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Space Cheat Sheet: Special Report — Accelerating Defense Innovation through Lesson Learned from Commercial Space

How Infor­ma­tion Tech­nol­o­gy Can Trans­form the Gold­en Dome Ini­tia­tive The Gold­en Dome mis­sile defense sys­tem rep­re­sents Amer­i­ca’s most ambi­tious defense pro­gram since Rea­gan’s Strate­gic Defense Ini­tia­tive. With a $175 bil­lion price tag and the promise to rev­o­lu­tion­ize home­land defense, it… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Space Industry Cheat Sheet: Germany’s Bold $41B Bet, Maxar’s Identity Crisis, and China’s Growing Ambitions

Good morn­ing, every­one. Austin here with your week­ly space indus­try cheat sheet. From mas­sive defense invest­ments to cor­po­rate rebrand­ing and some explo­sive set­backs, the space sec­tor con­tin­ues to evolve at break­neck speed. Let’s dive into the sto­ries that caught my… con­tin­ue read­ing »

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

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… con­tin­ue read­ing »

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

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… con­tin­ue read­ing »

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

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… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Pentagon Shakes Up Leadership While Army Modernizes Electronic Warfare Capabilities

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.… con­tin­ue read­ing »

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

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… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Space Industry Weekly: Launch Records Shatter While Military Space Takes Center Stage

Team, here with your week­ly space indus­try roundup. This past week has been absolute­ly packed with devel­op­ments that are reshap­ing both com­mer­cial and mil­i­tary space oper­a­tions. From SpaceX hit­ting triple dig­its to the Space Force prepar­ing for orbital com­bat, let’s… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Defense Industry Weekly: Major Shifts in Military Tech, Procurement, and Security

This past week brought sig­nif­i­cant devel­op­ments across the defense indus­tri­al base, from rev­o­lu­tion­ary mis­sile defense ini­tia­tives to con­cern­ing secu­ri­ty rev­e­la­tions about our cloud infra­struc­ture. As some­one who’s spent decades ana­lyz­ing the inter­sec­tion of tech­nol­o­gy and nation­al defense, I’m see­ing pat­terns… con­tin­ue read­ing »

DoD Industry Weekly: Procurement Trends and Strategic Shifts Shape Defense Landscape

As we nav­i­gate the com­plex­i­ties of the defense indus­tri­al land­scape in August 2025, sev­er­al key devel­op­ments are reshap­ing how the Depart­ment of Defense approach­es pro­cure­ment, indus­tri­al base man­age­ment, and strate­gic part­ner­ships. This week’s analy­sis reveals crit­i­cal trends that every defense… con­tin­ue read­ing »

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