KBR’s Mission Technology Solutions Wins New $95 Million Digital Engineering Contract Supporting US Space Force (09-06-2026)
Redwire Awarded a Contract from Astrobiome Space to Launch Inaugural Space Agriculture Mission in World’s First Commercial Space Greenhouse (05-06-2026)
Maxell to Begin Joint Research with JAXA on All-Solid-State Battery Technology (04-06-2026)
Scottish Highlands Based Spaceport Company Sutherland Spaceport Ltd (SSL) to be Liquidated (03-06-2026)
Northrop Grumman to Demonstrate Space-Based Interceptor Capabilities with Apex for U.S. Space Force (01-06-2026)
Event: MILSATCOM USA 2026 - Arlington, VA - June 8-10, 2026 (01-06-2026)
KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today that its Mission Technology Solutions business has been awarded the $95 million Digital Engineering and Enterprise Decision Support (DEEDS) contract. The new cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF) contract will rapidly advance digital engineering capabilities for the U.S. Space Force, driving the development of space systems and space warfighting technologies. KBR will enable faster, analytics-driven technology and acquisition decisions over a five-year period of performance.
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a global leader in space and defence technology solutions, announced today that it has been awarded a contract from Astrobiome Space S.à r.l., a Luxembourg-based biotech company pioneering microbiome solutions for regenerative space agriculture, to grow strawberries and test Astrobiome Space’s proprietary soil enhancement product inside Redwire’s Greenhouse systems on board the International Space Station (ISS). This award marks the inaugural flight for Redwire’s trailblazing Greenhouse system—the world’s first commercial space greenhouse.
Maxell has been selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for its JAXA-STEPS programme, a space technology demonstration initiative using small satellites to accelerate the development of future space technologies.
A company established to operate a proposed satellite launch site in the north-west Scottish Highlands is set to be liquidated, with its assets to be sold. Sutherland Spaceport Ltd (SSL), a subsidiary of the Forres-based rocket manufacturer Orbex, will be wound up after its parent company entered administration earlier this year.
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) today announced one of its industry collaborators, Apex, will support Northrop Grumman’s leading role in the Nation’s historic drive to make space-based interceptors (SBI) a reality by the end of the decade. As part of the service’s competition to demonstrate space-based missile defense and field a network of SBIs to protect the homeland soon after, Northrop Grumman is:
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As the premier event dedicated to advancing military satellite communications across the United States and allied nations, MILSATCOM USA 2026 is the unmissable annual touchpoint to meet with senior leaders, technical experts, and industry innovators to explore cutting-edge developments in secure connectivity, resilient networks, and next-generation SATCOM solutions.
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