With a focus on the future resilience of the Global Positioning System (GPS) enterprise, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured an additional $114 million to modernize the GPS ground segment, helping strengthen the system’s security against future threats.

Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM), a leading provider of global voice, data, aircraft surveillance, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) satellite services, and Deutsche Telekom IoT (DT IoT) today announced the successful transmission of a voice message over Iridium NTN Direct℠ in a demonstration with Toyota.

Airbus Defence and Space has signed the initial contract for the design and build of the first layer of satellites for Europe’s sovereign IRIS² constellation.

iKO Media Group (iKOMG) has launched iKOANALYTICS, a new satellite analytics and monitoring capability that enables broadcasters and channel distributors gain deeper insight into the performance and consumption of channels distributed via satellite.

Space Scotland became the newest member of the international Space for Climate Observatory (SCO), strengthening Scotland’s links with a global network using satellite data and digital technologies to help communities respond to climate change.

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: GILT, TASE: GILT), a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, announced that Gilat DataPath received an order valued at more than $32 million from the U.S. Department of War for DKET Systems that operate across Ku, Ka and X-band networks, with deliveries expected over the next 12 months.

At the International Space Summit hosted by the President of the French Republic, Eutelsat and Skynopy announced the signature of a partnership establishing Global AKAR, a strategic partnership to develop one of the largest software-defined ground infrastructures for current and future satellite services, including Earth Observation, In-orbit services, orbital data centers and various telecommunication services.

BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) a leading provider of real-time space-based intelligence, was named the exclusive provider of very high resolution electro-optical satellites, the world's first AI-enabled satellite constellation.

ICEYE, the European leader in sovereign intelligence from space, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Arianespace.

SSC Space and Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market-leading space and defense technology company, today announced a multi-launch agreement for two Alpha rocket launches from Sweden’s Esrange Space Center, owned and operated by SSC Space.

Global deeptech company Cailabs, a world leader in advanced photonics, is launching Optical Ground Station-as-a-Service, or OGSaaS by Cailabs, a new service model designed to make optical ground communications accessible as shared infrastructure.

UNIVITY, an operator of space-based connectivity services, announces the success of uniSpark, its first in-orbit technology demonstration mission. Launched in June 2025, uniSpark established a fully bidirectional 5G NTN (Non-Terrestrial Network) connection between a ground terminal and a 5G base station onboard a satellite in orbit.

Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, have announced the production release of Inverted Metamorphic (IMM) Apex, the latest iteration of its next-generation solar cell designed to deliver exceptional efficiency and reliability for space applications.

ImageSat International (TASE: ISI), a global leader in space-based intelligence solutions, today unveiled EROS NOVA, its next-generation Very-Very-High-Resolution (VVHR) Earth observation satellite.

Safeguarding our national security and defence capabilities are the key pillars of a new strategy launched today (Tuesday 8 September) which puts the UK’s space sector to work in reindustrialising the country over the coming years.

Eutelsat today announced its participation in the Enhanced Satellite Connectivity Project for Greenland, a new initiative supported by the European Union, the Government of Greenland and the Government of Denmark to extend reliable connectivity to rural and remote communities across the country.