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Space Industry Cheat Sheet: Golden Dome Architecture Takes Shape as Industry Awaits Details

This week marked a turn­ing point for the space and defense sec­tors. Gen­er­al Michael Guetlein announced he’ll deliv­er Gold­en Dome’s “objec­tive archi­tec­ture” with­in 60 days. The indus­try is posi­tion­ing itself for what could be the most trans­for­ma­tive defense ini­tia­tive since… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Space Industry Cheat Sheet: Pentagon Awards Massive SHIELD Contract as Golden Dome Takes Shape

The space and defense indus­tries wit­nessed a his­toric mile­stone this week as the Pen­tagon’s Mis­sile Defense Agency announced the ini­tial awards (Phase 1) for the SHIELD (Scal­able Home­land Inno­v­a­tive Enter­prise Lay­ered Defense) con­tract, which could be the largest acqui­si­tion in… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Space Industry Cheat Sheet: Major Funding Rounds and International Partnerships Drive Growth

The strong momen­tum this week, dri­ven by sig­nif­i­cant fund­ing and inter­na­tion­al col­lab­o­ra­tions, should inspire indus­try peers and investors about the indus­try’s promis­ing future. Gold­en Dome Pro­gram Advances Amid Indus­try Dis­cus­sion The Gold­en Dome mis­sile defense ini­tia­tive remains a key focus… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Space Industry Cheat Sheet: Space Industry Surges Forward as Golden Dome Faces Critical Communication Challenge

The space indus­try expe­ri­enced a week of sig­nif­i­cant devel­op­ments, from major fund­ing rounds to inter­na­tion­al part­ner­ships. At the same time, the Pen­tagon’s flag­ship Gold­en Dome mis­sile defense ini­tia­tive con­tin­ues to grap­ple with trans­paren­cy issues that could threat­en its long-term via­bil­i­ty.… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Space Industry Cheat Sheet: Blue Origin Lands, China Stumbles, and Golden Dome Takes Flight

This week remind­ed me why I enjoy work­ing in the defense and space sec­tors. We wit­nessed his­to­ry in the mak­ing, strate­gic piv­ots that will reshape entire indus­tries, and the kind of tech­no­log­i­cal break­throughs that sep­a­rate lead­ers from fol­low­ers. Let me… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Space Industry Cheat Sheet: Government Shutdown Ripples Through Launch Schedules While Mega-Deals Reshape the Sector

The space indus­try faced a week of con­trasts as gov­ern­ment dys­func­tion col­lid­ed with pri­vate sec­tor momen­tum. While the ongo­ing fed­er­al shut­down cre­at­ed oper­a­tional headaches for launch providers and con­trac­tors, bil­lion-dol­lar deals and strate­gic acqui­si­tions con­tin­ued to reshape the com­mer­cial space… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Space Industry Cheat Sheet: Golden Dome Takes Shape as NASA Leadership Drama Unfolds

Team, here is your week­ly Space Indus­try Cheat Sheet. In the past week, it has solid­i­fied my opin­ion that the chal­lenges the Unit­ed States faces are not tech­ni­cal, but rather a lack of uni­ty. There have been updates to the… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Space Industry Cheat Sheet: Golden Dome Update, Europe’s Bold Merger, China’s Lunar Ambitions, and the D2D Shakeup

Team, here is your week­ly cheat sheet. My ini­tial con­cern is that the ongo­ing gov­ern­ment shut­down has slowed the Gold­en Dome of Amer­i­ca’s efforts. My cur­rent under­stand­ing is that over 1,000 com­pa­nies have sub­mit­ted for the IDIQ. Depend­ing on who… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Space Industry Cheat Sheet: Starship Soars, Defense Dollars Flow, and Europe Eyes Independence

Team, here’s your week­ly space indus­try roundup. Even with the con­tin­ued gov­ern­ment shut­down, the week brought major devel­op­ments across com­mer­cial, mil­i­tary, and inter­na­tion­al space sec­tors that could reshape our approach to orbital oper­a­tions and home­land defense. SpaceX Clos­es Chap­ter on… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Space Industry 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 »

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