SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
The U.S. Space Force has completed the largest acquisition-organization overhaul since the service’s creation, replacing its prior structure with nine mission-focused Portfolio Acquisition Executives. The executives will oversee buying, integration, and modernization of military space capabilities.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Canadian company MDA Space is buying a French Earth data analytics company in its second big acquisition in recent weeks, part of a space M&A wave.
Breaking Defense
• Theresa Hitchens
By Breaking Defense: "Space Operational Energy is a growing focus for us. We hope to host industry days and create avenues for collaboration with industry partners in the near future," an Air Force spokesperson told Breaking Defense.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — Pulse Space, a startup developing laser technology designed to transmit power and data between spacecraft, said it has won a $40 million contract from the U.S.
Space.com
• Brett Tingley
By Space.com: "It's the administration's job to protect our public waters, not turn them into playgrounds for pipe dreams and profit.".
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Blue Origin is planning to raise $10 billion in the company’s first outside investment to support ambitions in launch services and satellite constellations.
Space.com
• Andrew Jones
By Space.com: The country's plans include spacecraft designed to detect asteroids coming from the direction of the sun, which has long been a space-rock blind spot.
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
By Payload: Auxilium Biotechnologies has created multiple types of organ tissues aboard the ISS, marking a milestone when it comes to the scalability and future use cases for bioprinting in orbit.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
