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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

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

AINonline

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

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

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

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United revives AI flight‑attendant scheduling plan amid contract talks, contradicting prior assurances United Airlines has revived a previously shelved plan to use AI to schedule flight attendants, contradicting earlier assurances to labor representatives and doing so amid active contract negotiations — a development that could affect bargaining dynamics and the pace of automation in airline operations.

2025-12-13T02:10:15.497731-08:00

United revives AI flight‑attendant scheduling plan amid contract talks, contradicting prior assurances

FlightGlobal

Saab's Rainforest to flight‑test unmanned Ruby in 2026 with 'software‑defined' fuselage Saab's internal innovation unit The Rainforest will conduct a 2026 flight test of its unmanned Ruby vehicle, using what it describes as "the world's first software-defined aircraft fuselage." The flight will validate an airframe whose functions are controlled and updated through onboard software rather than fixed hardware.

2025-12-12T09:09:33.210408-08:00

Saab's Rainforest to flight‑test unmanned Ruby in 2026 with 'software‑defined' fuselage

SpaceWatch Global

Planet Acquires Bedrock Research to Expand its AI-Driven Solutions Planet has acquired Bedrock Research to accelerate its AI-powered global data solutions business, integrating Bedrock’s analytics capabilities to broaden Planet’s commercial AI offerings and deepen automated, data-driven intelligence. The acquisition is intended to scale Planet’s AI product set and speed delivery of advanced analytics to customers.

2025-12-12T02:22:28.129405-08:00

Planet Acquires Bedrock Research to Expand its AI-Driven Solutions

Aviation Week

Engine-makers Vie for Booming Collaborative Combat Aircraft Market Engine makers are escalating bids to supply powerplants for the emerging collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) market, as U.S. and allied programmes commit to spend several billion dollars over the next five years. The race for CCA propulsion capacity is intensifying procurement and industrial strategy decisions.

2025-12-11T15:09:50.334085-08:00

Engine-makers Vie for Booming Collaborative Combat Aircraft Market

Space.com

AI-assisted system pilots free‑fying robot around ISS in first on‑orbit autonomy demo An AI-assisted control system piloted a free‑flying robot around the International Space Station in the first on‑orbit autonomy demonstration, marking the first time AI has helped control a robot aboard the ISS. The test shows a practical step toward reducing ground-in-the-loop for station robotics operations.

2025-12-11T08:06:47.504974-08:00

AI-assisted system pilots free‑fying robot around ISS in first on‑orbit autonomy demo

SpaceNews.com

BAE's FAST Labs wins $16M DARPA Phase 2 to scale autonomous satellite tasking under Oversight DARPA has awarded BAE Systems' FAST Labs a $16 million Phase 2 contract under the Oversight program to mature autonomous tasking and surveillance algorithms for large satellite constellations. The work aims to enable persistent, on‑orbit monitoring and automated tasking of space‑based sensors to track terrestrial assets.

2025-12-11T07:33:16.300223-08:00

BAE's FAST Labs wins $16M DARPA Phase 2 to scale autonomous satellite tasking under Oversight

Wall Street Journal

Blue Origin recruiting for 'orbital data center' as Bezos joins Musk's race to host AI compute in orbit Blue Origin is recruiting engineers for an “Orbital Data Center”, job listings show, signaling Jeff Bezos’s firm is pivoting toward downstream AI cloud services and developing on‑orbit data‑centre technology. The hiring follows broader moves by Elon Musk and other operators racing to host AI compute and cloud capacity in orbit.

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

Blue Origin recruiting for 'orbital data center' as Bezos joins Musk's race to host AI compute 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

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