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Raytheon Technologies on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire SEAKR Engineering in a deal that strengthens its space business with a suite of space electronics products. Terms of the deal,...

Making a jump to have its own in-house capabilities to design and manufacture satellites, Britain’s BAE Systems on Tuesday said it has acquired another United Kingdom-based company, In-Space Missions, which is currently...

Stephen Bennett, former senior vice president at Blue Origin, has taken the role of Kepler Communications COO, the company announced Tuesday. Bennett is an aerospace industry veteran who has also...

Spire Global is making its first acquisition after going public, with an agreement to acquire exactEarth for $161.2 million. ExactEarth provides satellite-AIS data services, which is used to track ships....

Space-based geospatial intelligence company BlackSky is now trading on the New York Stock Exchange after completing its special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger on Sept. 9. BlackSky Holdings completed its...

Khalid bin Ahmed Balkheyour has resigned as CEO of Arabsat, and the company’s board of directors has assigned Dr. Badr bin Nasser Al-Suwaidan to head the organization. The Arabsat board...

In the wake of Brexit, OneWeb’s shakeup, and a pandemic that wreaked havoc on the economy, the United Kingdom is emerging as a space and satellite-industry powerhouse. Even Queen Elizabeth...

ESA Awards D-Orbit UK Contract for Debris Removal Demonstration The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded the U.K. branch of D-Orbit a contract to develop debris removal technology, the company...

Despite COVID-19 impacts to the global economy, global space continues to attract strong investment from leading venture capital firms. Bank of America expects the space industry to triple to a...

Looking to the satellite industry’s future in a hyper-connected world, leaders see themes in collaboration, open standards, and virtualization. Executives from SES, SpaceX, Facebook, and ST Engineering iDirect agreed during...