COLORADO SPRINGS – Commercial satellite operator PlanetiQ will develop and launch spacecraft equipped with next-generation instruments to gather terrestrial and space weather data with a $15 million U.S. Air Force Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract announced April 16. The STRATFI agreement is “a big indication from the U.S. government that our technology matters and they […] The post PlanetiQ secures $15 million Air Force STRATFI contract appeared first on SpaceNews.
16/04/2026 12:00Officials say the Space Development Agency’s ‘go fast’ model will live on under new portfolio-based organization The post Space Force reorg signals end of SDA as standalone agency appeared first on SpaceNews.
16/04/2026 04:57Early-stage space investor Seraphim Space has formed a global advisory council of industry, policy and investment leaders to inform its long-term strategy as geopolitical and technology advances rapidly reshape the sector. The post Seraphim forms space advisory council appeared first on SpaceNews.
16/04/2026 01:01Service leaders warn workforce gaps and acquisition bottlenecks could slow delivery of new tech The post Meink: Space Force must ‘execute’ as budget set to surge appeared first on SpaceNews.
15/04/2026 23:50The President, the Secretary of War, and the Chief of Space Operations are all saying it: We no longer have the luxury of time. This isn’t rhetoric. It is a direct response to a fundamental change in our strategic and geopolitical environment. The Department is on a wartime footing. For those in the business of […] The post Defining acquisition on a wartime footing appeared first on SpaceNews.
15/04/2026 22:45NASA plans to seek proposals for commercial communications services that can be backward compatible with the agency’s aging fleet of relay satellites. NASA issued April 10 a draft solicitation for Project NEXUS, a part of the broader Commercial Services Project. That is an effort by the agency to move from traditional government owned and operated […] The post NASA seeks proposals for commercial TDRSS replacement appeared first on SpaceNews.
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