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SpaceX eyes 10-Gigawatt solar manufacturing facility near Austin to fuel space-based AI power plans

SpaceX is planning a massive 10-gigawatt solar manufacturing site near Austin, aimed at supplying power for Elon Musk’s ambition to power AI data-center operations in space. The move ties industrial-scale solar production to next-step orbital compute infrastructure concepts already being discussed across the sector.

2026-05-21T12:39:56.382064-07:00

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SpaceX markets an AI-driven satellite business as it files for a mega-IPO—valued at ~$1.75T, with ~$26.5T AI market TAM claims

2026-05-21T07:31:02.113895-07:00

DefenseNews.com

US Air Force touts MQ-9 Reaper’s “MVP” role in Epic Fury as lawmakers push toward manned-unmanned future; GA/partners advance au

2026-05-21T11:10:25.711914-07:00

SpaceWatch Global

Lithuanian swarm-software firm targets Series A amid NATO-focused investor push and 10x backlog growth

2026-05-21T02:05:47.884802-07:00

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SpaceX eyes 10-Gigawatt solar manufacturing facility near Austin to fuel space-based AI power plans SpaceX is planning a massive 10-gigawatt solar manufacturing site near Austin, aimed at supplying power for Elon Musk’s ambition to power AI data-center operations in space. The move ties industrial-scale solar production to next-step orbital compute infrastructure concepts already being discussed across the sector.

2026-05-21T12:39:56.382064-07:00

SpaceX eyes 10-Gigawatt solar manufacturing facility near Austin to fuel space-based AI power plans

DefenseNews.com

US Air Force touts MQ-9 Reaper’s “MVP” role in Epic Fury as lawmakers push toward manned-unmanned future; GA/partners advance au US Air Force leaders told Congress on May 20 that the remotely piloted MQ-9 Reaper was a “workhorse” in the Iran campaign, even as the fiscal 2027 budget request prioritizes crewed fighters. In parallel, GE Aerospace and Kratos won a May 19 contract to design the GE426 expendable drone engine for autonomous aircraft.

2026-05-21T11:10:25.711914-07:00

US Air Force touts MQ-9 Reaper’s “MVP” role in Epic Fury as lawmakers push toward manned-unmanned future; GA/partners advance au

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SpaceX markets an AI-driven satellite business as it files for a mega-IPO—valued at ~$1.75T, with ~$26.5T AI market TAM claims SpaceX’s IPO filing frames the company as three businesses—Connectivity, Space and AI—with only one profitable today, while pitching an AI-focused opportunity of $26.5 trillion. The paperwork implies an ~$1.75 trillion valuation and outlines an $80 billion capital figure ahead of an expected June pricing date.

2026-05-21T07:31:02.113895-07:00

SpaceX markets an AI-driven satellite business as it files for a mega-IPO—valued at ~$1.75T, with ~$26.5T AI market TAM claims

SpaceWatch Global

Lithuanian swarm-software firm targets Series A amid NATO-focused investor push and 10x backlog growth Lithuania’s unmanned defense systems specialist, led by CEO Vytenis Buzas, is pursuing a Series A as its backlog reaches “10 times” growth. The company says it aims for a fifteenfold revenue jump this year and is limiting investor outreach to NATO and European capitals.

2026-05-21T02:05:47.884802-07:00

Lithuanian swarm-software firm targets Series A amid NATO-focused investor push and 10x backlog growth

Bloomberg

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Anthropic signs near-$45B compute deal with SpaceX to power Claude, with monthly payments and first-quarter profitability push Anthropic has agreed to pay Elon Musk’s SpaceX nearly $45 billion over three years for computing resources to support the operation of its Claude AI model, amid surging demand and capacity constraints. Separate reporting ties the arrangement to SpaceX revenue growth and Anthropic’s path toward its first quarterly operating profit.

2026-05-20T15:09:34.985126-07:00

Anthropic signs near-$45B compute deal with SpaceX to power Claude, with monthly payments and first-quarter profitability push

FlightGlobal

Shield AI selected Hivemind to pilot LUCAS one-way attack drones with collaborative swarm autonomy Shield AI says the Defense Department selected its Hivemind agentic AI software to serve as the autonomy “pilot” for LUCAS Kamikaze one-way drones. The test demonstration later this year targets swarming 10 or more munitions operating collaboratively under the LUCAS program.

2026-05-20T08:54:31.817627-07:00

Shield AI selected Hivemind to pilot LUCAS one-way attack drones with collaborative swarm autonomy

SpaceNews.com

The “cardinality wall” highlights the data bottleneck as LEO constellations scale to thousands of satellites As low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations move into an era of concurrency—potentially thousands of spacecraft operating at once—industry is running into a “cardinality wall”: a hidden data management bottleneck tied to tracking and handling the sheer number of objects and connections in near-real time.

2026-05-20T06:10:24.394943-07:00

The “cardinality wall” highlights the data bottleneck as LEO constellations scale to thousands of satellites

Aviation Week

Jet Aviation adds automated drone + AI exterior aircraft inspections for U.S. customers, extending a 2023 Basel deployment Jet Aviation has launched a service in the U.S. that uses automated drones and artificial intelligence to inspect aircraft exteriors for customers, building on a technology partnership started in 2023. The capability first rolled out from its Basel, Switzerland headquarters in 2023 and is now being extended across its global footprint.

2026-05-20T04:40:56.464475-07:00

Jet Aviation adds automated drone + AI exterior aircraft inspections for U.S. customers, extending a 2023 Basel deployment

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SpaceX eyes 10-Gigawatt solar manufacturing facility near Austin to fuel space-based AI power plans

SpaceX markets an AI-driven satellite business as it files for a mega-IPO—valued at ~$1.75T, with ~$26.5T AI market TAM claims

US Air Force touts MQ-9 Reaper’s “MVP” role in Epic Fury as lawmakers push toward manned-unmanned future; GA/partners advance au

Lithuanian swarm-software firm targets Series A amid NATO-focused investor push and 10x backlog growth

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