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DENVER – The job of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) is to “deliver disruptive capabilities to our warfighters faster than emerging threats,” NGA Director Lt. Gen. Michele Bredenkamp said May 6 in 2026 GEOINT Symposium keynote. Achieving that goal will require the new office to “take a lot of risk in acquisition,”

Agency seeks data scientists, AI specialists and quantum physicists amid surge in space-based intelligence collection

As direct-to-smartphone services blur the line between space and terrestrial connectivity, hybrid constellations are bringing communications and imagery closer together in orbit.

MILAN – French-led satellite operator Eutelsat and Indian maritime service provider Station Satcom have signed a multi-year agreement to expand Eutelsat-owned OneWeb LEO connectivity services across Station Satcom’s maritime fleet, the companies announced April 30. The agreement builds on a previous activation in 2025 covering hundreds of Station Satcom vessels and broadens the number of

Chinese commercial launch startup Nayuta Space has completed consecutive Pre-A financing rounds to support development of its unconventional Xuanniao-R rocket concept.

The orbital data center boom is promising opportunities well beyond the pioneers hoping to build colossal, AI-driven computing platforms in space. A mix of ventures developing novel space technologies are looking to ride a wave of investment and dealmaking in the early innings of this emerging market, even as SpaceX and others behind some of