LeoLabs, a California-based company specializing in space object tracking, introduced a mobile surveillance radar system aimed at military customers hoping for enhanced monitoring of low Earth orbit (LEO), particularly as the Pentagon increases scrutiny of China’s space activities.The new system unveiled April 7, dubbed “Scout,” is a portable version of the company’s established fixed-site radar infrastructure. Scout can be transported in a container-sized...
It's tough being a startup founder. For many, just posting on LinkedIn is a full time gig, and that's before you get into venture capitalist parties, Slack inquisitions, and hustle-culture burnout.In today's increasingly polarized world, they also have to contend with the threat of assassination — at least in their fertile imaginations.Meet Deep Prasad, the Canadian engineer and entrepreneur whose "quantum computing" AI...
The world economy is reeling today as businesses and investors try to unpack Donald Trump's so-called "reciprocal tariffs."Trump aims to curb the United States' reliance on foreign goods by raising the import cost for different countries, which is throwing the US-dominated global supply chain into chaos. Wall Street is in shambles as a result, with some $5 trillion in market value being wiped...
WASHINGTON — NASA’s latest call for proposals to conduct private astronaut missions to the International Space Station opens the door to having those missions commanded by someone other than a former NASA astronaut.NASA announced April 2 it issued a solicitation for the next two private astronaut missions, or PAMs, to the ISS. These will be the fifth and sixth such missions to the...
TAMPA, Fla. — Space companies were swept up in a broad stock market sell-off as governments around the world reacted to sweeping U.S. tariffs targeting dozens of countries.Shares of UFO, an exchange-traded fund (ETF) holding an international mix of 30 space companies, have fallen 12% following U.S. President Trump’s global import tax announcement April 2.That’s a steeper decline than the S&P 500, which...
