Main Topics
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Defense
Odysseus Space won €5.2M in contracts under EOBLINDING to blind enemy sats using their optical communications technology and RESIST to use AI for EU semiconductor design. [source]
BAE selected MDA to supply key radio hardware for USSF MEO Epoch 2, a missile defense network. [source]
Northrop Grumman partnered with Apex on space based interceptors, they plan to supply interceptors developed with $1B in self-funding to Apex who is developing a bus under their self-funded Project Shadow. [source]
Launch
Starfighters Space raised $17.5M through a private placement after their $40M IPO earlier this year, the money will develop Starlaunch II to place a satellite into orbit from a plane launch platform in the next 18-24 months. [source]
Longshot unveiled Glowrider, the hypersonic shell that holds a satellite for launch using their gas powered cannon. [source]
Spacecraft
Impulse Space raised a $500M Series D co-led by 137 Ventures and BANNER VC to support hiring and manufacturing scaling. [source]
Apex raised a $200M Series D led by Interlagos at a $2.3B valuation to support vertical scaling and business pursuits. [source]
Muon unveiled their high power bus (configurable between 20-100kW) Condor Ultra for communications, sensing, and orbital data centers. [source]
Bellatrix partnered with Korean TelePIX to build a VLEO satellite for wide swath imagery. [source]
Business Moves
Voyager acquired Astrobotic for a rumored $300M expanding their work to the moon with NASA’s Moon Base II contract for the Griffin lander. [source]
Axiom oversubscribed their $350M round of funding in February by an additional $175M to further develop Station and their AxEMU (spacesuit). [source]
Tech Advances
Aalyria was selected for NASA’s Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PeXT) to provide enterprise service orchestration of communications and navigation. [source]
