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Don’t miss York’s Executive Vice President and General Manager Melanie Preisser at Silicon Valley Space Week! Join Melanie and fellow industry leaders for “Buses vs. Vertical Integration: Who Builds the Proliferated Era” on October 28 at 11:15 a.m. We look forward to seeing you there! invt.io/1lxb3xi0e7y
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York is proud to support the future defense architecture through two task orders for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Data Network. These efforts build on York’s experience across spacecraft, communications, and ground systems to help advance the space-based infrastructure that connects missions and supports the warfighter. Read more: businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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York is growing in Austin. Our new 8,400-square-foot office near Quarry Lake gives our software team more room to develop, integrate, and test the capabilities behind our spacecraft and an expanding range of national defense missions. As customers deploy larger fleets of unmanned systems across space, land, sea, and air, software is essential to connecting and coordinating those assets at scale. This investment supports York’s work to deliver that architecture, with space providing the backbone for communications and coordination. Austin has been an exceptional home for our team, and we look forward to building on the city’s deep technical talent as we grow. Read more: businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink visited York on Friday, October 2, meeting with company leadership and touring York’s Willow headquarters production facility. The visit provided a firsthand look at York’s spacecraft manufacturing capabilities, supported by the company’s $755 million investment in production capacity and spacecraft inventory. The visit follows recent contract awards and selections, including two task orders under the Space Data Network (SDN) program and selection for the NITE-STAR IDIQ contract vehicle. York currently operates 5 missions across 3 constellations from 3 mission operations centers, supporting customers from spacecraft production through on-orbit operations. cc @SecAFOfficial @usairforce
Commercial space partners are critical to accelerating innovation, strengthening our industrial base and delivering secure & assured capabilities at speed. Thanks for hosting us @YorkSpaceSystem
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York is expanding into GEO as prime contractor for the U.S. Space Force's Tetra 3 and 4 missions, supporting Space Domain Awareness. Known as Nemesis, the missions have cleared Delta Critical Design Review, with spacecraft delivery on track for Q4 2026. businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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The next era of defense demands speed, scale, and proven performance. York CEO Dirk Wallinger joined Inside the ICE House from the @NYSE for a conversation on scaling satellite production and the space-based capabilities needed to connect and coordinate growing fleets of unmanned systems. Tune in for his perspective on the industry’s future and York’s approach to delivering mission-ready capabilities at the pace customers need.
A satellite once took 10 years to build. @YorkSpaceSystem has a goal to make it 30 days. CEO Dirk Wallinger joins @ICEHousePodcast to break down how York is scaling the space industry and why speed is a national security advantage. Full episode linked below.
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Space will provide the connective layer for the next generation of autonomous defense. York CEO Dirk Wallinger joined @CNBC Morning Call with @MorganLBrennan to discuss how space-based infrastructure will enable fleets of unmanned systems to operate at scale and make decisions faster across air, land and sea, and why York is positioned to play a central role in building that future. Watch the full conversation: cnbc.com/video/2026/09/22/yo…
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CEO Dirk Wallinger recently joined @jd_durkin on @TakingStockLive at the @NYSE to discuss the capabilities shaping the future of space and national security. The conversation covered York’s priorities as a modern defense prime, including our $187 million contract with @tomorrowio_ to support the DeepSky early warning constellation, our new VLEO platform, and the role space-based architectures will play in coordinating the rapidly growing number of unmanned systems operating around the world. From expanding access to critical weather intelligence to advancing resilient, mission-ready capabilities for the warfighter, York continues to invest ahead of demand and build at the speed and scale today’s missions require. Watch the full conversation below.
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🎥 @YorkSpaceSystem has invested $755 million in US supply chain production and now has the capability to produce 1,000 satellites. CEO Dirk Wallinger tells @JD_Durkin the investment is bringing satellite production back to America after the supply chain moved overseas.
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York will serve as prime contractor for @tomorrowio_ 's DeepSky early warning constellation. The $187M contract covers dozens of spacecraft built on our M-CLASS platform, each carrying five instruments for global atmospheric observation. Read the full announcement: businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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York is expanding into one of the fastest-growing segments in space: VLEO. Proven through our BANE demonstration, the new LX/V-CLASS platform is ready to meet growing demand. Leveraging York’s existing inventory, the LX/V-CLASS can be deployed as quickly as 6 months after contract. Read more: businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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As demand for resilient space capabilities grows and operational timelines continue to compress, the ability to scale commercial innovation is increasingly critical. @allspaceltd's award under DIU's 10ⁿ project reflects the growing role of commercially developed technologies in strengthening the space industrial base and meeting mission requirements at scale. #SpaceTech #NationalSecurity
Flight-qualified space hardware, on demand. The Department of War Innovation Unit has awarded ALL.SPACE an agreement under its 10ⁿ project, with Hydra supporting rapid delivery of resilient multi-orbit SATCOM. Full announcement: all.pulse.ly/j5sx3rqgke @DIU_x
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York CEO Dirk Wallinger will present at the 2026 @Jefferies Global Industrials Conference in New York, Sept. 9 at 12:10 PM MT/ 2:10PM ET. ir.yorkspacesystems.com/even…
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York was proud to host Rep. @JasonCrowCO for a town hall at our headquarters in Greenwood Village this morning. The conversation, moderated by York CEO Dirk Wallinger, focused on the evolving national security landscape and the importance of maintaining a strong U.S. industrial and supplier base capable of delivering at the speed and scale today’s missions demand. Rep. Crow and Dirk also discussed the growing need for resilient, assured communications as the character of conflict continues to evolve. We appreciate Rep. Crow spending time with the York team and engaging in an important conversation about strengthening America’s defense industrial base and ensuring the warfighter has the capabilities needed to meet emerging threats.
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York's Bard mission, developed in collaboration with @NASA and @JHUAPL has been nominated for @aiaa Small Satellite Mission of the Year. Voting is now open: sites.google.com/aiaa-smstc.… Launched in July 2025, Bard hosts the PExT payload, a software-defined radio intended to demonstrate communications with both government and commercial networks as NASA looks ahead to replacing the aging TDRS relay satellite constellation. Bard completed all of its mission objectives and has been extended for another year with additional partners to demonstrate communications with and enhance the automation of communication relay tasking. Vote now to celebrate this mission and the teams behind it!
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The character of conflict has changed, and the architectures underneath it must change with it. York is proud to support @USSF_SSC vision for a resilient Space Data Network, building the communications infrastructure warfighters operating across manned and unmanned formations will count on to win. With 3 constellations and 5 missions in operation today, York already delivers the tactical communications mission the SDN builds on. SDN is the next mission we're built to lead.
Bringing the best tech to our missions!🛰️We’re investing in a multi-vendor architecture to build the next gen of the Space Data Network. #USSF has initiated a strategic partnership w/ 5 space companies to develop a highly resilient, open-architecture SDN. ssc.spaceforce.mil/Newsroom/…
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Big thanks to @Rockies All-Star catcher @HunterGoodman35 for visiting York HQ last week. Autographs, photos, and a lot of smiles! Exactly the kind of experience we love bringing to our team through our partnership with the Rockies.
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York will host its Q2 2026 earnings webcast on Thursday, August 13 at 5PM ET. Register for the webcast: events.q4inc.com/attendee/32…
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