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Dawn Aerospace expands into Germany as €35 billion space-defense investment drives propulsion demand

Dawn Aerospace is expanding into Germany, citing the country’s €35 billion investment in space defense and rising demand for propulsion systems. The move positions the company to support a growing national space effort, though the announcement provides no details on the expansion’s scale, timing or specific contracts.

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US and European space strategies put sovereignty, commercial activity and orbital sustainability at the center of space governan

A new U.S. National Space Transportation Policy calls for infrastructure development and commercial activity in space manufacturing, research and launches to reinforce U.S. leadership. European debate links space capabilities to security and independent decision-making, while proposals on orbital sustainability press for governance that goes beyond debris mitigation.

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#SpaceWatchGL Opinion - Europe's Space Shield Has Lost Its Name. It Must Not Lose Its Purpose.

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Space Force tests HawkEye 360 satellites for detecting and identifying signals from spacecraft

HawkEye 360 says it demonstrated that its commercial radio-frequency monitoring satellites can be retasked to detect and identify transmissions from other spacecraft. The experiment could give the U.S. Space Force another means of assessing satellite activity in orbit, extending the use of commercial sensing systems to space-domain awareness.

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Colorado Springs and Huntsville seek partnership on military space and missile defense

After years of competing over U.S. Space Command’s headquarters, business and civic leaders from Colorado Springs and Huntsville are working to build a joint agenda around military space and missile defense. About 90 Colorado Springs representatives are in Huntsville to advance defense and aerospace missions as the headquarters move to Alabama proceeds.

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U.S. awards Boeing $14.7B Patriot seeker contract as DoD funds Kymeta terminal upgrades and Rheinmetall-Iceye starts German SAR

Boeing’s contract supports plans to triple production of PAC-3 MSE seekers for Patriot interceptors, while the Pentagon is funding Kymeta to add edge computing, software-defined radio and RF sensing to its Osprey u8 terminal. Separately, Rheinmetall-Iceye has begun production of military SAR satellites under a 40-satellite German order.

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SDA backs commercial efforts to rendezvous with and remove defunct military satellites

The Space Development Agency is funding companies developing spacecraft that can approach, capture and move satellites out of orbit. The effort will test whether commercial providers can deliver an on-orbit servicing capability that the Pentagon may need routinely, while helping establish whether satellite removal can support a sustainable business.

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Kratos wins more than $100 million in space intelligence and cyber contracts

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has secured multiple contracts worth more than $100 million combined to provide space intelligence data and cyber capabilities. The work will use its KnownSpace Network, an infrastructure of radio-frequency collection assets.