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Orbital: Capital Raising
Los Angeles-based startup Orbital raised $5 million to fund in-orbit computing demonstration ahead of plans to deploy 100,000+ orbital data centers for AI infrastructure
Source: SpaceNews
The leadership read
Fresh capital usually broadens aerospace & space leadership bench strength — scale, go-to-market and operational depth — rather than any single appointment.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 112.8 (Hot) (up 11.4 month-on-month), Americas is at rising (+2.6pts) on signal share.
Orbital: 4 signals in the last 90 days — above the Aerospace & Space median of 1 across 16 tracked companies; 0.4% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow; 4 tracked across 40 days.
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More signals across Aerospace & Space
Capital Raising · Americas
Orbital Industries →Orbital Industries raised €43m Series B for AI hardware and data centre infrastructure
Partnership · Americas
SpaceX →SpaceX signed a $6.3B computing power deal with AI startup Reflection, establishing a major long-term GPU access and provisioning agreement.
Product Launch · Americas
Collins Aerospace →Air Force awarded Collins Aerospace competitive production option to deliver critical mission autonomy software for Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) fleet. Selected from vendor pool including Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and General Atomics.
Geographic Expansion · Americas
JetZero →JetZero broke ground on $4.7 billion aircraft manufacturing campus in Greensboro, North Carolina, spanning 600+ acres with 8M sq ft facility. Expected to create 14,500 jobs over next decade and represents one of largest aerospace manufacturing investments in North Carolina.
Leadership Change · Americas
GE Aerospace →Judson Althoff, CEO of Microsoft's Commercial Business, appointed to Board of Directors
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