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20 March

BlackSky Gen-3 satellite image with AI-enabled analytics highlighting aircraft and vehicles over the main terminal of Wellington International Airport in New Zealand.

BlackSky Delivers First AI-Enabled Analytics From Gen-3 Satellite

BlackSky has delivered its first AI-enabled analytics from high-resolution imagery captured by the company’s Gen-3 satellite.

19 March

Giulia Bernacchi

Kongsberg Launches ARVAKER I Satellite for Maritime Surveillance

Kongsberg launched the ARVAKER I microsatellite to support maritime surveillance under a five-year contract with the Norwegian Armed Forces.

19 March

Joe Saballa

Five Chinese Satellites Engage in ‘Dogfighting’ Drills in Space: US Officials

Two US Space Force officials recently revealed that Chinese satellites were detected practicing “dogfighting” in space.

18 March

Giulia Bernacchi

General Atomics Tests Gray Eagle With PLEO Satellite Communications

General Atomics has tested the Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) drone using the Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) satellite network.

11 March

Soldier operating a command, control, and command, control, and data processing station for military satellites

Rojoef Manuel

IT Firm to Provide Satellite Software for UK Military

The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded information technology firm CGI UK a contract for software to enhance the military’s satellite operations.

Feb- 2025 -

28 February

Joe Saballa

GAO Flags Pentagon Efforts to Enable Satellite Communications Via Lasers

The Government Accountability Office has raised concerns about the Pentagon’s efforts to enable satellite communications through laser links.

27 February

Space Force Staff Sgt. David Diehl II, 436th Communications Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of wing cybersecurity, displays his new uniform Space Force tapes and service branch patch at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Feb. 12, 2021.

George Landrith

The New Space Race Is Here — And America Needs a Strategy

The US must develop a unified space strategy that blends NASA’s leadership with commercial innovation to maintain its global dominance and national security.

26 February

Joe Saballa

US Taps BlackSky for Next-Gen ISR Satellite

The US is supercharging its space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities with a new contract.

13 February

Satellites and debris surrounding the earth in space

Christine Casimiro

Indra to Provide Space Surveillance Radar for Germany

Germany has contracted Spanish defense company Indra to produce, integrate, and deliver a space surveillance radar capable of detecting objects in low space orbit.

13 February