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Lawmakers Restore Funding for SDA Tranche 3, Add $1.2 Billion to Space Force R&D

WASHINGTON — Congressional negotiators have authorized a significant funding increase for the U.S. Space Force’s proliferation strategy, rejecting a service-proposed pause on the Space Developm [...]

Northrop Grumman & USAF Complete Critical F-16 Separation Test for SiAW Hypersonic Missile

Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force have successfully completed a separation test of the Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) from an F-16 at Eglin Air Force Base. While the F-16 […]  [...]

SECAF Meink Unveils ‘Portfolio Acquisition’ Model to Speed Space Force Procurement

Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink announced a structural overhaul of the service’s acquisition authorities on Dec. 11, revealing a transition from the traditional Program Executive Officer (P [...]


Keysight and KT SAT Pioneer 6G Connectivity with First Successful Multi-Orbit Satellite Handover

Santa Rosa, CA — Keysight Technologies and KT SAT have successfully demonstrated the telecommunication industry’s first non-terrestrial network (NTN) multi-orbit handover, marking a significant [...]

USSF Cements ‘Combat Identity’ with New Weapon System Names at Spacepower 2025

By Sean Payne, SatNews Events ORLANDO, Fla. — Moving to solidify the cultural shift from a support service to a warfighting branch, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman unveiled [&helli [...]

K2 Space Secures $250M Series C at $3B Valuation to Scale ‘Mega Class’ Manufacturing

TORRANCE, Calif. — Satellite manufacturer K2 Space has closed a $250 million Series C funding round, valuing the company at $3 billion as it prepares to mass-produce its “Mega Class”  [...]

BAE Systems Secures $16 Million DARPA Contract to Advance Autonomous Space-Based Surveillance

NASHUA, N.H. — The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems’ FAST Labs organization a $16 million Phase 2 contract for the Oversight program, a strategic [ [...]

Space Force Association Launches National Spacepower Center to Bridge Policy ‘Knowledge Gap’

By Sean Payne, SatNews Events ORLANDO, Fla. — Targeting a critical disconnect between technical space operators and the government officials who fund them, the Space Force Association (SFA) has e [...]

American Airlines Explores In-Flight Connectivity Deal with Amazon Leo

FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines Group Inc. has entered preliminary discussions with Amazon to utilize the tech giant’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network for in-flight Wi-Fi, accordi [...]

Muon Space tapped by SpaceWERX to adapt climate sensors for missile tracking

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Muon Space has secured a $1.9 million Direct-to-Phase II (D2P2) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from SpaceWERX to adapt its commercial remote sensing te [...]

Kongsberg, Helsing Target 2029 for Sovereign European IST Constellation

OSLO, Norway — Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and German AI defense firm Helsing signed a teaming agreement on Tuesday, December 9, to develop and deploy a sovereign, space-based Intelligence, [...]

Wenchang ‘Super Factory’ Nears Operation with 1,000 Satellite Annual Capacity

WENCHANG, China — A massive satellite manufacturing complex at the Wenchang International Aerospace City (WIAC) is set to commence operations, establishing a production line capable of outputting [...]

SFA Launches National Spacepower Center to Educate Leaders on Space Warfare

The Space Force Association (SFA) has unveiled the National Spacepower Center (NSpC), a new virtual hub designed to bridge the knowledge gap for U.S. leaders regarding space as a military [… [...]

L3Harris Technologies Completes Critical Design Review For JMA’s Himawari-10 Instruments

L3Harris Technologies has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the imaging and sounding instruments for the Japan Meteorological Agency’s (JMA) new geostationary meteorological satellite [...]

Operators Pivot to Managed Solutions as Ground Segment Complexity Grows per Novaspace Report

PARIS — As the satellite ground segment becomes increasingly complex, operators are aggressively shifting strategies to integrate managed solutions and advanced network management. According to t [...]

FCC Renewing WRC-27 Advisory Committee, Seeks Members

Washington, DC — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has officially initiated the process to renew the charter for the World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee (WAC). This i [...]

EchoStar Stock Retains 190% Gain Through December Despite $16B Impairment

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) has maintained a market-beating rally through early December, with shares up approximately 190.2% year-to-date as of Dec. 9, driven by an a [...]

The Netflix + Paramount Pursuit of Warner Bros. — Implications for SATCOM Infrastructure

The ongoing bidding contest between Netflix and Paramount Global for Warner Bros. Discovery marks a pivotal moment in the media sector, with implications that extend well beyond streaming market sh [...]