Italy’s industrial chain includes sixteen industrial districts, four Space Factory built with resources from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, and thousands of small businesses that work with large groups.

Adolfo Urso said the European Commission should recognize the need to foster European operators that can compete worldwide.

The Space Operations Branch will staff and deploy satellite communications and missile-warning systems to support terrestrial missions.

US Army Tactical Space Operations Specialists are expected to operate in deep-enemy and extended-deep areas to provide space-based capabilities to overseas combat teams.

US Army Tactical Space Operations Specialists are expected to be embedded in tactical forces near the front lines.

The US Army established the Space Operations Branch last week to consolidate its space capabilities within a smaller force of specially trained soldiers.

The US Army called for soldiers to be trained as Tactical Space Operations Specialists in January.

The US Army’s Space Operations Branch will include Army Space Operations Officers and an initial force of 1,000 enlisted Tactical Space Operations Specialist soldiers in the 40D MOS.

The US Army expects the Space Operations Branch to grow to 1,500 soldiers by 2032.

Since 2020, the DoJ Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section has obtained court mandates returning over $350 million in stolen assets to victims.

The enforcement framework used network mapping, signal telemetry, and proprietary tracking data from beIN Media Group, NBCUniversal, the Motion Picture Association’s Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and Warner Bros. Discovery.

Since 2020, the DoJ Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section has secured convictions against more than 180 cybercriminals and intellectual property violators.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations special agents verified that the targeted domains were capturing and retransmitting live FIFA World Cup 2026 match feeds from authorized broadcast signals without permission.

The primary affidavit supporting the seizure warrants was filed on June 26, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed court orders on June 29, 2026 authorizing the seizure of nearly 400 internet domains.

Zhuque-3 Y2 completed a static fire test.

Zhuque-3 Y2 is the second flight vehicle of the Zhuque-3 launch vehicle.

MUOS satellites operate in geostationary orbit and provide continuous coverage for voice and data communications between land, naval, and air units.

Boeing won a $2 billion contract to build two new Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellites.

The new Boeing MUOS contract reinforces Boeing’s position in the large government satellite segment.

The new Boeing MUOS contract reflects continued U.S. government investment in space infrastructure for military communications.

MUOS is a mobile satellite communications system developed to provide secure and reliable links for the United States armed forces worldwide.

The Pentagon requested $3.9 billion in mandatory reconciliation funding for the Space Data Network.

The House Appropriations Committee approved a $55.5 billion discretionary budget for the U.S. Space Force.

The Pentagon requested $17.5 billion in mandatory reconciliation funding for the Golden Dome project.

The House Appropriations Committee directed the Space Systems Command to reduce legacy single-vendor dependencies in military satellite communications procurement.

The Department of the Air Force requested $350 billion in mandatory reconciliation funding for major aerospace programs.

The House Appropriations Committee urged the Space Force to increase competition from commercial small-satellite operators and emerging commercial low-Earth orbit broadband vendors.

The Space Force has extended the service life of the Wideband Global SATCOM and Mobile User Objective System programs.

Lanteris built the SXM-11 satellite.

The SXM-11 launch is scheduled for 02:25 UTC.

SXM-11 will operate at 115° West.

SXM-11 has a mass of about 7,000 kilograms.

SXM-11 will replace SiriusXM’s XM-5 satellite.

Falcon 9 booster B1085-17 is vertical at SLC-40 ahead of launch with SXM-11.

CACI’s Geo Mapping tool combines its geospatial mapping software with its Acorn data segmentation engine.

The Geo Mapping tool evaluates more than 800 consumer variables for each UK household.

The Geo Mapping tool uses isochrone travel modeling to map actual drive-time catchments.

The Geo Mapping tool accounts for local road networks, traffic tendencies, and physical barriers when identifying viable retail catchments.

The Channel 4 and CACI Geo Mapping tool combines geospatial modeling with household demographics for location-specific advertising across the United Kingdom.

Channel 4 has partnered with CACI to launch a Geo Mapping tool.

ICEYE’s strategy in Australia includes national security, maritime domain awareness, infrastructure monitoring, and sovereign capability development across the Earth observation value chain.

ICEYE produced more than 857 operational intelligence outputs for on-the-ground decision-makers in Australia during the 2025 high-risk weather season.

More than 75 Australian organizations used ICEYE’s flood intelligence data to coordinate response, protect infrastructure, and accelerate recovery efforts.

ICEYE is expanding its presence in Australia and is helping strengthen the country’s national space ecosystem.

ICEYE works with Geoscience Australia, the National Emergency Management Agency, and CSIRO in Australia.

ICEYE has a distributed team across New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, the Australian Capital Territory, and Queensland.

During Tropical Cyclone Alfred, ICEYE mapped 178,175 km² of flooded area in Queensland and New South Wales.

ICEYE supported 34 rapid flood intelligence events in Australia during the 2025 high-risk weather season.

CSIRO is involved in calibrating and validating ICEYE Earth observation data.