NOAA's $8 Billion Weather-Data Bet: Ceiling or Check? — September 13, 2026
Space Stakes: The Business of the New Space Race · Sep 13, 2026 · 15:19
Space Stakes: The Business of the New Space Race
Space Stakes: The Business of the New Space Race · Sep 13, 2026 · 15:19
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NOAA locks in a decade-long, $8 billion-ceiling commercial weather-data buy across fourteen companies — while KBR walks away with the round's biggest single award, up to $1.1 billion, for ground-based mesonet data. Plus: Europe's best stretch in years for commercial launch, a French suborbital rocket slips to 2027, and a real executive order raises real questions about NASA and the military sharing a classroom.
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