Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, announced a Block II configuration upgrade for its Alpha rocket with a focus on enhancing reliability, streamlining producibility, and improving launch operations to further support commercial, civil, and national security mission demand.

Airbus UpNext, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airbus, has launched a new demonstrator called Airbus UpNext SpaceRAN (Space Radio Access Network).

Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a global leader in space and defense technology solutions, today announced the sunsetting of the Edge Autonomy brand and full assumption of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) and associated defense technology offerings into Redwire branding.

Satellite communications solutions provider SES will provide secure uninterrupted satellite communications to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) for a minimum of six years thanks to a new extended agreement.

Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announces the signing of a contract to supply 179 electronic units to equip 27 Ariane 6 launchers. The contract was signed today with SABCA, the Belgian firm responsible for the launcher’s Thrust Vector Actuation Systems (TVAS), in which the units built by Thales Alenia Space in Belgium will be integrated.

The Space Data Association has appointed Eutelsat’s David Zamora as its new Chairman.

Astroscale Limited ("Astroscale UK"), a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc., the global leader in in-orbit servicing, has been awarded a EUR 399,000 (approximately £350,000) Phase A contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to lead the design of the In-Orbit Refurbishment and Upgrading Service (IRUS), a pioneering mission concept that will enable satellites to be upgraded, repaired, and extended while in orbit.

BlackCAT (the Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope) is an X-ray space telescope integrated into a 6U CubeSat bus by Kongsberg NanoAvionics, has launched aboard SpaceX’s first “Twilight” rideshare mission on 11 January 2026.

Planet Labs PBC, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced a multi-year low 9-figure agreement with the Swedish Armed Forces to rapidly deliver a suite of satellites, space-based data and awareness solutions to support the country’s peace and security operations.

Satellogic Inc. (“Satellogic”) (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in high-performance Earth Observation (“EO”) platforms that deliver unique sovereign solutions and AI-first monitoring, today announced an agreement with CEiiA, the Centre of Engineering and Product Development in Portugal, for the supply and in-orbit delivery of two NewSat Mark V 50cm-class imaging satellites.

Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded a contract by Eutelsat to build a further 340 OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites.

Kepler Communications have announced the successful launch of the first tranche of its optical relay satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

ispace, inc. (“ispace”), a global lunar exploration company with entities in Japan, Europe, and the United States, is proud to announce initiation of establishing a new ispace subsidiary in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) announced a ground breaking end-to-end live new radio non-terrestrial networks (NR-NTN) connection in band n252, as defined by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) under Release 19, achieved using Samsung Electronics' next-generation modem chipset.

Satellogic Inc. (“Satellogic”) (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in high-performance Earth Observation (“EO”) platforms that deliver unique sovereign solutions and AI-first monitoring, today announced a seven-figure agreement with a strategic customer to support continuous, high-frequency monitoring across a large portfolio of priority sites.

Terran Orbital, a Lockheed Martin Company and a leading manufacturer of satellite solutions, have announced the appointment of Michael Vishion as vice president of program management. Vishion reports to Peter Krauss, chief executive officer.