#defense space

Portal Space Systems has signed with Quindar for mission management services covering upcoming Starburst and Supernova spacecraft missions, including a planned launch later this year.

The U.S. Space Force formally named Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo to lead its new Missile Warning and Tracking Portfolio Acquisition Executive office while he continues to direct the Space Development Agency.

A $398 million U.S. Space Force contract will fund a Northrop Grumman prototype satellite designed to test anti-jamming and cyber-resilient communications in orbit.

Northrop Grumman has accepted delivery of a missile-warning sensor for the Next-Gen OPIR Polar program just as the Pentagon proposes terminating the satellite effort in favor of lower-orbit architectures.

The Pentagon’s fiscal 2027 budget request puts more than $8 billion behind space-based moving target indicator systems, signaling a major expansion of the Space Force’s role in tracking vehicles, aircraft and miss

The U.S. Space Force now expects 25 additional high-energy national security launches through 2029, increasing pressure on a market where only two providers are certified and only one is currently flying those missions.

HawkEye 360 has filed for an initial public offering, underscoring investor interest in space companies tied closely to defense and national security demand.

The U.S. Space Force has lined up 14 companies for a decade-long competition to build or provide next-generation space-monitoring systems, with the first order aimed at replacing the long-serving GSSAP satellites in geos

LeoLabs has introduced Delta, a space monitoring platform aimed at helping government and military users detect potentially deliberate satellite maneuvers rather than only accidental close approaches.