The Finnish Defence Forces have taken another step in building an independent space-based surveillance capability with the launch of their second synthetic aperture radar satellite on January 11, 2026.
A Saturn-200 minisatellite developed by Blue Canyon Technologies, a small satellite manufacturer owned by RTX, has successfully launched in support of NASA’s Pandora mission.
ICEYE has signed a multi-million, multi-year contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration to deliver sovereign space-based intelligence capabilities to the Swedish Armed Forces.
Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded a contract by Eutelsat to build a further 340 low Earth orbit satellites for the OneWeb constellation.
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command has awarded nine National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 task orders to enhance missile warning and missile tracking capabilities.
Kratos has completed the first factory acceptance test of its EPOCH Command and Control software with Airbus OneSat next-generation software-defined satellite platform.
L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a contract by the Space Development Agency to build 18 infrared satellites for the Tranche 3 Tracking Layer, with a value of up to $843 million.
Rheinmetall and SATIM Monitoring Satelitarny have signed a technology supply agreement to support Germany’s satellite-based reconnaissance programme for the Bundeswehr.
The Space Development Agency has awarded four agreements worth about $3.5 billion to build 72 Tracking Layer satellites for Tranche 3 of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture in low Earth orbit.
The Space Development Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to deliver 18 satellites for its Tranche 3 Tracking Layer constellation, with a potential value of more than $1 billion.
Rheinmetall and ICEYE have won a major contract from the German Armed Forces for space-based reconnaissance, awarded by the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support.
BlackSky Technology Inc. has integrated its third Gen-3 satellite into commercial operations just three weeks after launch, marking a significant acceleration compared with its first Gen-3 mission.
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