The Scaleup Europe Fund, established by the European Commission alongside a group of European investors and managed by EQT, today announced its first investment, co-leading ICEYE's recently announced €1 billion Series F funding round. The funding round included €450 million of primary investment at a valuation exceeding €10 billion.
ICEYE announced the appointment of Christos Kolimenakis as Chief Executive Officer of ICEYE UAE.The appointment reflects ICEYE’s long-term commitment to the UAE and reinforces the growing strategic partnership between the European Union and the UAE in space, defence and advanced technologies. By establishing dedicated local leadership, ICEYE is expanding its long-standing presence in the country to deepen collaboration with government, industry and national champions, while supporting the UAE’s ambition to become a leading global space hub.
IonQ‘s Capella Space, Iceye US, and Umbra have received Radar Commercial Augmentation (RCA) sole source contracts from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for commercial synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, the agency said on Wednesday. The contracts stem from the NRO’s three phased Commercial Radar Capabilities (CRC) study effort, which began in January 2022. Capella, Iceye US, and Umbra were the only three companies out of an original five that passed CRC’s modeling, simulation, and on-orbit assessments, according to the NRO.
The Federal Communications Commission authorized Xona to broadcast Pulsar navigation signals from our full constellation of more than 250 satellites in Low Earth Orbit. This authorization marks the last regulatory milestone needed to advance Pulsar from demonstration to scaled deployment.
Driven by record quarterly revenue, record bookings, continued acceleration in defense demand, completion of the Astrobotic acquisition and strong operational execution, Voyager is increasing its full-year 2026 revenue guidance to $275 million to $305 million, representing 66% to 84% year-over-year growth.
Next-generation satellites expand AST SpaceMobile’s space-based cellular broadband network for commercial and government applications BlueBird satellites are the largest communications arrays ever deployed in low Earth orbit, expected to support peak data rates approaching 200 Mbps directly to everyday smartphones BlueBirds 14, 15, and 16 are preparing for the next mission, with production advancing through BlueBird satellite 42.
AST SpaceMobile announced the expansion of activities in collaboration with leading mobile network operators to accelerate space-based cellular broadband connectivity across Europe. Network Integration testing activities, subject to regulatory approvals, are underway and advancing across the United Kingdom, Ireland, Romania, France, the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, and Ukraine in collaboration with Vodafone, Orange, Telefónica, Deutsche Telekom, and Vodafone Ukraine, leveraging the European-wide gateway infrastructure being rolled out by Satellite Connect Europe. The bespoke programs are designed to accelerate the seamless integration of AST SpaceMobile's space-based cellular broadband service with existing terrestrial mobile networks using standard, unmodified smartphones.
