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Sep- 2025 -

23 September

Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellite technology.

Spanish Startup Wins $9M to Develop Very Low Earth Orbit Satellite Tech

Kreios Space secured $9.3 million from the NATO Innovation Fund and JOIN Capital to advance its Very Low Earth Orbit satellite technology.

19 September

Americas

U.S. Space Force 1st Lt. Tia Scoggan, weapons and tactics section chief for the 18th Space Defense Squadron Det. 1, looks at a computer screen at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Oct. 5, 2022. 18 SDS Det. 1 provides timely and actionable Space Domain Awareness (SDA) for emergent and existing threats that are identified by the Joint Task Force-Space Defense’s National Space Defense Center as on-orbit threats. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tiana Williams)

Rojoef Manuel

Viasat to Develop Anti-Hacking Encryption System for US Space Force Satellites

Viasat has secured a multi-year contract from the US Space Force’s Space Systems Command to build an encryption system that protects satellites from cyberattacks.

4 September

Americas

Concept of the Orpheus satellites. Photo: UK Ministry of Defence

Ronald Watkins

Pentagon Invests $5 Million in Startup Developing Space-Based LiDAR

The Pentagon is putting $5 million into a Florida startup developing space-based LiDAR for three-dimensional mapping of Earth from orbit.

Aug- 2025 -

27 August

Americas

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

New CapLink Array Targets Radar, Space Comms, and Missile Defense in One System

Florida-based Assured Space Access Technologies is rolling out the CapLink Array, a next-generation phased array antenna built to do more than one job at once.

15 August

Americas

An artistic rendering depicts the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Navigation Technology Satellite-3, or NTS-3, in simulated geosynchronous orbit. NTS-3, an experimental platform designed to demonstrate technologies to increase resiliency, robustness and reprogrammability of Position, Navigation, and Timing functionality in space, will be on display at AFRL’s “Engine to Accelerate” booths at the 2024 Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference Sept. 16-18, 2024, in National Harbor, Maryland. AFRL is accelerating innovation by transforming the satellite navigation architecture to be reprogrammable both on-orbit and in the field, which enables new capabilities to support the warfighter faster through software updates. Like downloading a new app on your smartphone, this means that new satellites will not need to be launched to upgrade the signals, and that warfighters will not need to purchase and deploy new hardware to take advantage of upgraded signals. NTS-3 will mature technologies like the advanced timekeeping system that can detect and mitigate atomic clock faults without direct operator intervention. NTS-3's software-defined receiver, known as Global Navigation Satellite System Test Architecture, can receive and process new navigation signals that improve performance for U.S. forces in the presence of GPS interference or spoofing (a process by which users are sent inaccurate signals telling them that they are in the incorrect time and place). NTS-3 is anticipated to launch in late 2024. (Courtesy photo illustration)

Rojoef Manuel

AFRL Launches Experimental Satellite Into Orbit to Secure Navigational Edge

The US Air Force Research Laboratory has taken a major step toward securing the nation’s navigation advantage with the launch of the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket in Florida.

7 August

Americas

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Lockheed’s Next-Gen Missile Warning Satellite Survives Stress Test, Nears Liftoff

Lockheed Martin has wrapped up key environmental testing on the first of its next-gen missile warning satellites, keeping the program on track for launch.

Jul- 2025 -

24 July

Americas

Giulia Bernacchi

BlackSky Wins Latin American Contract for On-Demand Satellite Monitoring

BlackSky secured a contract to deliver on-demand monitoring services using its satellite systems for defense and intelligence agencies in Latin America.

18 July

Americas

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Modernized GPS Control System Finally Lands in US Space Force Hands

After years of delays, the US Space Force has finally received a “next-generation” upgrade to the control segment of its Global Positioning System.

10 July

Europe

Christine Casimiro

Spanish Firm Taps Airbus for High-Res PAZ-2 Satellites to Boost Defense

Spanish satellite operator Hisdesat has contracted Airbus to design, assemble, and test two PAZ-2 radar satellites for the Spanish Ministry of Defence.

3 July

Technology