Technology
How Space Tech, AI, And Data Sovereignty Are Rewriting Global Trade
Some revolutions arrive with noise. Others beam down quietly from space.
Far above us, satellites are capturing a live feed of our planet. This isn’t just imagery, it’s intelligence.
What was once the domain of national space agencies and scientific research, satellite data, orbital imagery, and Earth intelligence is now becoming foundational to enterprise IT strategy.
With real-time visibility into rainfall, crop stress, shipping congestion, and deforestation, these constellations are quietly reshaping how global businesses move goods, predict risks, and make decisions.
Blue Origin wins $78.2 million contract to expand satellite processing infrastructure at Cape Canaveral
The contract is a public-private partnership agreement awarded by the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command
New Satellite Will Train Cyber Defenders to Stop Hackers in Orbit
U.S. researchers and military contractors are working on new tools to protect space operations from cyber attackers, and one company has launched a satellite to serve as an on-orbit cyber range to test out defenses, speakers said at the AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber conference last week.
Policy
Duffy on NASA’s Long-term Lunar Future and Budget Cuts
Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy wants to make Artemis a household name.
Europe
Britain’s space security needs more than government funding
London is the beating heart of global finance. Its banks, insurers and investors command influence far beyond our shores; its centers of research generate ideas of world-class quality. Yet when it comes to national security, which to a great extent depends on space, the city has largely remained on the sidelines. Its reservoirs of capital are deep, but its attitude towards defense is hesitant. This has to change.
Innovation
Novaspace Predicts 43,000+ New Sats to Launch by 2034
If you think space is crowded now, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
A new report by Novaspace, the French space consultancy, predicted that 43,000+ new satellites will launch in the coming decade, creating $655B in market value through manufacturing and launch services.
How Space Force Has a Head Start on Defense Acquisition Reform
The Space Force has a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to change the way it develops and delivers space capabilities, said Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman at AFA’s Air, Space, and Cyber Conference, and Congress is poised to help make that possible.