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ODNI to share unclassified science and technology priorities (Debra Werner, Space News)

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is preparing unclassified documents to share its science and technology priorities with industry and academia,...

Orbital Micro Systems and Thomas Keating forge weather data pact (Debra Werner, Space News)

Orbital Micro Systems announced an agreement Oct. 5 with UK technology firm Thomas Keating Ltd. to jointly fund design, development and testing of millimeter-wave...

Spire Global data to feed maritime-traffic algorithms (Debra Werner, Space News)

LatConnect 60 will feed Spire Global Automatic Identification System (AIS) vessel-tracking data into algorithms the Australian Earth-observation startup is developing with Curtin University to...

SES CEO thinks satellite industry consolidation likely (Jeff Foust, Space News)

The chief executive of satellite operator SES says consolidation of the satellite industry is more likely than ever to improve its overall return on...

NGA looking to tap ‘all sources of innovation in the commercial space’ (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

The exploitation and analysis of satellite imagery and geospatial data to understand activities on Earth historically has given the United States a huge intelligence...

NRO’s strategy to buy satellite imagery shaped by thriving commercial market (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

The U.S. satellite imagery industry will soon see the details of a highly anticipated procurement by the National Reconnaissance Office. The NRO is the U.S....

Dancing with the Debt Ceiling (Barry Eichengree, Project-Syndicate)

Even in 2013, a year of partisan rancor, Democrats and Republicans agreed to suspend the US federal government’s debt ceiling just a week before...

Global Standards for Stablecoins (Ashley Alder, Jon Cunliffe, Project-Syndicate)

When used at scale as a means of payment, stablecoins can present material risks to the financial system. A new consultative report on applying...

The COVID Inflation Scare (Daniel Gros, Project-Syndicate)

Central banks become concerned, and usually start tightening policy, when higher inflation fuels higher inflation expectations among consumers. Current trends suggest that US policymakers...

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