Iceye is expanding its international partnerships through a deal with IHI Corporation that would lead to synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite production in Japan.
The European Investment Fund is putting $45 million into a fund run by Keen Venture Partners as part of Europe’s efforts to foster defense and space startups.
After Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, nations realized that they needed access to commercial space-based data and imagery.
A top U.S. military official confirmed that satellites are demonstrating aircraft tracking as the E-7A program faces a cancellation threat from the Pentagon.
ESA and the European Commission want to come to an agreement around what a future Earth-observation system should look like in advance of funding decisions.
South Korean launch newcomer Innospace has signed an MOU with Saturn Satellite Networks that could lead to a joint venture to pursue the U.S. launch market.
Poland is expanding plans for satellite-based Earth observation, signing an agreement with synthetic aperture radar spacecraft maker-Iceye for three systems.
Sierra Space, competing for the Space Force’s first batch of R-GPS satellites, has demonstrated integration of an early iteration of the hardware and software.
