Trump, Musk set sights on Mars
Trump, Musk set sights on Mars
NASA is still developing technologies necessary to send humans to Mars.
Defense
Boeing’s defense unit to eat $1.7 billion in fourth quarter
Fixed-price contracts continue to torment the aerospace giant.
Commercial
The Starbase rocket testing facility is permanently changing the landscape of southern Texas
The space race has significant local impacts.
Science & Tech
Industry launches $100B AI-infrastructure effort to keep ahead of China
Oracle, OpenAI focus on data centers as AI race begins to turn on computing power instead of math.
Sponsor Content
AI in the military: How the DoD can leverage cutting-edge solutions to accelerate decision advantage
In the era of Great Power Competition, rapid technological evolution demands accelerating innovation adoption. Staying ahead of security threats and complying with government regulations, AI considerations, and guardrails is increasingly critical.
Ideas
China’s plan to rule the heavens
A look at Beijing's strategy to relegate the United States to second place in space.
Defense
Space companies say cyber threat intelligence is often overclassified, unactionable
Space and aerospace industry feedback from a series of government-run workshops noted that such threat intelligence is difficult to translate into actionable cyber efforts.
Science & Tech
Blue Origin’s rocket reaches orbit on first flight, promising competition for SpaceX
Maiden flight brings reusable heavy-lift New Glenn closer to launching U.S. military and spy satellites.
Science & Tech
Stoke Space collects $260M in Series C capital
The company started in 2020 and has approval from Space Force to bid for future launches of small payloads.
Science & Tech
Loft Orbital captures $170M in Series C investments
The company has fetched $300 million in external capital since it opened for business in 2017 with the idea of integrating and operating customer payloads in its satellites.
Science & Tech
Bigger, higher, cheaper: Space startup looks beyond LEO
The Pentagon’s former space policy chief joins LA-based K2 Space.
Sponsor Content
Advancing Defense Infrastructure
Fixed Wireless Access as a catalyst for the DoD’s next-generation connectivity.
Defense
Slingshot Aerospace snags Space Force GPS-jamming detection contract
The contract was awarded through SpaceWERX.
Science & Tech
Crimson Phoenix acquires geospatial tech provider
The Godspeed Capital-backed company is looking to grow its lineup of artificial intelligence-powered data labeling tools for use by intelligence agencies.
Science & Tech
4 reasons why the US might want to buy Greenland – if it were for sale, which it isn’t
Space is one key reason.
Launch
Blue Origin Scrubs Launch; a New Glenn Overview
After years of development, Jeff Bezos's rocket aims to capture a share of the burgeoning space launch market, competing with SpaceX and other players.
Science & Tech
NASA awards $1.1B electrical, electronic engineering recompete
Iteration number four of this contract supports work on the development and validation of new technologies for space and science missions.
Science & Tech
Global space economy tracking toward $944B by 2033: report
Emerging tech, government investment to fuel space spending.
Defense
New threats pushing Air Force and Army to rethink approach to base defense
A recent report outlines how the U.S. is falling behind China in building resilient air bases.
Commercial
The Henry Ford of satellite buses?
LA startup aims to churn out 12 mostly-standard buses a month.
Science & Tech
Eutelsat-OneWeb government arm promotes Canning to CEO
The subsidiary is looking to expand the availability of its low-Earth and geostationary orbit networks.
Science & Tech
BlueHalo lands Navy drone sensor system contract
This award highlights the electronic warfare capabilities that AeroVironment is adding through its acquisition of BlueHalo.
