Tag: Sensors
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Scout Space Secures $18 Million Series A to Scale SDA and Expand Virginia Manufacturing
Scout Space, a leader in space domain awareness (SDA) sensors and software, announced it has raised to $18 million in Series A funding, led by Washington Harbour Partners. The new capital will support upcoming mission execution and the expansion of Scout’s manufacturing capabilities, including the buildout of a new 2,600-square-foot facility in Northern Virginia. Scout’s sensors…
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Loft Orbital Expands On-Orbit AI Capabilities with Virtual Mission Platform
Loft Orbital is advancing space-based computing through the on-orbit AI technology and virtual mission platform, enabling customers to develop, test and deploy applications directly in space without the need to build or launch dedicated hardware. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, the company integrates sensing, compute and connectivity resources into a unified satellite infrastructure, supporting…
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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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RTX’s Raytheon Supplies Second Missile Warning Sensor to US Space Force
Raytheon, an RTX business, has delivered its second sensor to Lockheed Martin for the U S Space Force’s Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) Block 0 satellite program. The satellites, commonly referred to as NGG, will provide enhanced missile warning and tracking to address evolving space-based threats. Raytheon’s sensor payloads use…
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Astrobotic and CMU Advance Navigation System for Lunar Surface Operations
Astrobotic, in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), has successfully completed Phase II of its NASA Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) project for Distributed Agent Localization Estimation for spaceCraft (DALEC), advancing the system from Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 3 to TRL 5. DALEC is designed to provide positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) capabilities in environments…
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Little Place Labs Advances Space Intelligence with Orbitfy for Real-Time Satellite Data Processing
Little Place Labs is expanding the space technology portfolio with the Orbitfy Suite, an integrated, end-to-end solution designed to transform how satellite data is processed, transmitted and utilized. Built at the intersection of space systems, artificial intelligence and edge computing, the Orbitfy platform enables faster, more efficient delivery of actionable insights from Earth Observation (EO)…
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Katalyst Space Advances Space Domain Awareness Hardware Systems with AI-Driven Software
Katalyst Space Technologies is advancing space and satellite operations through a portfolio of modular hardware upgrades and intelligent software platforms designed to enhance space domain awareness (SDA), collision avoidance and in-orbit decision-making. As orbital environments become increasingly congested and operational timelines tighten, Katalyst’s solutions focus on enabling flexible, upgradeable and data-driven satellite capabilities without requiring…
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Tomorrow.io Advances Space-Based Weather Intelligence with Microwave Sounder Satellite
Tomorrow.io is expanding the space-based capabilities through a constellation of microwave sounder satellites designed to enhance global weather forecasting. By integrating advanced sensing technologies with data analytics, the company is addressing critical gaps in atmospheric data, particularly over oceans and remote regions where traditional observation systems remain limited. As climate variability increases and weather patterns…
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Turion Space Raises $75+ Million Series B to Accelerate US Space Superiority
Turion Space, the space infrastructure company, announces its $75+ million Series B financing round led by Washington Harbour Partners. Turion’s Series B is building on its strong track record. Its first two missions (DROID.001 and DROID.002) were both operational successes and have delivered over 40,000 images to-date. The round includes pro-rata participation from existing investors,…
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Xoople and L3Harris Technologies Partner on Space-Borne Measurement System for AI Era
Xoople, the AI data infrastructure company for physical change on Earth, and L3Harris Technologies, a global defense tech company, announced the co-development of a first of its kind satellite constellation designed and optimized for the AI era. The milestone, the result of seven years of design and R&D work, advances the companies’ shared vision to…