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// Fascinating topics to discuss this week

deal flow

government

• USSF awards $13.7B fixed price IDR contract to SpaceX, ULA, Blue Origin for toughest NSSL payloads (SC).

• USSF SSC awards Northrop Grumman refuelling contract to refine mobility & logistics in GEO (VS).

• DARPA selects IONQ, Rigetti, Xanadu, Photonic, & Nord Quantique to compete for $316M to build quantum computer (BK).

• Intelsat wins USSF-DoD 10 year IDIQ contract for maritime SatComs in pLEO (SN).

seed

• Portal Space Systems raises $17.5M Seed for dual-use thermal propulsion spacecrafts (TLP).

• SpinLaunch receives $12M investment from KDA for satellite broadband constellation in LEO (SN).

series A+

• Aetherflux raises $50M Series A for Asimovian solar constellation (TC).

• Adaptive Security raises $43M Series A from OpenAI & a16z for AI-generated hack simulator (TC).

• Agility Robotics raises $400M from private equity, WP Global for humanoid warehouse robots (GW).

• Chef Robotics raises $20.6M Series A for food service automation (CB).

m&a

• Qualcomm buys VinAI for on-device & in-vehicle computer vision algorithms & language models (TC).

• MDA Space vertically integrates chipsets with $193M SatixFy acquisition (VS).

• Voyager acquires LEOcloud for cloud infrastructure for SatComms and edge compute (SN).

headlines

🚀

• Axiom Space partners with Kepler to fly data centers for Earth-independent cybersecurity capabilities (SN).

• LeoLabs reveals mobile radar system for maritime & space surveillance (SN).

• MDA hosts an Alabama conference Apr 20 - May 2 seeking non-traditional defense firms for Golden Dome (SN).

🤖

• Ballistic Ventures is raising $100M for cybersecurity fund (TC).

• H2C secures patent for round-the-clock aerospace autonomous construction with swarm robotics (AR).

• Duke Robotics & Elbit expand partnership to market weapons drone system to defense buyers (AR).

🔬

• Heron Power is raising Series A for solid state transformers (TC).

• FCC to modernize how operators share satellite spectrums (SN).

• 25% tariffs on goods lead to rare earth metals & supply chain pressure on public & private aerospace suppliers (SN).

community spotlight

space symposium 04/07 - 04/10 (CO).

today, 04/08

• Visionary happy hour (LA).

• AWS x Deepset (SF).

• Climate & energy dinner (NYC).

wednesday, 04/09

• Female founders lunch (LA).

• AI agents in health care (SF).

• Consumer hardware dinner (SF).

thursday, 04/10

• Santa Monica tech happy hour (LA).

• Women's health investment & innovation (LA).

• Future of food x GLP1 panel (NYC).

friday, 04/11

• Climate mixer (LA).

• MCP discussion (NYC).

upcoming

• Industrial tech hangout (NYC).

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