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Space Industry Weekly: Nuclear Power Takes Center Stage as Commercial Space Regulations Get Major Overhaul

Good morn­ing, Team. This week has major devel­op­ments in nuclear space tech­nol­o­gy, sweep­ing reg­u­la­to­ry changes, and some sig­nif­i­cant wins and loss­es in the launch sec­tor. Let’s dive in! Trump Admin­is­tra­tion Shakes Up Space Reg­u­la­tions The biggest news this week came from… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Golden Dome For America Industry Summit: Defense Leaders Rally Industry for America’s Next-Generation Missile Shield

Huntsville, AL – The Mis­sile Defense Agency (MDA) host­ed its long-await­­ed Gold­en Dome Indus­try Day this past week, mark­ing a piv­otal moment in what offi­cials are call­ing the most ambi­tious home­land defense ini­tia­tive since Ronald Rea­gan’s Strate­gic Defense Ini­tia­tive. The… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Defense Week in Review: Supply Chain Security, DOGE Impact, and Strategic Modernization

Team, the easy dis­cus­sion is to talk about last week’s Space Mis­sile Defense Agen­cy’s Sym­po­sium and the Gold­en Dome for Amer­i­ca’s Indus­try Sum­mit (which was held in a hock­ey are­na that was 3/4 filled with the DIB). Still, I am… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Space Industry Weekly Wrap: DoD’s Resilient Comms Push, NASA-Russia Thaw, and China’s Rapid Acceleration

Hey Team, here is your week­ly space indus­try brief­ing. What I’ve been track­ing this week are devel­op­ments that paint a pic­ture of an indus­try increas­ing­ly dri­ven by nation­al secu­ri­ty pri­or­i­ties — from major DoD con­tracts to diplo­mat­ic break­throughs, and some… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Pentagon Pivots: Technical Debt, DOGE Cuts, and Congressional Oversight Shape Defense Landscape

The Depart­ment of Defense con­tin­ues to nav­i­gate a com­plex land­scape of mod­ern­iza­tion chal­lenges, bud­get pres­sures, and con­gres­sion­al over­sight as we move deep­er into fis­cal year 2025. This week’s devel­op­ments under­score the crit­i­cal inter­sec­tion of tech­nol­o­gy trans­for­ma­tion, fis­cal respon­si­bil­i­ty, and warfight­er… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Space Industry Weekly Wrap: Funding Flows, Defense Deals, and Deep Space Dreams

Hey every­one, Austin here with your week­ly space indus­try brief­ing. I have been track­ing some fas­ci­nat­ing devel­op­ments across the sec­tor this week, from mas­sive fund­ing rounds to crit­i­cal defense con­tracts. Let’s dive into what’s been hap­pen­ing above our heads and… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Space Industry Weekly: Major Shifts in Defense, VMware’s Partner Issues, Commercial Consolidation, and Policy Battles

Hey Team, here is your week­ly space indus­try roundup. This week brought some sig­nif­i­cant devel­op­ments that’ll shape both our nation­al secu­ri­ty pos­ture, tech­nol­o­gy, and the com­mer­cial space land­scape. Let me break down what caught my atten­tion. Gold­en Dome Gets Its… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Space Industry Weekly Roundup: Leadership Changes, Chinese Maneuvers, and Funding Flows

The space indus­try expe­ri­enced sig­nif­i­cant devel­op­ments this week, marked by unprece­dent­ed lead­er­ship changes at NASA, con­cern­ing Chi­nese satel­lite activ­i­ties, and robust invest­ment activ­i­ty that sig­nals con­tin­ued con­fi­dence in the sec­tor’s growth tra­jec­to­ry. NASA Lead­er­ship Shake-Up Cre­ates Unprece­dent­ed Sit­u­a­tion In a… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Space Industry Weekly Roundup: Big Beautiful Bill Passes, Contract Wins, and Technical Setbacks

This week deliv­ered a fas­ci­nat­ing mix of progress and chal­lenges across the space sec­tor. While Con­gress approved sig­nif­i­cant fund­ing increases—including $25 bil­lion for the Gold­en Dome and near­ly $10 bil­lion for NASA explo­ration programs—we’re also see­ing some sober­ing tech­ni­cal real­i­ties… con­tin­ue read­ing »

🚀 Weekly Space Industry Update: Budget Battles, Satellite Shakeups, and Yes, Space Sneakers

Anoth­er week, anoth­er set of game-chang­ing devel­op­ments in the space indus­try. From the Space Force poten­tial­ly dou­bling its bud­get to NATO final­ly embrac­ing com­mer­cial space capa­bil­i­ties, the sec­tor con­tin­ues its rapid trans­for­ma­tion. Space Force Bud­get Gets Mas­sive Boost Through Cre­ative… con­tin­ue read­ing »

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