Optera, a neuromorphic sensing company delivering next-generation space domain awareness (SDA), has raised £3m to establish and scale its UK headquarters and engineering team.

Liberty and ICEYE, the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space, today announced the launch of a pioneering building-level parametric wildfire insurance solution.

TTP plc, the leading independent technology and product development services company, is developing a novel and highly flexible 5G NTN (non-terrestrial networks) modem module.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) (“Comtech” or the “Company”), a global communications technology leader, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement (the “Transaction”) to sell most of its Satellite and Space Communications (“S&S”) segment to Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (“Gilat”) (NASDAQ: GILT, TASE: GILT), and become a focused public safety technology company.

BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) was awarded a contract modification to its existing National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) contract to accelerate the development of the company’s AROS broad area collection satellites as a critical commercial alternative to current suppliers for foundation imagery.

Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, announced its role as a founding participant in the Atmospheric Impact of Reentered Spacecraft (AIRS) initiative.

Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global leader in satellite communications, today announced it was awarded a prime contract by the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) to build, launch and deliver the first of a proliferated fleet of small, maneuverable geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) satellites under the Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global (PTS-G) program.

Avanti Communications (“Avanti”) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (“SKY Perfect JSAT”) have entered into a satellite purchase agreement for the Ka-band communications satellite “HYLAS 3”, which is currently owned and operated by Avanti in geostationary orbit.

Airbus has signed a landmark €345 million contract with industrial prime contractor Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture of Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA).

Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture of Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announces the signing of a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development of the two Sentinel-1 Next Generation satellites.

The Video Services Forum (VSF) has further enhanced the Reliable Internet Streaming Transport (RIST) protocol by incorporating a new feature, RIST Satellite-Hybrid: Out-of-Band Method.

Cardiff-based Space Forge, leaders of in-space manufacturing with a focus on producing semiconductors - the materials that power many modern electronic devices - in microgravity, where the environment enables the creation of materials with properties that cannot be achieved on Earth.

The UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S), managed by Future Planet Capital, has received a combined additional £33.25m across three of its six thesis areas, taking the fund's total capacity to £150m.

AAC Clyde Space has signed a EUR 10.9 million (approx. SEK 119 M) contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to advance the development and demonstration of a VDES satellite constellation and future maritime services within the INFLECION programme. The contract follows the previously completed definition phase (phase 1).

Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), and its partners have been chosen by the European Commission to lead the EROSS SC project dedicated to on-orbit servicing activities.

Airbus Defence and Space has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Rohde & Schwarz, constellr, Orbint and High Performance Space Structure Systems (HPS) to collaborate on a satellite-based Earth observation and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) solution.