low-Earth orbit – The Defense Post

Nov- 2025 -

28 November

No Signal Lost: Hydra MAX Confirms Multi-Orbit Reliability in Harsh Test

Hydra MAX is a terminal that reached TRL 6 after demonstrating uninterrupted, multi-orbit connectivity, using digital beamforming for enhanced resilience, and 4x faster responsiveness.

Apr- 2025 -

8 April

Americas

Rojoef Manuel

Firefly to Deploy Elytra Dawn Spacecraft for Pentagon’s Orbital Missions

The US Department of Defense has awarded Firefly Aerospace a contract to facilitate orbital missions using its Elytra Dawn space vehicle.

Feb- 2025 -

11 February

Americas

The new NOM4D space manufacturing program plans to develop new designs and materials for building large structures on orbit and on the moon. NOM4D will explore using advanced materials ferried from Earth and in-situ resources from the lunar surface.

Rojoef Manuel

California Firm to Support In-Space Structure Assembly Demo for DARPA

Space services company Momentus has received a contract to aid the demonstration of a large-scale structure assembly in Earth’s orbit for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Nov- 2024 -

27 November

Air

Inder Singh Bisht

Dark to Provide Simulated Space Missile Interception for French Study

The French Defense Innovation Agency has selected space defense startup Dark for a concept study on hostile space object interception in low-Earth orbit.