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Defense
X-Bow closes $105M Series B round, enters Lockheed partnership pact
The world’s largest defense company led this round to continue its involvement in the solid rocket motor maker, while Boeing Ventures also is staying in.
Science & Tech
Space Force narrows the field in $100M terminal competition
Three companies are tasked to develop prototypes of the terminals, which Space Force will evaluate for interoperability and fit into a future data transport network.
Defense
IonQ to acquire Capella Space for quantum network development push
The 10-year-old quantum company envisions its future network as enabling the kind of satellite-to-ground and satellite-to-satellite communications desired by U.S. government agencies.
Science & Tech
Army awards $499M geospatial tech development contract
The Army doubles the pool of awardees for this new iteration of its Geospatial Research, Integration, Development and Support program.
Science & Tech
Anduril acquires communications hardware provider
This is acquisition number nine for Anduril since it opened for business in 2017.
Science & Tech
Apex, True Anomaly detail next steps after their Series C capital rounds
Both of these three-year-old space startups are looking to scale up their production postures as blueprints for programs like the Golden Dome missile defense system start to emerge.
Science & Tech
Lockheed's CEO reacts to Trump's acquisition overhaul orders
In talking with Wall Street, Jim Taiclet highlights how many of the regulations and statutes that have evolved over decades look poised to be "really scrutinized and reduced."
Science & Tech
SAIC wins $55M Space Development Agency integration contract
SAIC will take on systems engineering and related support work for SDA's emerging satellite network.
Science & Tech
NASA previews hydrosphere research support recompete
The space agency is searching for a small business that can help create and apply technologies for addressing issues related to Earth's natural resources.
Science & Tech
Arlington Capital reveals its new defense tech company
The same investment firm that is selling BlueHalo to AeroVironment is now ready to showcase GRVTY, a specialist in geospatial and signals intelligence.
Science & Tech
Anduril wins $642M Marines counter-drone tech contract
The service branch wants to cover the entire kill chain and use signature disruption as its means for countering adversaries' unmanned aircraft.
Science & Tech
Growth and space leadership moves across the market
Our periodic summary of executive movement begins with one of the market's most notable private equity names adding to its braintrust.
Science & Tech
Epirus collects $250M in Series D capital to scale up production
The seven-year-old startup is pushing to further develop and make more of its Leonidas system, which works to fire lasers and other pulses at adversaries' drones.
Science & Tech
How the CEOs of Booz Allen, L3Harris view DOGE's vision
In talking with investors, both chief executives highlight speed and help to the customer as big-picture goals they want to see the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency realize.
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.
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
Eutelsat-OneWeb government arm promotes Canning to CEO
The subsidiary is looking to expand the availability of its low-Earth and geostationary orbit networks.
Commercial
Millennium Space Systems hires Gingiss as chief executive
Owned by Boeing since 2018, the small satellite maker is entering the next phase of its production ramp-up and market expansion push.
