SDA Is Strengthening Space Industrial Base, Execs Say
A five-year-old agency within the Pentagon founded with a mandate to move quickly is stimulating investments that make the entire small sat industrial base more resilient and scalable, according to half a dozen top industry execs.
Danti Raises $5M, Announces US Military Customers
AI startup Danti raised a $5M funding round to grow the engineering and go-to-market teams for its AI-powered search engine that can sift through large amounts of data, including satellite imagery, CEO Jesse Kallman told Payload.
DoD Reveals New Russian Space Weapon Details, Conflict Over Commercial Imagery
John Plumb became the first Biden administration official to acknowledge Russia’s nuclear counterspace weapon in unclassified testimony.
Payload Research: China’s 2024 Space Day Updates
China held its annual Space Day conference last week, unveiling new insights into the space program’s hardware development.
Artemis Accords Signatories to Meet This Month in Canada
Artemis Accords signatories will meet in Montreal this month to discuss best practices and guidelines for responsible and sustainable space exploration.
Millennium Nabs $414M SDA FOO Fighter Contract
Millennium Space Systems secured a $414M contract on Tuesday to build eight fire control-enabled satellites for the SDA that can detect and track advanced missile systems.
Solid US Space Mining Regs Could Attract Investors, VC Predicts
Mining in orbit is getting closer to becoming a reality and, with business prospects protected by policy—at least in the US—one investor is predicting the dollars will start rolling in.
Introducing Portal Space Systems
The next era of the space economy will involve servicing and life extension, if the players in the industry today have it their way, and that will require extreme spacecraft maneuverability.
Slingshot Highlights Massive Growth in Space Activity—And Insurance Losses
Guess who’s responsible for the boom? One big hint: it’s not civil or military actors.
A Q+A with the Norwegian Space Agency Chief
Norway is preparing to launch two satellites this summer to boost comms in the Arctic amid increasing tension in the region between NATO allies and Russia, the head of the Norwegian Space Agency told Payload.
Intelsat, CNH Aim to Beat SpaceX, John Deere to the Wired Tractor Market
The two firms plan to be in the market months ahead of a much ballyhooed partnership between SpaceX and John Deere.
True Anomaly, Agile Team on DoD RPO Mission
In-space propulsion startup Agile Space Industries is joining True Anomaly’s team for US Space Systems Command’s dogfighting-in-space challenge, VICTUS HAZE.
