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Earth Observation

* BlackSky secured a new eight-figure international contract to deliver a Gen-3 sovereign space-based intelligence solution. [source]

* Vantor is bringing Google’s Earth AI imagery models into Tensorglobe, making Vantor the industry’s first to deploy these advanced foundation models inside sovereign classified and air-gapped environments. [source]

* Aspia Space has selected Stelia, an applied AI platform company, as a strategic technology partner to advance the architecture underpinning its Earth observation-derived data products [source]

* Leonardo is self-funding development of an Earth observation constellation consisting of 20 radar and IR imagers. [source]

* Japanese SAR provider Synspective Inc. is expanding into Europe with a new entity in Munich. [source]

* Boeing is spending $10M to build a new EO/IR manufacturing line to produce Millenium’s backlog of missile tracking satellites. [source]

Government

* Rheinmetall is weighing a counterbid for Mynaric as the German government delays Rocket Lab acquisition decision. [source]

* Starliner investigation identifies flawed NASA decision making. NASA has classified the flawed Starliner crewed test flight in 2024 as its most serious level of mishap, with the agency’s leadership citing shortfalls in how officials oversaw the program. [source]

* DIU is sourcing commercially built GEO spy sats to perform non-Earth imaging for defense of space assets. [source]

* MDA Space launches 49North to pursue Canadian defence contracts. [source]

* Innoflight signed a launch service distribution agreement with UK-based space consultancy and launch brokerage firm Commercial Space Technologies Ltd. to strengthen its presence in the European market. [source]

* Kepler Communications has chosen Kongsberg NanoAvionics as the preferred European satellite bus provider for its hosted payload initiatives aboard spacecraft up to 500kg in mass. [