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Aerospace Report Examines Defense and Space Growth in FY ‘27 Budget Request
A new report from The Aerospace Corporation examining defense and space growth in the White House’s fiscal year 2027 budget request found that more than 75% of the increase is concentrated in classified activities and missile warning, moving-target-indication, and command and control investments. The report released Monday looks at the $59.2 billion the White House…
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Viasat Taps Rocket Lab to Build Small GEO for PTS-G Program
Viasat has selected Rocket Lab to build a Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite for its contract on the Protected Tactical Satcom-Global (PTS-G) program. Rocket Lab will deliver a spacecraft based on its Lightning platform to host Viasat’s dual-band X/Ka-band payload, Rocket Lab announced Monday. This comes after Viasat received a contract in May to deliver the…
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GEK800 Turbofan Wins F143 Designation and JASSM Second-Source EMD Contract
The designation and contract mark the latest step in a program intended to supply propulsion for cruise missiles, collaborative combat-type aircraft, and other uncrewed aerial vehicles. Kratos and GE Aerospace began working together in 2023 to complete a Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction phase, drawing on internal investment plus support and funding from the Air…
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Katalyst Space Wins U.S. Defense Innovation Unit Contract
Katalyst Space has won a major new contract from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) as the U.S. Government looks to tap into the latest deorbiting technologies. Katalyst Space will now play a key role in the DIU’s Deorbit-as-a-Service program, and will now support the operational needs of the Space Development Agency (SDA). Katalyst Space announced…
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Commercial Space 2.0: Where Are the Opportunities for China’s Second-Generation Rocket Companies?
China’s commercial rocket industry officially began to take shape in 2015, when three government ministries jointly issued guidelines encouraging its development. Looking back from where the industry stands today, it took a decade for China to largely complete its policy framework and develop a basic supply chain. That period also saw the arrival of market…
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ULA Promotes Mark Peller to CEO as Vulcan Grounding Weighs on Finances
Peller succeeds John Elbon, who had served as interim chief executive since December. Elbon had planned to retire after eight years as chief operating officer, with Peller lined up to replace him in that role, but stayed on as interim CEO when longtime chief executive Tory Bruno abruptly left the company. Several days after Bruno’s…
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China’s New Space Contest Will Be Fought With Commercial Satellites
Over the past decade, the commercial space industry has transformed satellites from assets reserved for national-level missions into industrial products that can be mass-produced and deployed on demand. As thousands of low-Earth-orbit broadband, remote-sensing and navigation satellites form constellations, space is taking on the characteristics of infrastructure for the first time—continuously providing connectivity, observation and…
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U.S Space Force and Japan Launch Space-Domain Awareness Payload on QZS-7 Satellite
A U.S. Space Domain Awareness payload hosted on Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite 7 (QZS-7) successfully launched on a Japanese H-3 launch vehicle from Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC) in Japan on August 10, 2026. This is the final of the two launches that are part of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System-Hosted Payload (QZSS-HP) program, the first bilateral U.S.…
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MDA Space Deploys First Eight Globalstar Replenishment Satellites
MDA Space, a provider of technology and services to the global space industry, has confirmed the successful deployment of the initial eight replenishment satellites for Globalstar Inc.’s existing low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation. Developed and fully integrated and tested in Montréal, the satellites were launched on Aug. 15, 2026, at 9:12 p.m. ET aboard a…
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Lunar Station Advancess Multi-Domain Intelligence Platform for Space Applications
Lunar Station is developing a multi-domain intelligence platform focused on high-fidelity analytics across cislunar space, subsea environments and advanced physics simulations. The U.S-based company describes the technology as an intelligence layer that fuses complex data streams into actionable insights, helping government and industrial users address mission-critical challenges across extreme environments. A key focus is space and…