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Ars Technica • Eric Berger

After years of resisting, SpaceX plans to go public to amass assets for the AI race

SpaceX has abandoned its long-standing reluctance to list publicly, preparing an IPO to amass and deploy large-scale assets needed for competition in the AI era. The pivot signals a strategic shift to secure capital for expanded networks, launch capacity and on‑orbit capabilities.

2025-12-10T16:12:24.847074-08:00

CNBC

Starcloud trains Google's Gemma LLM on‑orbit aboard Starcloud‑1 — first LLM trained in space

2025-12-10T06:15:35.577065-08:00

The War Zone

Australia commits $1.4bn to MQ-28 Ghost Bat after Dec. 8 AIM-120 live-fire kill

2025-12-09T09:11:29.894413-08:00

boomsupersonic.com

Boom pivots to 42 MW 'Superpower' turbines for AI data centres; $1.25B Crusoe order and $300M raise to fund Overture

2025-12-09T04:08:49.636747-08:00

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Wall Street Journal

Bezos and Musk race to put AI data centres in orbit Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and Elon Musk's SpaceX are racing to place AI-capable data centres in orbit. Blue Origin has spent more than a year developing orbital AI technology, while SpaceX is pitching AI-ready Starlink satellites as part of a planned share sale to tap a potential trillion‑dollar cloud market.

2025-12-11T01:03:44.306722-08:00

Bezos and Musk race to put AI data centres in orbit

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After years of resisting, SpaceX plans to go public to amass assets for the AI race SpaceX has abandoned its long-standing reluctance to list publicly, preparing an IPO to amass and deploy large-scale assets needed for competition in the AI era. The pivot signals a strategic shift to secure capital for expanded networks, launch capacity and on‑orbit capabilities.

2025-12-10T16:12:24.847074-08:00

After years of resisting, SpaceX plans to go public to amass assets for the AI race

SpaceNews.com

Voyager wins $21M AFRL award to develop AI‑powered airborne signals processing The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Voyager Technologies a $21 million R&D contract to develop AI‑enabled airborne signals processing and next‑generation ISR mission capabilities. Work will focus on automating signal detection, classification and sensor fusion for aerial platforms and operational ISR tasks.

2025-12-10T13:10:59.333238-08:00

Voyager wins $21M AFRL award to develop AI‑powered airborne signals processing

Skift

Google tests shortcut into AI Mode on mobile, a fresh threat to travel search referrals Google is testing a mobile shortcut that lets U.S. users jump from AI Overviews directly into its conversational AI Mode. The test could keep travel shoppers inside Google's interface and further reduce referral traffic to airlines, OTAs and metasearch partners.

2025-12-10T11:15:16.463156-08:00

Google tests shortcut into AI Mode on mobile, a fresh threat to travel search referrals

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NASA awards Reliable Robotics contract to flight‑test autonomous Cessna 208B Caravan near U.S. airports NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate has awarded Reliable Robotics a contract to flight‑test its autonomous Cessna 208B Caravan in and around U.S. airports. Data from the trials will feed national performance standards and support integration of uncrewed aircraft systems near commercial airfields.

2025-12-10T06:38:19.316874-08:00

NASA awards Reliable Robotics contract to flight‑test autonomous Cessna 208B Caravan near U.S. airports

CNBC

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Starcloud trains Google's Gemma LLM on‑orbit aboard Starcloud‑1 — first LLM trained in space Starcloud has trained Google's open Gemma large language model aboard its Starcloud‑1 satellite, marking the first time an LLM has been trained in outer space. The Nvidia‑backed experiment validates on‑orbit model training and sharpens competition to build orbital AI data centres and edge compute for satellites.

2025-12-10T06:15:35.577065-08:00

Starcloud trains Google's Gemma LLM on‑orbit aboard Starcloud‑1 — first LLM trained in space

SpaceNews.com

Multi‑Agent AI for Space Missions: Enhancing Autonomy and Resilience Against the Unknown Multi‑agent AI distributes decision‑making across cooperating software agents to boost spacecraft autonomy and resilience to unforeseen events, enabling faster anomaly detection and mitigation, degraded‑mode operations and reduced ground intervention. The approach aims to harden science, commercial and operational missions against uncertainty in on‑orbit and deep‑space environments.

2025-12-10T06:09:20.592438-08:00

Multi‑Agent AI for Space Missions: Enhancing Autonomy and Resilience Against the Unknown

Reuters

Airbus Defence and Space wins up to €50m DGA framework to deploy AI across French armed forces Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded a framework contract by France’s Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) worth up to €50 million to integrate and deploy artificial intelligence across multiple French armed forces systems. The scope includes coastal surveillance (SPATIONAV) and AI integration into sensors and C2/platform software.

2025-12-10T02:31:49.424459-08:00

Airbus Defence and Space wins up to €50m DGA framework to deploy AI across French armed forces

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