British businesses, universities and researchers will receive access to more than £62 million in government funding to develop homegrown space technologies, boosting the UK’s national resilience and helping protect its independence in a strategically vital sector.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has opened a 167,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility in York, Pennsylvania. The plant expands Kratos' existing Pennsylvania operations, which now span three facilities and employ more than 440 people, supporting a growing portfolio of critical national security programs. Additionally, Kratos announced plans to purchase new state-of-the-art equipment, totaling over $7 Million, to further expand production capability.

Sigma Advanced Systems, the parent company of Nasmyth, has acquired UK aerospace manufacturer Bromford Precision Solutions in a strategic move that further strengthens Nasmyth's manufacturing capabilities and reinforces the Group's position within the global aerospace and defence supply chain.

Rheinmetall AG and Space Norway AS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further expand their cooperation in the field of space-based capabilities for defence applications. The partnership is particularly focused on Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA).

BAE Systems has successfully completed integration and deployment testing of its Anti-Threat System (BATS), marking a significant milestone in the rapid development of its latest counter-drone capability.

The US Department of War awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to advance the United States’ next generation cruise missile and unmanned aerial system defense architecture. Under this Joint Laser Weapon System (JLWS) program, Lockheed Martin will develop a tactical containerized 500 kW laser weapon system, providing combatant commanders with scalable, cost-effective intercept solutions. The award acknowledges the company's collaboration with SCALED Directed Energy, one of the D

His Majesty King Charles III visited the UK's largest space cluster to officially open the UK Space and Defence Gateway, an initiative aligned with the principles of the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s (SMI) Astra Carta, a global framework launched by His Majesty, as Prince of Wales, to ensure the space sector supports a sustainable future.

EUSI has announced a major upgrade of its satellite ground segment and cloud infrastructure, further accelerating its industry-leading satellite tasking and intelligence delivery capabilities through the secure ATOM™ web and API platform.

Two additional space launch providers are being added to the NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 contract

DGA awards Greenerwave the CAMELEON framework agreement to develop next-generation SATCOM terminals using PESA technology