Satellite Spotlight | Defense Dominates as $24B+ Flows to Satcom

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deal flow

government

• Sikorsky wins $43M military contract to modernize situational awareness in Black Hawk (AT).

• Amentum wins $4M SFRC IDIQ contract for engineering and support services (AT).

• North Vector Dynamics wins $3M by Canadian DND for hypersonic engineering support (BK).

• DeepSat wins $1.25M AFWERX contract for real-time maritime ISR in VLEO (SN).

• Xanadu & Photonic awarded $722k each by Canadian DND for dual-use quantum innovations (BK).

• Q-Net Security wins IDIQ tactical encryption contract for edge communications (AT).

series A+

• General Fusion raises $30M by Segra Capital, PenderFund for commercial fusion power R&D (BK).

• Molecular You raises $5M Series A for predictive health through blood-test biomarkers (LT).

public

• Blacksky & HEO sign 7 figure contract extension for SDA image data services (MG).

• Viasat wins $138M SouthPAN contract for precise PNT for critical industries (VS).

m&a

• Amphenol acquires Trexon for $1B cash critical cable infrastructure (AT).

• AT&T buys EchoStar low & mid band wireless & satellite spectrum licenses for $23B cash (BBG).

headlines

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• L3Harris expands $100M Florida facility for on-orbit Golden Dome innovation (VS).

• Alaska Air switches entire fleet to Starlink for uninterrupted in-flight connectivity (VS).

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• Renovus expands $100M Ottawa facility to onshore semiconductor supply chain (BK).

community spotlight

today, 08/26

• Founders & Investors Rooftop (NYC).

• Climate tech mixer (NY).

• Exits under $100M (NY).

• LA x healthcare (LA).

wednesday, 08/27

• Defi rooftop party (NYC).

thursday, 08/28

• BNB Chain Web3 celebration (NYC).

• Santa Monica Tech Happy Hour (LA).

• Women in bio happy hour (LA).

• Hardware & manufacturing happy hour (SF).

friday, 08/29

• Deep tech breakfast (SF).

• Reality Labs, Meta CTO fireside chat (SF).

saturday, 08/30

• Climate picnic (SF).

upcoming

• Space Defense & Security Summit

• 76th IAC

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