Image credits: Astranis Astranis is expanding beyond satellite connectivity with Perceptor, a new space domain awareness and maneuverability platform designed to help protect critical infrastructure in geosynchronous orbit and other strategic high orbits. Space is becoming an increasingly contested operational domain, and the strategic importance of GEO is making it a growing focus for national security. Satellites operating in geosynchronous orbit support communications, intelligence, and...

Rocket Lab is taking responsive space to a new level with GHOST, a containerized launch system designed to deploy Electron and HASTE rockets, ground infrastructure, and range-control systems virtually anywhere. With its first deployment planned for Alaska in 2027, GHOST could reshape how governments and national security customers access orbital and suborbital launch capabilities.

The National Reconnaissance Office has awarded Radar Commercial Augmentation contracts to Capella Space, ICEYE US, and Umbra Lab, advancing the integration of commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar capabilities into U.S. intelligence operations. The initiative strengthens all-weather ISR, disaster response, and national security missions through a more resilient hybrid space architecture.