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weekly capital flow
government
L3Harris wins $1B DoW award for solid rocket motor & missile production for national security (AT).
Leidos wins $617M U.S. Army award for launchers for missiles & unmanned aerial fire threats (GCW).
Lockheed wins $105M Pentagon award for GPS ground system modernization (VS).
Castelion wins $105M U.S. Navy award for hypersonic strike integration for national defense (CT).
Iron Bow wins $100M fixed price USAF award for IT modernization (GCW).
Booz Allen, True Anomaly, Turion, Quindar, Sci-Tec, GITAI, Lockheed, RTX, Northrop Grumman, GD win $3.2B USSF-SSC award for Golden Dome interceptors (SN).
SpaceX wins $57M USSF-SSC award for RF data links for Golden Dome secure comms (SN).
ACMI Federal wins $50M U.S. Navy award for energetics production facility & distribution (TD).
Benchmark Space wins DARPA award for LLO propulsion & maneuverability study (SN).
pre seed / seed
series A+
m&a / public
Ondas x Mistral merger raises order backlog to $457M & opens access to U.S. Army & Special Ops (OD).
Eli Lilly x Nucleate offer $100,000 non-dilutive for longevity : mobility, cognitive & sensory, immune resilience, regenerative innovation.
headlines
Nomi Capital raises $50M fund for Series B+ dual use startups (TD).
India launches $1.2B fund targeting early-stage manufacturing, deep tech startups (DPIIT).
Hanwha, Northrop Grumman, Magnet partner on naval vessels built by robotic shipyards (HW).
SpinLaunch, Equinix partner on data centers for compute capacity for ground teleports (VS).
SSC Space, Kuva Space partner on ground terminals for Nordic space activity (VS).
Solstar, Deke, NASA, SpaceX partner on small satcom mission (SN).
Eutelsat expands satellite TV broadcast to Mexico & Caribbean (VS).
orbital classifieds
weekly opportunities
funding rounds
1 Addverb - Series C - warehouse automation; F500 clients.
2 Pixxel - Series C - hyperspectral earth observation.
3 Skyroot - Series C - private vertically integrated LSP.
4 Dhruva - Series B - SAR satellites.
5 O-ID Robotics - Series A - humanoids for OEM production; 1000+ order backlog; Nissan, Toyota.
6 Kyber Labs - Seed - general purpose robotics.
7 Kessler Dynamics - Seed - debris inspection; IP.
8 Sunorbit - Seed - ODC solar power arrays.
9 Apex Space Explorations - Seed - hypersonic detection + GEOINT; government awards.
10 Space Sentinel - Seed - hypersonic detection; NTN.
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