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Month: September 2025

Space Industry Cheat Sheet: Dream Chaser Pivots to Defense as China Flexes Orbital Muscles

Posted on September 29, 2025September 30, 2025 by Austin

Team, here with your week­ly space indus­try roundup. This past week brought about sig­nif­i­cant shifts in the com­mer­cial space land­scape, from Sier­ra Space’s sur­pris­ing piv­ot away from ISS mis­sions to Chi­na’s increas­ing­ly bold demon­stra­tions of space sur­veil­lance capa­bil­i­ties. Let’s dive into what’s been hap­pen­ing above our heads. Dream Chas­er Changes Course In what I’d call the…

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Space Industry Weekly Wrap: Golden Dome’s Trillion-Dollar Reality Check, Space Force Modernization, and Commercial Momentum

Posted on September 23, 2025 by Austin

Hey every­one, Austin here with your week­ly space indus­try roundup. This week brought some sober­ing cost pro­jec­tions for the Gold­en Dome mis­sile defense sys­tem, sig­nif­i­cant progress in Space Force mod­ern­iza­tion efforts, and con­tin­ued momen­tum in the com­mer­cial space sec­tor. Let’s dive into what caught my atten­tion. Gold­en Dome: From Bil­lions to Tril­lions The biggest story…

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Space Industry Weekly: Congressional Pushback, MDA’s $151B SHIELD Contract, and Launch Milestones

Posted on September 15, 2025September 23, 2025 by Austin

The space indus­try wit­nessed sig­nif­i­cant devel­op­ments this week, from Capi­tol Hill bat­tles over NASA’s flag­ship rock­et to the Mis­sile Defense Agen­cy’s mas­sive new con­tract­ing vehi­cle and esca­lat­ing geopo­lit­i­cal ten­sions affect­ing space oper­a­tions. Here’s what busi­ness lead­ers need to know about the week’s most impact­ful events. MDA Releas­es Mas­sive $151 Bil­lion SHIELD Con­tract The week’s most…

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Pentagon Shakes Up Leadership While Army Modernizes Electronic Warfare Capabilities

Posted on September 4, 2025September 4, 2025 by Austin

Defense Indus­try Week­ly Roundup Team, it’s been anoth­er event­ful week in the DoD, with major lead­er­ship changes at the Pen­ta­gon, sig­nif­i­cant mod­ern­iza­tion efforts in elec­tron­ic war­fare, and some con­cern­ing devel­op­ments in weapons test­ing over­sight. Let’s dive into what’s been hap­pen­ing. Pen­ta­gon Lead­er­ship Over­haul Con­tin­ues The biggest sto­ry this week involves Defense Sec­re­tary Pete Hegseth’s continued…

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Space Industry Weekly: Starship Success, China’s Launch Ambitions, and the Golden Dome Initiative

Posted on September 1, 2025 by Austin

Hey every­one, Austin here with your week­ly space indus­try roundup. What a week it’s been! From SpaceX final­ly break­ing their Star­ship los­ing streak to major devel­op­ments in mis­sile defense and some fas­ci­nat­ing moves in the com­mer­cial satel­lite sec­tor, there’s plen­ty to unpack. Let’s dive in. Star­ship Final­ly Sticks the Land­ing After what felt like an eternity…

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