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SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

York Space Systems defends growth as SDA restructuring reshapes Pentagon demand

York Space Systems is confronting a core business-model test as its Pentagon program underpinning earlier growth is reorganized. The company is defending its strategy amid changes to Space Development Agency (SDA) programming, which alters how and where spacecraft and related capabilities will be procured.

2026-05-16T15:08:52.224700-07:00
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SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

Space Force awards Northrop Grumman $398 million satellite contract

By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $398 million contract to build a prototype communications satellite intended to demonstrate anti-jamming technologies for military operations in contested environments, the Space Systems Command said May 15.

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2026-05-16T07:53:09.719393-07:00
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AeroTime • Clement Charpentreau

ICEYE hands over POLSARIS SAR satellite constellation to Poland in under a year

By AeroTime: Finland's ICEYE has delivered POLSARIS, a four-satellite SAR reconnaissance constellation, to Poland's armed forces less than a year after contract signature.

2026-05-15T07:52:37.895683-07:00
Satellite   Commercial Space  
Space Intel Report • Peter B. de Selding

Spire Global, debt-free, forecasts positive EBITDA by early 2027 and positive operating cash flow later in the year

By Space Intel Report: AMSTERDAM — Multi-payload satellite constellation operator Spire Global forecasts reaching adjusted EBITDA break-even by Q1 2027 and to report positive operating cash flow in 2027, starting with a 13% increase in Q1 revenue and a forecasted 50% increase in revenue this year.

2026-05-15T12:45:22.489364-07:00
Satellite   ATC   M&A   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management  
Unmanned Airspace • Philip Butterworth-Hayes

Iridium to acquire Aireon, fusing space-based ADS-B with satnav and satcom

By Unmanned Airspace: Philip Butterworth-Hayes UAS traffic management news .entry-header Iridium Communications, a provider of global voice, data, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) satellite services, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aireon LLC, operator of the world’s only space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) air traffic surveillance system.

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2026-05-14T05:23:44.186869-07:00