Lunar Startup CEOs Push For ‘CLPS 2.0’
CEOs asked lawmakers to support block buys in CLPS 2.0 to give industry the opportunity to purchase materials in advance, providing certainty in both the supply chain and the workforce.
CEOs asked lawmakers to support block buys in CLPS 2.0 to give industry the opportunity to purchase materials in advance, providing certainty in both the supply chain and the workforce.
For the satellite communications industry, change has become the new constant.
The US further tightened its hold on global launch in Q1
“I think the rubber is really going to meet the road,” Umbra COO Todd Master told Payload. “A lot of interesting tech got put into space. The question now is what of that data actually is needed by customers—that customers are willing to pay for?”
ESA has tapped Airbus to build a landing platform for Europe’s beleaguered ExoMars rover as the delayed mission hopes to reach Mars in 2030.
Isar Aerospace has broken the European launch barrier.
Defense acquisitions are too slow to keep up with the needs of the moment, and the administration’s new defense appointees are planning to do something about it.
The president wants a Golden Dome missile defense system, and the space industry is standing ready to get him one. Booz Allen Hamilton is the latest space firm to publish a concept for a distributed satellite system that could identify and help to intercept missile attacks in their tracks. The constellation design, which the company […]
Starlink’s potential five-year €1.6B ($1.72B) deal to provide the Italian government with secure telecom capabilities is in jeopardy.
“I’m very hopeful that the case the Space Force marks means a lot of that money will come back into our budget,” he said, adding that the Trump administration’s “Golden Dome” missile defense proposal could actually lead to national security space programs getting more resources.
Outside of the established companies, investment in small US launchers has slowed to a crawl, forcing dozens of companies to go dormant, or pivot to defense.
Gravitics expects to demonstrate Orbital Carrier’s ability to operate in space and deploy assets on orbit as early as next year.