Northwood Space was founded in 2024.

Northwood’s Portal systems are phased array ground systems.

Northwood’s Series B funding comes less than a year after the company completed a $30 million Series A.

The Satellite Control Network helps track satellites including those maneuvering to their final destination after launch and those that are tumbling or lost after deployment.

Northwood Space will use the Series B capital to scale production of its ground systems, strengthen its supply chain, and purchase new sites to host infrastructure.

Northwood Space has closed a $100 million Series B funding round.

Northwood Space is now able to build eight Portal phased array ground systems per month.

The Space Force’s Space Systems Command approached Northwood after the October 2024 demo with Planet Labs to seek increased Satellite Control Network reactivity as low Earth orbit satellite numbers grow.

Calian will mobilize an initial $100 million through Calian VENTURES to accelerate Canada’s C5ISRT defence capabilities.

Calian VENTURES was launched last fall to help Canada’s small to medium-sized enterprises sell products and services to the Canadian Armed Forces.

Calian VENTURES has three business streams: command and control decision support systems, autonomous systems, and space resource orchestration.

Patrick Houston is Chief Executive Officer of Calian and supports sustained investment, trusted partners, and long-term commitment to address Canada’s changed security environment.

Calian published a white paper on C5ISRT addressing the current geopolitical reality and emphasizing the challenges Canada must meet to protect itself.

Funding for the initiative will come from multiple sources including capital investment from VENTURES, co-development of intellectual property from Calian with multiple Canadian SMEs, contributions from regional investment agencies, and federal programs.

Calian launched a strategic initiative to develop and deploy sovereign C5ISRT (Command, Control, Computing, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting) capabilities.

Long-range weapons, cyber operations, space-based sensing, and information warfare compress distance and time.

The Arctic is now a contested operational environment central to North American defence, alliance deterrence, and Canadian sovereignty.

Calian did not specify a timeline or detailed funding breakdown for the C5ISRT initiative.

The first program from Calian’s initiative will establish a national, sea-to-sea-to-sea network of regional development labs to accelerate testing, validation, and scaling of defence technologies developed through VENTURES.

Canada is no longer insulated by geography nor protected by unquestioned alliances.

Italian rocket builder Avio signed a launch services agreement in September 2025 with US-based launch aggregator SpaceLaunch to carry an Earth observation satellite for an extra-European institutional customer.

Avio is transitioning away from Arianespace and is seeking to expand its presence in the global launch market.

SpaceLaunch concluded that Vega C offers the performance and reliability required for the Amazonia-1B mission.

A third satellite, Amazonia-2, is expected to join the Amazonia constellation after the launch of Amazonia-1B in 2027.

The Amazonia constellation will be tasked with monitoring deforestation in the Amazon region and supporting agricultural monitoring across Brazil.

Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation listed the Total Approved Purchase Value for the SpaceLaunch contract at R$ 188,200,504.56 in a public release on 21 January 2026.

R$ 188,200,504.56 is approximately €30 million when reported by Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.

The first Amazônia satellite was launched aboard an Indian PSLV rocket in February 2021.

Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) awarded a contract to SpaceLaunch for the launch of the Amazonia-1B Earth observation satellite aboard a Vega C rocket in 2027.

Avio views the Amazonia-1B mission as a demonstration that Vega C is a competitive product globally.

INPE received four proposals for the Amazonia-1B launch procurement and evaluated those proposals based on technical criteria and value.

INPE is satisfied with the selection of Vega C for the launch of Amazonia-1B and with the additional support provided by SpaceLaunch.

INPE published a press release on 27 January 2026 confirming that it was the extra-European institutional customer for the Avio–SpaceLaunch launch services agreement.

C-COM has sold more than 11,000 antenna systems in over 100 countries.

Dr. Leslie Klein is President and CEO of C-COM Satellite Systems Inc.

Dr. Leslie Klein will present at the Small Cap Growth Virtual Investor Conference on February 5, 2026.

C-COM has a global footprint in vertical markets including disaster management, oil and gas, and cellular backhaul.

Investors can access the live webcast of Dr. Klein’s presentation via the Virtual Investor Conferences portal and an archived on-demand version will be available after the event.

The presentation will focus on C-COM’s strategic expansion into defense and government sectors and will highlight the rapid deployment capabilities of its iNetVu® mobile auto-deploying antenna systems.

Dr. Leslie Klein’s presentation at the Small Cap Growth Virtual Investor Conference is scheduled for Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM ET.

C-COM provides vendor-neutral secure and reliable connectivity and positions its iNetVu® brand as a link in modern mobile SATCOM architectures.

The archived webcast will provide further insights into C-COM’s 2026 roadmap for modular, conformal flat-panel technologies.

C-COM’s proprietary auto-acquisition controller technology enables satellite pointing in less than one minute with a single button press.

C-COM’s recent focus on the Proliferated Warfighter trend aligns with increasing U.S. Department of Defense demand for commercial-off-the-shelf solutions that can integrate with LEO, MEO, and GEO constellations.

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. is based in Ottawa and trades on TSXV under the ticker CMI and on OTCQB under the ticker CYSNF.

Giulio Ranzo is the CEO of Avio.

The 19 December Avio press release described one customer payload as an Earth observation satellite with a payload mass of 1,000 kilograms, a planned 2028 launch, and placement into an approximately 500-kilometre sun-synchronous orbit.

Airbus awarded the Avio launch contract on 27 January.

Airbus awarded Avio a contract to launch the first Pléiades Neo Next Earth observation satellite aboard a Vega C rocket from the Guiana Space Centre.

Vega C returned to flight in October 2023 following a December 2022 failure that resulted in the loss of two Airbus Pléiades Neo satellites.