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SatVu to expand thermal imaging constellation with NATO-backed funds
SpaceNews · 17 Feb 2026
Earth observation startup SatVu said Feb. 17 it has raised $41 million in a funding round that included the NATO Innovation Fund, as commercial space-based thermal imagery gains traction with defense and intelligence age...
Multiple space companies join NATO’s DIANA defense accelerator
SpaceNews · 10 Dec 2025
NATO has picked 150 companies from 24 of its member countries to join its Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic next year, including more than two dozen with ties to the space sector.
How drones are altering contemporary warfare
SpaceDaily · 18 Nov 2025
Cambridge, MA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 A new book by scholar and military officer Erik Lin-Greenberg examines the evolving dynamics of military and state action centered around drones. In recent months, Russia has frequently f...
NATO allies ditch Boeing for new surveillance planes
SpaceDaily · 18 Nov 2025
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Nov 13, 2025 NATO countries have ditched plans to buy US-made Boeing aircraft to replace the alliance's ageing fleet of surveillance planes, after Washington pulled out of the programme, the Nethe...
Money is pouring into defense but dual-use is the real sweet spot
SpaceNews · 17 Oct 2025
It isn’t surprising that more and more space companies are pivoting to defense. Defense budgets are rising across the board, and rising quickly. In fact, the sum of money set to be available is eye-watering. Now that NAT...
NATO allies to pledge capabilities to address growing threats
SpaceNews · 19 May 2025
ST. LOUIS – At the June NATO summit in the Netherlands, allies will outline specific capabilities to contribute to the alliance. “It won’t just be a pledge,” UK Royal Marines […]
Space Forge Secures £22.6M for In-Space Manufacturing Platform
European Spaceflight · 14 May 2025
Welsh in-space manufacturing company Space Forge has raised £22.6 million in a Series A funding round led by the NATO Innovation Fund. Founded in 2018, Space Forge is developing the ForgeStar, a recoverable in-orbit plat...
Surge in NATO spending to benefit space sector
SpaceNews · 9 Apr 2025
COLORADO SPRINGS – The space sector is likely to benefit from increased defense spending by NATO allies, European military leaders said at the Space Symposium. At the NATO Summit in […]
NATO Contracts ICEYE to Provide Earth Observation Data
European Spaceflight · 1 Apr 2025
NATO has awarded a contract to Finnish Earth observation company ICEYE to supply Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data to its Situation Centre in Brussels. Founded in 2014, ICEYE operates the world’s largest constellation...
Isar Aerospace raises $70 million
SpaceNews · 20 Jun 2024
European small launch vehicle developer Isar Aerospace has raised more than 65 million euros ($70 million) in an extension of an earlier round that includes participation from a new NATO-backed fund.
NATO seeks assistance in data exploitation
SpaceNews · 8 May 2024
Given the flood of intelligence coming in from 32 members, NATO needs help with rapid exploitation and sense-making.
Luxembourg approves program to give NATO O3b mPower access
SpaceNews · 15 Jun 2023
SES said June 15 that Luxembourg has approved a program to carve out capacity from its O3b mPower medium Earth orbit broadband network for the country and NATO allies.