Purdue University’s Applied Research Institute opened the doors to a new 65,000-square-foot Hypersonics and Applied Research Facility. ULA achieves a nominal six-second test fire of the two BE-4 engines of the Vulcan Centaur rocket. Firefly Aerospace has acquired Spaceflight Inc. for an undisclosed amount, and more.

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T-Minus Guest

Today's guest is Dennis Burnett, General Counsel of Hawkeye 360 Inc. an American geospatial analytics company. 

You can connect with Dennis on LinkedIn and learn more about Hawkeye 360 on their website.

Selected Reading

New hypersonic testing facility could boost US development- Defense News

What you need to know about United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket test fire- Florida Today

Ohio lawmakers make wild card pitch to host Space Command headquarters- C4IRSNET

Space Command seeks more efficient use of space-tracking and missile sensors- SpaceNews

Space Force to reveal draft for commercial satellite ‘reserve’ service soon- Breaking Defense

NASA concerned Starship problems will delay Artemis 3- SpaceNews

NASA spends $45M to seed tech from hundreds of space businesses- TechCrunch

Firefly Aerospace Announces Strategic Acquisition of Spaceflight Inc. to Bolster On-Orbit Services- Firefly

SAIC Wins $64M Award to Develop, Implement Application System for SDA’s PWSA Constellation- Via Satellite

Hydrosat acquires IrriWatch- SpaceNews

ESA launches AI project to monitor organic cotton supplies- SpaceNews

UK Space Agency Backs Satellite Applications Catapult, GHGSat Partnership for Methane Emissions Data Access- Via Satellite

Q&A: Maxar execs discuss US Army simulation, Project Maven- Defense News

The Gray Rhino in space: US must update military requirements for satellite cyber defense- Breaking Defense

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