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.

Azercosmos has launched its first-ever National Space Incubation program to support the development of space startups and strengthen Azerbaijan’s innovation ecosystem.

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.

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).

AAC Clyde Space AB (publ) has completed the second tranche of the previously announced directed share issue to Bonnier Capital, following receipt of the required approval from relevant authorities. The company has received SEK 49.7 million before transaction costs through the issue of 590,228 new shares at a subscription price of SEK 84.13 per share. As previously communicated, following completion of the second tranche, Bonnier Capital holds approximately 15.3% of the shares

Honeywell Aerospace, Quantum Brilliance, and Jagiellonian University in Kraków have announced a cooperation to develop, test and deliver a compact quantum space magnetometer to the European Space Agency (ESA) by 2027 through an ESA-funded contract. The system will be developed within the consortium led by Honeywell Aerospace’s engineering team in Brno, Czech Republic, and is designed for high performance magnetic field measurements from orbit.

EarthDaily has announced successful initial contact with EDC-08 following its launch aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-17 mission on July 7, marking Launch III for the EarthDaily Constellation and bringing the system to the satellite count required for commercial operations.

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.

Simera Sense imaging technology selected for Canary Islands Earth Observation Constellation

ArianeGroup and Beyond Gravity sign major contract securing the long-term supply of Ariane 6 payload fairings