True Anomaly Raises $650 Million In New Round To Continue Scaling
True Anomaly on Tuesday said it raised $650 million in a new funding round that will be used to hire employees and scale its capabilities to meet customer demand for […]
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Accelerating space power through software-defined mission dominance
[Sponsored] As space threats continue to evolve, existing satellites need new capabilities to defend and protect, even after launch.
HawkEye 360 Files To Go Public; Plans To Raise Upwards Of $424 Million
Satellite-based signals intelligence collection and analytics company HawkEye 360 on Monday launched its roadshow for its pending initial public offering (IPO) that aims to raise between $384 million and $424.2 […]
CSO Saltzman: Focus space acquisition on ‘minimum viable capabilities’
In his first Commander’s Note of 2026, Gen. Chance Saltzman urges close collaboration between the Space Force acquisition and operational corps to speed delivery of new capabilities.
Advancing Earth Observation at NASA Since Release of Earthrise Photo
By R Anil Kumar Washington, April 24, 2026: The crescent Earth captured through the windows of the Orion spacecraft by the Artemis II crew, shortly after they set a new record for the farthest humans have ever traveled from the planet as they flew arou…
Skyroot’s Vikram-1, India’s First Private Orbital Rocket, Flagged Off by Telangana CM for Sriharikota
Hyderabad. Vikram-1, India’s first privately built orbital rocket by Skyroot Aerospace, was flagged off on April 26 by Mr. A. Revanth Reddy, Chief Minister of Telangana, from the company’s Max-Q campus in Hyderabad. Mr. D. Sridhar Babu, Hon’ble Ministe…
The tortoise and the hare: will China beat the US in the race back to the moon?
The rival superpowers are ramping up preparations for a crewed lunar landing nearly six decades after the first moon walkThe world watched earlier this month as Nasa sent four astronauts around the moon – but to actually land on the surface the US is o…
Space Force Awards $3.2 Billion To 12 Companies For Space-Based Interceptor Work
The Space Force last announced 12 companies have won contracts totaling up to $3.2 billion to prototype technologies for Space-based Interceptors in support of the Golden Dome initiative. Space Force’s […]
Satellites at the center: Inside the Pentagon’s next-gen space architecture
From emerging data networks to missile tracking and cyber resilience, Breaking Defense’s latest eBook brings together essential reporting on the evolving role of satellites in national security.
Space Force tasks a dozen companies for Golden Dome space-based interceptors
The service pledged it would demonstrate an “initial capability” for the orbital missile killers by 2028.