Centauri, a provider of bespoke space, intel, directed energy and cyber services to government agencies, has acquired The Design Knowledge Co. and PreTalen.

The global defense sector will remain robust in 2020, with global defense budgets expected to grow at least 3-4% and bring total spending up to almost $2 trillion, Deloitte predicts in a new report.

SpaceX called off a planned cargo run to the International Space Station for NASA on Dec. 4.

AeroVironment has added to its high-altitude pseudo satellite (HAPS) revenue, executives said Dec. 3, bringing the UAV pioneer’s total to $149 million related to HAPS Mobile, a joint venture with Japanese investor SoftBank.

The Pentagon is “not concerned” with how the U.S. Air Force structured its launch services competition, even though the Government Accountability Office (GAO) partially sustained a protest by Blue Origin.

Space tourists could lift off from a spaceport in the United Arab Emirates under an agreement between the pioneering commercial space operator and the UAE.

Insitu has developed a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system with a satellite communications antenna for beyond-line-of-sight operations, the Boeing subsidiary says.

The next trend in sats is multiuse constellations, typically combining telecoms and Earth observation, says Guy Perez, sat manufacturer OHB chief tech officer and head of telecoms sats.