https://spacewatch.global/tag/space-development-agency/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Sat, 31 Oct 2026 22:21:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/space-development-agency/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/spacewatchgl-opinion-the-kill-chain-comes-home-what-leonardo-drss-breakfast-briefing-tells-us-about-the-direction-of-american-homeland-defense/ Thu, 07 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73681
Written by Torsten Kriening
Kill chains justified by homeland defense. Decisions moving to software. And allies barely mentioned. This breakfast said more than it intended.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/4s-symposium-2026-gp-sandhoo-sda-acting-director-on-defense-speed-and-allied-cooperation/ Wed, 06 May 2026 08:35:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73656 Space is no longer a safe layer behind operations. It is part of the battlefield.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/04/starfish-space-raises-over-100-million-in-series-b-funding-to-scale-its-otter-business-line/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:18:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=72802 Starfish Space has raised over $100 million in a Series B funding round led by Point72 Ventures, Activate Capital and Shield Capital, as well as additional participation from Industrious Ventures and NightDragon. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/10/space-development-agency-awards-agreement-to-spideroak/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 06:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=51792 The Space Development Agency announced on the 17th of October that they awarded SpiderOak, US-based software company focused on satellite cybersecurity, an Other Transactional Authority agreement.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/04/ball-aerospace-loft-federal-and-microsoft-to-collaborate-on-sdas-next-program/ Thu, 13 Apr 2023 06:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=47967 Ball Aerospace, Loft Federal and Microsoft announced on the 11th of April that they are working together on the Space Development Agency (SDA)’s experimental testbed program, NExT, that will carry 10 satellites with experimental payloads into orbit. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/07/rocket-lab-darpa-and-space-development-agency-achieve-mandrake-2-milestone/ Fri, 15 Jul 2022 06:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42148 Launch and space systems company, Rocket Lab USA, has supported a significant milestone for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Mandrake-2 mission, the company said. Able and Baker, the two Mandrake-2 spacecraft, successfully closed and maintained an optical communications link at a range of 114 km.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/07/space-cafe-scotland-by-angela-mathis-new-science-and-emerging-technology-with-steve-greenland-recap/ Fri, 01 Jul 2022 08:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41882 The year’s third Space Café Scotland by Angela Mathis - New Science and Emerging Technology with guest Steve Greenland of Craft Prospect took place on Friday, 17th June. Steve Greenland is the founder and Managing Director of Craft Prospect, building smart and secure space systems and services, Director of Omanos Analytics, ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/09/darpa-increases-lockheed-martins-blackjack-contract/ Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=35681 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) increased Lockheed Martin’s contract for the Blackjack program by US $25.3 million, the agency announced. The Blackjack project is aimed at validating high-speed military communication, navigation and missile warning capabilities of small satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/05/spacelink-uses-mynarics-laser-for-its-data-network/ Fri, 14 May 2021 06:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=32733&preview=true&preview_id=32733 Mynaric and SpaceLink join forces to use Mynaric’s laser communication product portfolio on SpaceLink’s data relay network. The cooperation has a volume of $20 million, SpaceLink said, and will help drive forward its satellite relay service, which provides secure, continuous, high-capacity communications between LEO spacecraft and the ground.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/09/spacewatchgl-column-espi-brief-43-the-new-u-s-defense-space-strategy/ Sun, 06 Sep 2020 08:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=25846 As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and the European Space Policy Institute, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and briefs. This is ESPI Briefs No. 43: ‘The new U.S. Defense Space Strategy’, originally published in July 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/09/us-space-development-agency-awards-contracts-to-lockheed-martin-and-york-space-systems/ Wed, 02 Sep 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=25715&preview=true&preview_id=25715 The US Space Development Agency (SDA) announced two contract awards for the first generation of the Transport Layer. ]]>