Newsroom | 22643 results

BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet Labs Germany, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced it has begun recruiting highly-skilled German talent to operationalize its upcoming satellite manufacturing facility in Berlin. This recruitment phase marks an important milestone in Planet’s strategic expansion of its European manufacturing footprint. Planet builds and operates the largest fleet of commercial Earth observation satellites in history. The Berlin faci...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Space Quarters Inc. has successfully conducted aircraft-based demonstration tests of space welding for metals and lunar regolith-based construction materials under space-equivalent ultra-high vacuum and simulated microgravity and lunar gravity. Under conditions comparable to construction in space, the company confirmed sound joints and sufficient bonding strength. Space Welding Demonstration through Aircraft-Based Testing A high-vacuum chamber was mounted on an aircraft...

WALLINGFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amphenol Corporation (NYSE: APH) (the “Company”) announced today the pricing of an offering of €500 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2031 (the “Notes”) to be issued by its wholly owned subsidiary Amphenol Technologies Holding GmbH (“Amphenol Technologies”), a German limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung). The Notes will be guaranteed by the Company and will have an interest rate of 3.625% per annum. The closin...

MERRITT ISLAND, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--X-lumin has successfully demonstrated a roundtrip optical transmission from its 15cm Optical Ground Terminal (OGT) to a retroreflector-equipped LEO satellite, and back, with the ability to track downlink signals that are 106 times dimmer than the current standard of 25µW/m2. The demonstration was repeated over multiple passes during recent testing, marking the first time a portable, low SWaP (Size, Weight, Power) terminal has closed a roundtrip optical lin...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Overmatch Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in deep tech, defense, and space, today announced it has raised an oversubscribed second fund at $250 million. The raise follows the firm’s $70 million debut fund, which has generated strong early performance through early investments in companies like xAI, Saronic, CHAOS Industries, Nominal, Impulse Space, and Armada AI. Overmatch is led by General Partners Evan Loomis, co-founder of ICON and Satu...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AeroVironment, Inc. (“AV”) (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global defense technology leader, today announced the release of LOCUST® X3, the third generation of AV’s high-energy laser weapon system that delivers precise, speed-of-light engagement for rapid defeat of unmanned aerial threats. LOCUST X3 builds on lessons learned from widely deployed systems to set a new standard in modular, AI-enabled drone defense—delivering unprecedented precision, scalability, and operational...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As NASA prepares for the Artemis II launch, Mirion, a leading provider of advanced radiation safety solutions, today announced that its Crew Active Dosimeters (CAD) will be carried in astronauts’ pockets aboard the Artemis II mission, providing personal, time-resolved radiation monitoring during the program’s first crewed flight. Artemis II will carry astronauts on an approximately 10-day mission around the Moon, marking a major milestone in NASA’s Artemis program to r...

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CVD Equipment Corporation (NASDAQ: CVV) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which the Company’s Stainless Design Concepts (“SDC”) business division will become part of Atlas Copco Group. The purchase price amounts to approximately $16.9 million in cash, subject to certain purchase price adjustments. The transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. Manny Lakios,...

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CACI International Inc (NYSE: CACI) announced today that it has been awarded a five-year expertise task order valued at up to $85 million to continue providing critical engineering and technical support to ships, submarines, and other naval vehicles for the U.S. Navy Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division's Naval Architecture and Engineering Department. “CACI is committed to ensuring the U.S. fleet maintains superior capabilities to stay ahead of ou...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Skeyeon, Inc., today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent No. 12,559,451 B2, titled “System for Producing Remote Sensing Data from Near Earth Orbit.” The patent, issued February 24, 2026, describes a satellite system designed to operate in Very-Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) at altitudes between 180 km and 350 km, enabling high-resolution imaging with dramatically shorter revisit times than traditional Earth-observation satellit...