Anduril to buy space/missile tracking firm ExoAnalytic
Anduril intends to “fully absorb” ExoAnalytic’s team of some 130 people rather than create a separate subsidiary, a senior Anduril exec said.
Space Force
Powering up: Air Force eyes ‘broad reaching’ battery, energy storage research
The Department of Energy is also pursuing its own effort to boost battery technologies through the JOULES-1K program.
Austria military’s first satellite will hunt for GPS, Galileo interference
The European Space Agency also is kicking in funds for the BEACONSAT, being developed by Austrian startup GATE Space.
With funding flush, Space Force hopes to speed satellites to track aircraft, missiles
Gen. Chance Saltzman, Space Force chief, said the work already done to design a satellite system for tracking ground targets should also help speed AMTI capabilities to orbit.
Space Force pauses national security launches on Vulcan
“We’re still in the initial phases of that investigation, so we’ll continue to to work with the United Launch Alliance and their suppliers to make sure we’ve got the right level of insight and understand where that investigation…
The space supply chain is getting stretched. Here’s how it could impact the Pentagon’s plans.
Two major trade groups are working on studies to scope the supply chain issues, hone in on the most pressing problems, and identify early mitigation strategies.
DAF shakes up space acquisition leadership, Purdy takes ‘senior advisor’ role
Brig. Gen. Kristin Panzenhageh has taken over Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy’s former role of military deputy to the Office of Space Acquisition and Integration.
SDA taps AST SpaceMobile to demo commercial satellite links to military radios
The $30M award is the first under SDA’s Hybrid Acquisition for proliferated Low-earth Orbit (HALO) program.
Integrating platforms to respond to changing threats of modern warfare
[Sponsored] R&D, engineering and manufacturing processes must all adapt to keep pace with the dynamic of technology.
SatVu, GMV latest space firms to benefit from Europe’s new milspace focus
A recent study co-sponsored by NATO’s Innovation Fund found that investment in European “Defence, Security and Resilience” startups increases by 55 percent in 2025.