CEA Space Partners I, a special purpose acquisition company led by satellite industry veteran Edward Horowitz, plans to launch an initial public offering to raise $250 million in funds. The Tampa, Florida-based company intends to offer 25 million units consisting of a share of Class A common stock and a third of one redeemable warrant at a price of $10 per unit with plans to have them listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “CEAS.U,” according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

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Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency (SDA), as an inductee of the Wash100 Award for the first time. Tournear has become a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient for his leadership and commitment to satellite tech as well as maintaining the U.S.’s advantage over the space domain. 

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Systems and Technology Research has won an $8.3M contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency study, develop and trial a testing environment in support of a program that aims to ensure effectiveness of airspace operations in future battlespace. The sought environment will serve as a testbed for airspace management systems, airspace planning algorithms and a network of aircraft-tracking sensors under DARPA's Air Space Total Awareness for Rapid Tactical Execution program, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

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A Telesat subsidiary will participate in a Lockheed Martin-led team that won a $187.5M contract from the Space Development Agency to provide 10 space vehicles with communication links to explore interoperability between commercial and government satellites.

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Bill Gattle, president of space systems at L3Harris Technologies, said the Space Development Agency’s procurement of communications and missile warning satellites in mass quantities reflects a “fundamental transformation” in how the Department of Defense buys space platforms, SpaceNews reported Tuesday.

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Griffiss International Airport is helping revive the aerospace industry in Central New York by serving as one of the seven designated testing sites in the country for unmanned aircraft systems, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

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Maxar Technologies announced on Thursday that Chris Shank has joined the company as the vice president of National Security Space, effective Monday.

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Eileen Drake, president and CEO of Aerojet Rocketdyne, said the company thinks some civilian space and defense programs could be in jeopardy if a new president is elected in 2020, SpaceNews reported Thursday.

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AI SpaceFactory, a New York-based architectural and technology design company, won a NASA competition focused on the development of space habitation structures using advanced manufacturing technology.

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United Technologies Corp.'s Collins Aerospace business has received a potential four-year, $68M contract to modernize the information management platform and operations center of the New York City subway.

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A unit of United Technologies Corp. will supply technologies to help Sikorsky deliver a helicopter for a Defense Department program. UTC Aerospace Systems said Wednesday its power transmission systems business will provide products for Sikorsky’s CH-53K King Stallion. The power transmission system for the helicopter’s tail rotor includes bearing assemblies, couplings, drive shafts and a […] More

Raytheon has been chosen to help the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance design, develop and support an airspace corridor in New York state to facilitate testing of unmanned aircraft systems. The company said Thursday the new airspace corridor will serve as a venue for companies to test drones and platforms designed for air traffic management […] More