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Geopolitics and AI Reshape the Earth‑Observation Market, Driving Sovereign ISR and On‑board Analytics

Geopolitical shifts and rapid advances in AI are reshaping the Earth‑observation market, changing requirements for operators, suppliers and defence customers. Governments are prioritising sovereign ISR and on‑board analytics while data‑verification and new commercial models force changes in tasking, delivery and procurement.

2025-11-04T07:37:49.130118-08:00

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Fed rate cut fuels space investor optimism amid talk of returning SPACs

2025-10-30T14:37:40.128558-07:00

Breaking Defense

Senate confirms Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach as USAF chief of staff after Allvin's surprise retirement

2025-10-30T13:34:25.687723-07:00

Airbus

Germany signs Tranche 5 contract for 20 Eurofighter Typhoons; deliveries 2031–34

2025-10-15T07:04:57.214231-07:00

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As COVID grinds on, defense sector braces for inflation hit Defense contractors are facing a fresh wave of cost pressure as the COVID‑19 pandemic persists: rising inflation compounds earlier supply‑chain disruptions and workforce shortages caused by employee absences, squeezing margins and complicating program schedules and procurement plans across military suppliers and primes.

2025-11-05T19:07:58.609436-08:00

As COVID grinds on, defense sector braces for inflation hit

DefenseNews.com

Netherlands considers joint European production of Raytheon’s AIM-120 (AMRAAM) The Netherlands is exploring a bilateral cooperation that it says is a first step toward joint European production of Raytheon’s AIM-120 AMRAAM with a NATO partner. Dutch officials framed the move as an industrialisation effort to bolster European supply chains and local sustainment for the missile.

2025-11-04T08:58:09.148556-08:00

Netherlands considers joint European production of Raytheon’s AIM-120 (AMRAAM)

SpaceNews.com

Geopolitics and AI Reshape the Earth‑Observation Market, Driving Sovereign ISR and On‑board Analytics Geopolitical shifts and rapid advances in AI are reshaping the Earth‑observation market, changing requirements for operators, suppliers and defence customers. Governments are prioritising sovereign ISR and on‑board analytics while data‑verification and new commercial models force changes in tasking, delivery and procurement.

2025-11-04T07:37:49.130118-08:00

Geopolitics and AI Reshape the Earth‑Observation Market, Driving Sovereign ISR and On‑board Analytics

SpaceWatch Global

SpaceWatch: Europe elevates 'strategic autonomy' as core of its bid to be a space power At the SpaceWatch conference, European policymakers and industry leaders set an urgent, ambitious tone under the theme "Europe as a Space Power: Directionality & Priorities of Strategic Autonomy." They pressed for sovereign capabilities, defence‑aligned programmes and accelerated procurement to cut reliance on non‑European providers.

2025-11-03T00:48:59.657173-08:00

SpaceWatch: Europe elevates 'strategic autonomy' as core of its bid to be a space power

AeroTime

Pentagon DOGE unit proposes acquisition of 30,000 small, low‑cost drones to enable mass unmanned operations The Pentagon’s DOGE unit is leading a proposal to buy 30,000 small, low‑cost drones to enable rapid, large‑scale unmanned operations across the U.S. military. The plan underscores a strategic shift toward massed UAS deployments prioritizing volume and affordability over single‑platform capability.

2025-10-30T19:10:05.976714-07:00

Pentagon DOGE unit proposes acquisition of 30,000 small, low‑cost drones to enable mass unmanned operations

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Fed rate cut fuels space investor optimism amid talk of returning SPACs The Fed’s Oct. 29 quarter-point rate cut — the second this year — lowered borrowing costs for capital‑intensive space companies, bolstering investor appetite already strengthened by rising defense spending. The move has revived talk of SPACs returning, adding momentum to spacetech financing options.

2025-10-30T14:37:40.128558-07:00

Fed rate cut fuels space investor optimism amid talk of returning SPACs

SpaceNews.com

Industry Frustration Grows as Pentagon Delays Guidance on 'Golden Dome' Program Hype around the Pentagon's Golden Dome missile-defense concept is colliding with an information vacuum as the department delays program guidance, leaving contractors and suppliers without clarified requirements, timelines or acquisition rules while companies ready demonstrations and tests.

2025-10-30T13:54:09.922401-07:00

Industry Frustration Grows as Pentagon Delays Guidance on 'Golden Dome' Program

Breaking Defense

Senate confirms Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach as USAF chief of staff after Allvin's surprise retirement The Senate confirmed Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, the former head of Air Combat Command, as the next chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force following the surprise retirement of Gen. David Allvin, completing an immediate leadership transition at the service’s top uniformed post.

2025-10-30T13:34:25.687723-07:00

Senate confirms Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach as USAF chief of staff after Allvin's surprise retirement

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