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

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.

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.

Defense

2024 in review: Space Force

The year saw challenges in orbit and on the ground as the young service continued to expand.