Northrop Grumman and SpaceX are working together on a classified satellite constellation for a U.S. intelligence agency to gather high-resolution Earth imagery and help improve the U.S. government's ability to monitor military and intelligence targets, Reuters reported Thursday. According to the report, SpaceX secured a potential $1.8 billion contract from the National Reconnaissance Office in 2021 for the classified satellite project.

BlueHalo has achieved a key milestone in its work under a $1.4 billion U.S. Space Force satellite communications program. The milestone, a successful demonstration of integrated backend mission services to Guardian operators, was completed at the 2024 Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, BlueHalo announced on Thursday.

Aerospace and defense company Mercury Systems has received a $31 million contract from L3Harris Technologies to support the Space Development Agency's Tranche 2 Tracking Layer. Mercury said Wednesday that under the contract, it will provide solid-state data recorders for the T2TL satellites that L3Harris had been tasked to develop for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.

The U.S. Space Force and the Defense Innovation Unit have awarded contracts to Rocket Lab’s national security business and True Anomaly to support a mission under the Tactically Responsive Space program. The Victus Haze mission under the TacRS program intends to harness commercial capabilities to rapidly address on-orbit threats, Space Systems Command said Thursday.

Rocket Lab USA will launch an Electron vehicle to support the Space Test Program-S30 mission under a task order awarded by the U.S. Space Force. STP-S30 will deploy to orbit technology demonstrations and research experiments for the Department of Defense and support future development of space systems, Rocket Lab said Monday.

Varda Space Industries has raised $90 million in a series B funding led by Caffeinated Capital and will use the capital to build its infrastructure that supports pharmaceutical manufacturing in space. The company said Friday the investment follows the launch and reentry of its W-1 hypersonic reentry capsule to demonstrate the production of pharmaceuticals and other materials in microgravity.

Neeraj Gupta, former senior vice president and general manager for space destinations at Sierra Space, has joined Voyager Space to serve as chief strategy officer. He will be responsible for driving Voyager Space's strategy development and execution aimed at pursuing market expansion, technology innovation and sustainable growth, the Denver, Colorado-based aviation and aerospace company said Monday.

Mynaric has completed the initial deliveries of its free space optical communications terminal for multiple space-to-space and space-to-ground applications. The initial shipments of the CONDOR Mk3 will be included in the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport and Tracking Layer programs, among others, the company said Wednesday.

Helicity Space, a developer of fusion power for in-space propulsion and power technology, has announced securing an investment from Lockheed Martin Ventures, Lockheed Martin’s venture capital wing. This second funding round is a follow up to the initial round in December participated by institutional investors.

American Systems has joined the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center, a security-focused organization dedicated to the space sector. John Steckel, president and CEO of American Systems, said in a statement published Monday that the company resonates with the Space ISAC's vision to prepare for and respond to threats against critical space assets.

The Aerospace Corporation moved its corporate headquarters to the Washington, D.C., area effective March 21. The location in Chantilly, Virginia, is closer to key customers and stakeholders, Aerospace said Thursday. There is also a plan to invest $100 million in its former HQ at the El Segundo campus in California.

Robert Lightfoot, president of Lockheed Martin Space, said the company is looking to partner with more space businesses that are working on small satellites and intelligence, surveillance and communications payloads to meet the increasing demand within the government market for resilient space-based capabilities. “We’re looking for strategic partners," Lightfoot, a three-time Wash100 awardee, told the publication at a conference on Tuesday. "We're interested in talking with anyone who has an advantage in those areas from a space perspective."