The Rhode Island startup closed an $80M Series A to commercialize radioisotope power systems for satellites, undersea vehicles, and field operations. It is converting spent nuclear fuel into 30-year-duration batteries.
NASA selected eight companies for CLPS 2, a 10-year lunar delivery program worth up to $10B, and awarded $1.3B across six venture-class launch task orders to support Moon Base infrastructure.
UK successfully launched Titania, a 100kg military satellite built by BAE Systems and Dstl, alongside announcement of £3bn defense investment over four years for space capabilities.
Impulse Space received two task orders under NASA's VADR contract to provide in-space mobility and cargo delivery for the Moon Base program, with missions beginning in 2028.
The U.S. Space Force is conducting research and demonstrations to validate satellite designs, propulsion systems, and materials for very low-Earth orbit operations at 150-350 km altitude, responding to China's planned remote sensing constellation by 2030.
Russia has launched 32 Rassvet satellites in 2026 and is operationally using them for military communications and drone targeting over Ukraine, with plans to expand to more than 900 satellites by 2035.
The Space Force must fund 12-13 translator satellites to bridge optical communications gaps between SpaceX's SDN Backbone and military missile warning constellations ahead of the 2028 Golden Dome deadline.
AST SpaceMobile is building Blacklift, a 20-ton launch vehicle targeting late 2028 first flight, under a $1.3B contract with Firefly Aerospace for 36 engines and three years of engineering support.
Viasat received a competitive IDIQ contract worth up to $450 million from Space Force Space Systems Command to design and field a mission operations center for the Space Data Network Backbone program, with an initial $115 million task order.
NASA awarded Astranis a firm-fixed-price contract worth $264.3 million to develop Ka-band relay satellite capabilities and services supporting retirement of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite fleet through 2029.
CesiumAstro closed a $730 million Series D at a $4.5 billion-plus valuation to develop and deploy Synchronicity, a 737-satellite AI-enabled constellation for defense and commercial missions, plus $500 million in U.S. manufacturing expansion.
BlackSky was named exclusive provider for a $1 billion government consortium satellite project to build 50 optical satellites for Europe and other markets, as Q3 revenue reached $43 million, up 118% year-over-year.
The Defense Department's Office of Strategic Capital signed a $150 million conditional loan to LeoLabs matched by $150 million in private investment, totaling $300 million to scale production of phased array radars for space domain awareness.
Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Douglas Schiess announced a $71B budget request for fiscal 2027, more than double FY2026, to hire 2,800 military personnel and 2,000 civilians and expand operational components across combatant commands.
Northwood Space secured $375M in Series C funding at a $2B valuation to scale ground network infrastructure and antenna production. The company plans to hire 400 people over three years.
The Space Force issued an industry notice for up to five cislunar satellites to launch by late 2029, with potential contract awards and design funding starting as early as 2027. The effort will inform strategy for a proliferated constellation beyond geosynchronous orbit.
MDA Space signed a $100M authorization to proceed with Thales Alenia Space to supply digital antenna systems for 66 IRIS² satellites, with first launch in 2029.
Telesat's legacy geostationary satellite business faces C$2.4B debt due December 6 with only C$286.7M cash. A lender consortium including Silver Point Capital proposes C$2.7B restructuring to avert default.
U.S. Space Force awards Boeing a $945.9 million sole-source contract to sustain military satellite communications systems including WGS over five years plus a 10-year option.
United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket resumes operations November 13 following a solid rocket booster anomaly in February. The grounding forced the Space Force to shift four key national security missions to SpaceX.
The Colorado startup secured $20M in Series B funding to demonstrate self-assembling modular satellite tiles in orbit by April 2028, addressing the growing mismatch between satellite capability and rocket fairing capacity.
Australian startup MP Space closed a AUD $23M ($16.1M) seed round led by Blackbird VC to expand manufacturing of low-cost satellite batteries and power systems, targeting 5,000 units annually by end of 2027.
A Defense Intelligence Agency 2026 report confirms China has tripled its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance satellites to over 510 units, expanding the PLA's ability to detect and target US and allied forces across the Indo-Pacific.
The Space Force is committing $30 million through SpaceWERX to accelerate cislunar spacecraft demonstrations within two years of contract award, with commercial-off-the-shelf solutions and autonomous AI systems due by 2029.
The Defense Department's Office of Strategic Capital committed $150 million to Stoke Space to build a second launchpad at Cape Canaveral and boost national launch capacity, following the startup's $1 billion Series E funding round.
AFRL successfully tested SpaceX's Starfall capsule for rapid military resupply via rocket delivery under Rocket Cargo, validating space-based point-to-point cargo delivery to austere locations.
Antares cleared the DOE's Nuclear Safety Design Agreement for its Mark-1 power-generating microreactor and received a $161 million Strategic Breakthrough award from the Space Force to develop space-qualified reactors for military deployment starting 2028.
BAE Systems is building a 130,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Weld County, Colorado to produce space-based hardware and sensors for US Space Force programs, with 600 employees at full capacity and production starting in early 2028.
Ukraine's Ministry of Defence signed a letter of intent with Finnish firms ICEYE and Nokia to develop military communications satellites, with the first launch planned for 2028 to secure independent control of critical infrastructure.
Xona Space Systems closed a $250M Series D to accelerate production of its jamming-resistant Pulsar commercial GPS constellation, targeting 50 satellites per year by end of 2027.
The Space Force has reassigned six missions originally scheduled for United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket to SpaceX, beginning with a GPS III launch in April, after a ULA rocket failure earlier in 2026.
SpaceX posted $14.7B in Q3 revenue and $4.4B net income as a public company, with its AI division SpaceXSI generating $7.6B and exceeding Starlink revenue for the first time.
DARPA awarded Space Nuclear Power Corporation an Other Transaction Agreement to design, build and ground-test an advanced Kilopower reactor with active control rod operation, extending the 2018 KRUSTY demonstration.
The Space Force is scaling up personnel and capabilities across combatant commands, aiming for fivefold growth at SPACECENT over three years and deploying up to 56 Meadowlands satellite jamming systems globally.
Bipartisan senators demanded investigations into October 2026 speed restrictions on SpaceX Starlink terminals in Ukraine that disrupted drone operations, intelligence sharing, and missile warnings.
The Palo Alto startup won a $13M APFIT procurement award to supply vision-based autonomy modules for military satellites, enabling GPS-denied navigation and space domain awareness without ground control.
Starfighters Space is transitioning its Starlaunch 1 suborbital air-launch vehicle from ground development to flight testing with a captive-carry test on an F-104 Starfighter scheduled for December 2026.
BlackSky has expanded its multi-year contract with HEO, adding higher-resolution Gen-3 satellite imagery to monitor spacecraft and objects in orbit. The seven-figure annual extension reflects growing demand for space domain awareness capabilities.
The Trump administration directed the Pentagon to restrict SpaceX's military Starshield satellite service for Ukraine, capping drone and communications speeds to 100 miles per hour. The move reflects escalating tensions over Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries.
Blue Origin is spending $330 million to expand its Rocket Park facility in Florida, building a 1.37 million-square-foot plant to manufacture up to 150 New Glenn upper stages annually by summer 2027.