Commercial

How a swell in imagery satellites is accelerating hurricane recovery

Space companies are working with government agencies to show closed roads and washed out areas after natural disasters like hurricanes.

Science & Tech

Jupiter’s moons hide giant subsurface oceans

Europa Clipper is one of 2 missions on their way to see if these moons could support life.

Defense

Boeing to cut 10% of workers as defense unit loses $2B in 3 months

Performance on fixed-price programs is “simply not where it needs to be,” CEO tells employees.

Ideas

How Russia, China envision nuking US satellites: from above and below

As the Pentagon builds huge constellations to shrug off conventional ASAT weapons, potential adversaries are taking things to a terrifying new level.

Defense

NATO aims to publish its own commercial space strategy next year

The alliance document will resemble—but not duplicate—the Pentagon’s own recent plan.

Defense

Secret space plane tests new orbit-switching maneuver

The aerobraking X-37B will use Earth’s atmosphere to change its altitude using minimal fuel.

Defense

Middle East Embraces Space Race

As nations in the region invest in satellite technology, a new era of space-based defense is emerging.

Defense

Industry ‘hamstrung’ by Space Force-intel community’s turf war

Commercial firms say NGA-centric acquisition can’t move fast enough to help combatant commands or foster innovation.

Defense

Quantum startup stretches Series B round to $133M, adds Lockheed's venture arm

First launched in 2017, Q-CTRL is looking to further advance its quantum computing software for use in larger-scaled commercial and government deployments.

Science & Tech

NewSpring acquires radar system provider

C Speed's primary customer is the Customs and Border Protection agency, for which the company operates and maintains air surveillance radars.

Science & Tech

NASA wants to send humans to Mars in the 2030s

A crewed mission could unlock some of the red planet’s geologic mysteries.

Science & Tech

Nuclear rockets could travel to Mars in half the time

But designing the reactors that would power them isn’t easy.

Science & Tech

Commerce launches initial phase of its space traffic coordination system

The new system will provide conjunction data messages “for approximately 1,000 space objects six times a day” during phase 1.0.

Commercial

A trio of space startup investment rounds to highlight

The venture arms of AE Industrial Partners, Lockheed Martin and RTX are among the notable names at the heart of these investments.

Defense

Behind the Scenes: Israel's Space Program

Despite its size, Israel has a long history of launching satellites into orbit using its own domestically-developed Shavit rocket.

Commercial

Gogo's $375M acquisition and its public sector piece

Around one-fifth of Satcom Direct's revenue is generated from government work that includes broadband connectivity services.

Defense

In Ukraine, a US firm tests a promising tool against GPS jammers: cell phones

Could “networking phones together as one big distributed antenna” help foil Russian electronic warfare?

Science & Tech

The Norwegian fishing town that’s trying to help solve GPS jamming

At Jammertest 2024, industry wanted to know how their systems would respond to interference.