Tag: U.S. Government
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NASA Plans Headquarters Relocation as Agency Reorganization Moves Forward
NASA is preparing to relocate its headquarters as part of a broader organizational restructuring effort, with agency officials aiming to identify a new location by the end of 2026. The move comes as the lease on NASA’s current headquarters complex in Washington, D.C., is scheduled to expire in 2028. The agency has occupied the leased…
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CesiumAstro Secures $200 Million in U.S. Government-Backed Financing for Defense Expansion
Space communications company CesiumAstro has secured $200 million in government-backed financing as it deepens its focus on national security and defense customers, the company said this week. The financing package was jointly provided by the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) and JPMorgan Chase. It includes $185 million in an EXIM-authorized debt facility and…
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Intuitive Machines Completes $800 Million Acquisition of Lanteris Space Systems
Intuitive Machines said it has completed the acquisition of Lanteris Space Systems, formerly known as Maxar Space Systems, in a move aimed at transforming the company into a vertically integrated space prime serving defense, civil and commercial customers. The transaction, first announced in November, was completed under unchanged terms, with a purchase price of $800…
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Enabled Intelligence Secures Up to $708 Million NGA Contract for AI Data Labeling
Artificial intelligence startup Enabled Intelligence has secured an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) valued at up to $708.3 million, aimed at supporting large-scale data labeling operations across government agencies. The seven-year contract, known as SEQUOIA, was awarded in September but announced later following the resumption of federal…
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ESA Weighs New Roles for Orion Service Module and Mars Orbiter Amid U.S. Budget Uncertainty
The European Space Agency (ESA) is assessing options to repurpose two of its major spacecraft programmes after growing uncertainty over continued U.S. support for the NASA missions they were originally built to serve, ESA officials told ministers during the agency’s Ministerial Council in Bremen this week. ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher presented proposals that would…