Category archives: Space

Space Industry Cheat Sheet: The Puzzle Pieces Are Moving, But Does Anyone Have the Box?

This week in the space indus­try felt like watch­ing some­one assem­ble a thou­sand-piece puz­zle with­out the pic­ture on the box. There is a lot of activ­i­ty. Mon­ey is flow­ing. Hard­ware is mov­ing. But whether all these pieces fit togeth­er into… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Space Industry Cheat Sheet: AI Wargames, Golden Dome Ambitions, and a Crowded Cosmos

The space indus­try con­tin­ues its relent­less accel­er­a­tion, and this week brought devel­op­ments that under­score just how rapid­ly the sec­tor is evolving—from AI-pow­ered orbital war­fare sim­u­la­tions to the grow­ing scram­ble among com­pa­nies posi­tion­ing them­selves for Amer­i­ca’s next-gen­er­a­­tion mis­sile defense archi­tec­ture. Space… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Space Industry Cheat Sheet: SHIELD IDIQ Tranche III Awarded

The space indus­try saw sig­nif­i­cant devel­op­ments this week, with the Gold­en Dome mis­sile defense pro­gram con­tin­u­ing to shape defense pri­or­i­ties while com­mer­cial ven­tures pushed for­ward despite tech­ni­cal set­backs. Here’s what caught my atten­tion. Gold­en Dome Dri­ves Defense Dis­cus­sions The Gold­en… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Space Industry Cheat Sheet: Monroe Doctrine

This past week, from Jan­u­ary 4 to Jan­u­ary 11, 2026, brought a mix of geopo­lit­i­cal analy­ses, upcom­ing events, and ongo­ing dis­cus­sions about major pro­grams. I have drawn on sources such as the Cen­ter for Strate­gic and Inter­na­tion­al Stud­ies (CSIS) and… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Space Industry Cheat Sheet: Golden Dome and Monroe Doctrine

The first week of 2026 has kicked off with sig­nif­i­cant devel­op­ments across both nation­al secu­ri­ty and com­mer­cial space ini­tia­tives. Most notably, the U.S. Space Force received recog­ni­tion from Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair­man Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine dur­ing his his­tor­i­cal… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Space Industry Cheat Sheet: A Week of Major Wins for America’s Missile Shield

What a week it’s been for America’s space indus­try. The Gold­en Dome mis­sile defense pro­gram has moved from con­cept to real­i­ty with stun­ning speed, secur­ing major con­tracts, leg­isla­tive back­ing, and indus­try buy-in that posi­tion the Unit­ed States and its allies… con­tin­ue read­ing »

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 »

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