88 articles for ”Golden Dome”

Exclusive: Ravee Optics Raises $6M Seed to Build Compact Laser Terminals

Ravee Optics’ solution is designed to bring laser comms to the masses, with terminals that are lighter, smaller, and easier to manufacture at scale.

True Anomaly Declares Mission X-3 Success

True Anomaly announced today that its autonomous orbital vehicle, Jackal, has completed all of its Mission X-3 test objectives, clearing the final hurdles to being fully commissioned.

VC/PE

Apex Raises $200M At $2.3B Valuation

It’s the company’s third $200M round in about 14 months.

Business

Rocket Lab To Acquire Motiv Space Systems

Rocket Lab will acquire space robotics company Motiv Space Systems. The acquisition, announced Thursday evening in conjunction with Rocket Lab’s Q1 earnings, will achieve two goals: Motiv is expected to be rebranded as Rocket Lab Robotics when the acquisition closes, which is scheduled for Q2. Other news: Rocket Lab announced a few other pieces of…

Civil • Policy

White House Requests $18.8B FY27 Budget for NASA

The budget proposal includes the same top line as the administration’s fiscal 2026 request, and would make similar cuts to NASA’s science and STEM missions.

Military

A Recap of Payload’s Space Stage

Two days. Nine panels. Two dozen speakers—and that’s just the space content.

Equities • Europe • Startups

Seraphim Space Investment Trust Posts Record Results

Seraphim Space Investment Trust ($SSIT) announced its financial results for H2 2025, revealing a successful portfolio of global space businesses that have seen valuations buoyed by geopolitical trends.

VC/PE

Agile Space Industries Closes $17M Series A

Agile Space Industries built a business on, you guessed it, agility—the ability to deliver high-performing propulsion systems on-time, every time.

International • Polaris

Report: How to Better Deter Russia in Orbit

While China is making all the headlines in Space Race 2.0, a DC think tank is cautioning policy makers not to forget about the threat posed by Russia in orbit.

Europe • Opinion

Op-Ed: Space Trends to Watch in 2026

2026 has a chance to become an inflection point where commercial expansion, AI integration, and sovereign partnerships could collide to redefine what the next decade of space looks like.