Based C-UAS Solution
AeroVironment, a global leader in multi-domain defence solutions, announced the release of Halo_Shield, a modular, distributed, and cost-effective counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) designed to predict, detect, track, identify and defeat advanced airborne threats including Group 1–5 UAS, coordinated drone swarms, and subsonic cruise missiles, protecting critical infrastructure and deployed forces worldwide. AV announced Modern Day Marine…
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Ursa Major Reaches 10 Successful Hadley Engine Flights Proving Reusable Hypersonic Capability
Ursa Major’s Hadley liquid rocket engine has completed 10 consecutive successful flights, including multiple missions at sustained hypersonic speeds with Stratolaunch. The milestone underscores Ursa Major’s ability to deliver flight-proven, high-performing, reusable propulsion and defense systems at the speed and scale required for national security environment. Several of the 10 flights were conducted using previously…
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CesiumAstro Selected to Support GMD Interceptor Communications for Missile Defense Agency
CesiumAstro, a leader in advanced space communications, has been awarded a contract to deliver a new active phased array variant as part of an expansion to its Skylark product line. This large-aperture array, built on CesiumAstro’s scalable active phased array architecture, will support modernization of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Weapon System (GWS), a critical…
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Benchmark Space Systems Selected by DARPA to Conduct LASSO Feasibility Study
Benchmark Space Systems has been selected to conduct a Phase 1A/1B feasibility and design study under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA’s) Lunar Assay via Small Satellite Orbiter (LASSO) program. The study will evaluate the technologies and spacecraft architectures required to operate safely and persistently in low lunar orbit (LLO), one of the most…
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Blue Origin Captures Major Defense Contracts from SpaceX
How is Blue Origin competing with SpaceX for defense contracts? Blue Origin has secured $2.8 billion in Pentagon launch contracts over the past six months, directly challenging SpaceX’s dominance in the national security launch market. The company’s New Glenn rocket, which achieved operational status in late 2025, now offers launch services at $89 million per…
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HawkEye 360 to Support NASA in Developing Resilient Space Communications
HawkEye 360, the global leader in signals intelligence data and analytics, announced that the Commercial Crew and Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Programs at NASA have awarded the company a contract to supply its RFIQ data product to support critical research on future space-to-space communications. Leveraging its constellation of satellites, HawkEye 360 provides radio frequency…
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Kapta Space Advances Spaceborne Radar Antenna Technology for Defense and Commercial Use
Kapta Space is a US-based space technology company focused on developing advanced spaceborne radar systems for commercial and defense applications. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Seattle, the company operates in the defense and space manufacturing sector, building electronically steered radar solutions designed to deliver geospatial intelligence from orbit. The company’s vision centers on enabling…
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Sidus Space Advances Fortis C&DH Platform for Next-Generation Missions
Sidus Space, an innovative space and defense technology company, announced continued advancements to its Fortis Command and Data Handling (C&DH) platform, a modular 3U OpenVPX system designed to support rapid development, configuration flexibility, and long-term scalability across next-generation space and defense missions. Supported by a strategic collaboration with Microchip Technology, a broadline supplier of semiconductors,…