Northwood Space operates six ground stations on two continents.

Northwood Space has a $100 million Series B financing round.

Northwood Space is expanding its ground station network capacity over the coming years.

Northwood Space unboxed and turned on Prism within three and a half hours during its most recent deployment.

Space Force awarded True Anomaly a share of $3.2 billion in space-based interceptor prototype contracts four days before its Series D financing.

The Army, Navy, and combatant commands would transfer money into the proposed Golden Dome subsystem fund for reimbursable services from qualified commercial vendors.

The Army, Navy, and combatant commands would transfer money into a dedicated Golden Dome subsystem fund for reimbursable services from a qualified commercial vendor pool.

Col. Daniel Dant is a Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at KBR.

Congress should grant multi-year procurement authority for the Space Data Network backbone and the proliferated low Earth orbit tracking layer.

The Space Development Agency and Space Systems Command should back the ten-year demand forecast with multi-year block buys where single-source risk is acute.

The Congressional Budget Office estimated that Golden Dome for America would cost $1.2 trillion to develop, deploy, and operate over 20 years.

Space Force awarded True Anomaly a share of $3.2 billion in space-based interceptor prototype contracts four days before the Series D funding round.

Anduril, SpaceX, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman are self-funding development work in expectation of post-2028 production awards.

The Department of Defense should expand the commercial services working capital fund into a dedicated Golden Dome subsystem fund.

The Space Force has consistently requested less for commercial services than Congress has appropriated.

Anduril, SpaceX, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman are self-funding development work in anticipation of post-2028 production awards.

The Defense Logistics Agency uses a working capital fund to manage the supply of consumables to the joint force.

Golden Dome’s architecture includes proliferated low Earth orbit tracking, the Space Data Network backbone, space-based interceptors, and integrated command and control.

The Space Development Agency and Space Systems Command should publish a ten-year demand forecast for Golden Dome critical components.

The Space Force already operates a commercial services working capital fund.

The fiscal 2027 budget request proposes an 80% increase in Space Force funding.

The fiscal 2027 budget request routes approximately $31 billion toward Golden Dome and adjacent capabilities.

The Biden administration’s fiscal 2027 budget request routes approximately $31 billion toward Golden Dome and adjacent capabilities.

Gen. Michael Guetlein is the Golden Dome program manager.

Golden Dome critical components include radiation-hardened processors, reaction wheels, and optical crosslinks.

True Anomaly raised $650 million in Series D funding at a $2.2 billion valuation in late April.

Col. Daniel Dant is a Senior Visiting Scholar at the National Space Power Center at the Space Force Association.

The Space Force operates a commercial services working capital fund.

Bharath Gopalaswamy is a Senior Visiting Scholar at the National Space Power Center at the Space Force Association.

The International Association of Classification Societies has made UR E26 and UR E27 mandatory for all newbuild vessels.

The International Association of Classification Societies has made UR E26 and E27 mandatory for all newbuild vessels.

Odyssa evaluates stability, safety, maneuverability, and integration of new energy systems in ship designs.

The DLR’s Hyro project focuses on using wind propulsion as the primary propulsion system for ships.

In the Hyro concept, excess wind-generated thrust can be converted into electricity and used onboard or stored as hydrogen.

The DLR integrated the experience from Hyro into Odyssa.

Airbus plans to introduce a new fleet of ships equipped with Flettner rotors to transport aircraft components between European and U.S. facilities.

Canopée uses modern wing sails to reduce energy consumption during its voyages.

The cargo ship Canopée transports Ariane 6 launch vehicles from Europe to French Guiana.

The DLR’s Institute for Maritime Energy Systems and Propulsion studies solutions to reduce the energy needs of merchant ships and support the shipping sector’s climate goals.

DLR researcher Lars Schmitz works on wind propulsion for shipping.

The final Blue Canyon Technologies transaction will require a Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence mitigation agreement because Blue Canyon Technologies is a cleared U.S. defence contractor.

The 49North contract covers a new Coalition Shared Database for the Royal Canadian Air Force and NATO allies.

NordSpace opened Rocket Factory 1, a 60,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing campus in Markham, Ontario.

NorthStar Earth & Space signed a $40 million contract to supply the Royal Canadian Air Force with critical space surveillance data over the next 12 months.

The Ariane 6 flight set a new European record for the most cargo carried to space in a single launch.

The U.S. Space Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $514 million contract for two additional GPS IIIF satellites.

DND’s Launch the North program supports domestic startups such as NordSpace and Reaction Dynamics in targeting orbital launches by 2028.

NorthStar Earth & Space plans to deploy a 52-satellite constellation.

The GPS IIIF satellites will provide enhanced anti-jamming capabilities and highly secure signals for allied military operators globally.

The Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital secured conditional loans totaling $1.2 billion with Energy Fuels and Phoenix Tailings.