{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"166437","rtpr_id":"nBwbHFn1qa-20261012","ticker":"YSS","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["YSS"],"title":"York Space Systems Awarded Two Space Force Space Data Network Task Orders","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-10-12T13:00:00.526Z","article_body":"York Space Systems Awarded Two Space Force Space Data Network Task Orders\n\nAwards support multi-vendor interoperability demonstration and Space Exchange\nPoint development activities\n\nYork Space Systems\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkspacesystems.com%2F&esheet=54618669&newsitemid=20261012429412&lan=en-US&anchor=York+Space+Systems&index=1&md5=100a8fbce4a3575bf47872bdfc5f48d4)\n(York) (NYSE: YSS), a U.S.-based national-security and commercial space\ncompany, shared additional details on two previously awarded task orders\nsupporting the United States Space Force’s (USSF) Space Data Network (SDN)\neffort.\n\nThe awards support development and demonstration activities intended to\nadvance multi-vendor interoperability and Space Exchange Point (SEP)\nintegration planning.\n\n“We are pleased to support the Space Force’s Space Data Network effort,”\nsaid Dirk Wallinger, chief executive officer of York. “These awards enable\nYork to apply its spacecraft-platform, payload-integration, and ground-system\nexperience to support the program’s development objectives.”\n\nThe Space Data Network is a Space Force effort intended to advance integrated,\nhigh-capacity, low-latency space-based data-transport capabilities using\ncommercially derived technologies and practices.\n\nUnder the task orders, also known as Delivery Order 2 (DO2), York will support\na multi-vendor interoperability demonstration with the SDN-Backbone (SDN-B)\nconstellation. The effort will evaluate approaches for connecting spacecraft\nand ground elements through multiple data-exchange paths.\n\nUnder Delivery Order 3 (DO3), York will support Phase A of the Space Exchange\nPoint on-orbit demonstration effort. Phase A will support the definition of\nspacecraft bus-to-payload interfaces and payload-integration planning\nassociated with the SEP demonstration, including planning products to inform a\npotential subsequent on-orbit prototyping phase.\n\n“These efforts are intended to help inform approaches for integrating\npayload capabilities through common interfaces,” said Melanie Preisser,\nexecutive vice president and general manager of York. “Common interfaces and\nadaptable spacecraft platforms can help facilitate integration of payload\ncapabilities from across industry. York has experience integrating payload\ncapabilities onto its spacecraft platforms.”\n\nYork spacecraft support government and commercial missions. The delivery\norders build on York’s participation in the SDN acquisition vehicle and\nsupport continued development of scalable, interoperable space-data-transport\ncapabilities.\n\nAbout York Space Systems\n\nYork Space Systems\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkspacesystems.com%2F&esheet=54618669&newsitemid=20261012429412&lan=en-US&anchor=York+Space+Systems&index=2&md5=232a8b4eab1c11bea205c6e5908952e1)\n(NYSE: YSS) is a leading, U.S.-based national defense and commercial prime\nproviding a comprehensive suite of mission-critical solutions for national\nsecurity, government, and commercial customers. York is one of the only space\nand defense primes with proprietary hardware and software capabilities\ndesigned to address customers’ complex mission requirements across the\ncritical elements of the entire space ecosystem throughout the mission\nlifecycle. York is purpose built to address evolving national security space\nchallenges and to adapt to the ongoing shift in the U.S. government’s\nmission needs and procurement processes.\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the\nmeaning of, and we intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by,\nthe safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of\n1995. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and\nuncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified. In some cases,\nyou can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as\n“anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “emerging,” “expand,”\n“expect,” “feasibility,” “intend,” “may,” “objective,”\n“plan,” “potential,” “should,” “will,” “would,” or the\nnegative of these terms or other comparable terminology. In particular,\nstatements about the use and execution of our production lot, the health of\nour spacecraft, our customers’ plans, and our expectations, beliefs, plans,\nstrategies, objectives, prospects, assumptions, or future events or\nperformance contained in this press release are forward-looking statements.\n\nFactors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those\nexpressed or implied by the forward-looking statements include: any failure of\nour spacecraft systems and related software to operate as intended, resulting\nin claims for product failures, schedule delays or other problems with\nexisting or new products; cost overruns on our contracts, including before\nfinal receipt of a contract; significant competition in the global space and\nsatellite market; our revenue, results of operations and reputation may be\nnegatively impacted if our products contain defects or fail to operate in the\nexpected manner; our failure to establish and maintain important relationships\nwith government agencies and prime contractors; the scarcity or unavailability\nof critical components used to manufacture our products or used in our\ndevelopment programs; disruptions in U.S. government operations and funding\nand budgetary priorities of the U.S. government; the inability to comply with\nany of our contracts or meet eligibility requirements to obtain certain\ngovernment contracts; and the other factors set forth in our filings with the\nSecurities and Exchange Commission. You should not place undue reliance on\nthese forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date stated, or\nif no date is stated, as of the date of this press release. We undertake no\nintent or obligation to publicly update or revise any of the estimates and\nother forward-looking statements made in this press release, whether as a\nresult of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by\nlaw.\n\nReferences and links to websites have been provided as a convenience, and the\ninformation contained on such websites is not incorporated by reference into\nthis press release. York is not responsible for the content of third-party\nwebsites.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261012429412/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261012429412/en/)\n\nMedia Contact \n\nSarah Nickell\n\nSarah.nickell@yorkspacesystems.com (mailto:Sarah.nickell@yorkspacesystems.com)\n\nInvestor contact \n\nChristopher Evenden\n\nir@yorkspacesystems.com (mailto:ir@yorkspacesystems.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBwbHFn1qa-20261012","title":"York Space Systems Awarded Two Space Force Space Data Network Task Orders","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"YSS","created":"2026-10-12T13:00:00.526Z","tickers":["YSS"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"York Space Systems Awarded Two Space Force Space Data Network Task Orders\n\nAwards support multi-vendor interoperability demonstration and Space Exchange\nPoint development activities\n\nYork Space Systems\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkspacesystems.com%2F&esheet=54618669&newsitemid=20261012429412&lan=en-US&anchor=York+Space+Systems&index=1&md5=100a8fbce4a3575bf47872bdfc5f48d4)\n(York) (NYSE: YSS), a U.S.-based national-security and commercial space\ncompany, shared additional details on two previously awarded task orders\nsupporting the United States Space Force’s (USSF) Space Data Network (SDN)\neffort.\n\nThe awards support development and demonstration activities intended to\nadvance multi-vendor interoperability and Space Exchange Point (SEP)\nintegration planning.\n\n“We are pleased to support the Space Force’s Space Data Network effort,”\nsaid Dirk Wallinger, chief executive officer of York. “These awards enable\nYork to apply its spacecraft-platform, payload-integration, and ground-system\nexperience to support the program’s development objectives.”\n\nThe Space Data Network is a Space Force effort intended to advance integrated,\nhigh-capacity, low-latency space-based data-transport capabilities using\ncommercially derived technologies and practices.\n\nUnder the task orders, also known as Delivery Order 2 (DO2), York will support\na multi-vendor interoperability demonstration with the SDN-Backbone (SDN-B)\nconstellation. The effort will evaluate approaches for connecting spacecraft\nand ground elements through multiple data-exchange paths.\n\nUnder Delivery Order 3 (DO3), York will support Phase A of the Space Exchange\nPoint on-orbit demonstration effort. Phase A will support the definition of\nspacecraft bus-to-payload interfaces and payload-integration planning\nassociated with the SEP demonstration, including planning products to inform a\npotential subsequent on-orbit prototyping phase.\n\n“These efforts are intended to help inform approaches for integrating\npayload capabilities through common interfaces,” said Melanie Preisser,\nexecutive vice president and general manager of York. “Common interfaces and\nadaptable spacecraft platforms can help facilitate integration of payload\ncapabilities from across industry. York has experience integrating payload\ncapabilities onto its spacecraft platforms.”\n\nYork spacecraft support government and commercial missions. The delivery\norders build on York’s participation in the SDN acquisition vehicle and\nsupport continued development of scalable, interoperable space-data-transport\ncapabilities.\n\nAbout York Space Systems\n\nYork Space Systems\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkspacesystems.com%2F&esheet=54618669&newsitemid=20261012429412&lan=en-US&anchor=York+Space+Systems&index=2&md5=232a8b4eab1c11bea205c6e5908952e1)\n(NYSE: YSS) is a leading, U.S.-based national defense and commercial prime\nproviding a comprehensive suite of mission-critical solutions for national\nsecurity, government, and commercial customers. York is one of the only space\nand defense primes with proprietary hardware and software capabilities\ndesigned to address customers’ complex mission requirements across the\ncritical elements of the entire space ecosystem throughout the mission\nlifecycle. York is purpose built to address evolving national security space\nchallenges and to adapt to the ongoing shift in the U.S. government’s\nmission needs and procurement processes.\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the\nmeaning of, and we intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by,\nthe safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of\n1995. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and\nuncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified. In some cases,\nyou can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as\n“anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “emerging,” “expand,”\n“expect,” “feasibility,” “intend,” “may,” “objective,”\n“plan,” “potential,” “should,” “will,” “would,” or the\nnegative of these terms or other comparable terminology. In particular,\nstatements about the use and execution of our production lot, the health of\nour spacecraft, our customers’ plans, and our expectations, beliefs, plans,\nstrategies, objectives, prospects, assumptions, or future events or\nperformance contained in this press release are forward-looking statements.\n\nFactors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those\nexpressed or implied by the forward-looking statements include: any failure of\nour spacecraft systems and related software to operate as intended, resulting\nin claims for product failures, schedule delays or other problems with\nexisting or new products; cost overruns on our contracts, including before\nfinal receipt of a contract; significant competition in the global space and\nsatellite market; our revenue, results of operations and reputation may be\nnegatively impacted if our products contain defects or fail to operate in the\nexpected manner; our failure to establish and maintain important relationships\nwith government agencies and prime contractors; the scarcity or unavailability\nof critical components used to manufacture our products or used in our\ndevelopment programs; disruptions in U.S. government operations and funding\nand budgetary priorities of the U.S. government; the inability to comply with\nany of our contracts or meet eligibility requirements to obtain certain\ngovernment contracts; and the other factors set forth in our filings with the\nSecurities and Exchange Commission. You should not place undue reliance on\nthese forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date stated, or\nif no date is stated, as of the date of this press release. We undertake no\nintent or obligation to publicly update or revise any of the estimates and\nother forward-looking statements made in this press release, whether as a\nresult of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by\nlaw.\n\nReferences and links to websites have been provided as a convenience, and the\ninformation contained on such websites is not incorporated by reference into\nthis press release. York is not responsible for the content of third-party\nwebsites.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261012429412/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261012429412/en/)\n\nMedia Contact \n\nSarah Nickell\n\nSarah.nickell@yorkspacesystems.com (mailto:Sarah.nickell@yorkspacesystems.com)\n\nInvestor contact \n\nChristopher Evenden\n\nir@yorkspacesystems.com (mailto:ir@yorkspacesystems.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-10-12T13:00:00.832293691Z","server_sent_at_ms":1791810000832},"received_at":"2026-10-12T13:00:00.883Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261012429412/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"154785","press_release_id":"166437","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Aerospace & Defense","sector":"Industrials"},"redFlags":["no contract dollar values disclosed for either task order","DO3 is a planning phase contingent on potential subsequent on-orbit prototyping"],"eventType":"operations_update","narrative":"York Space Systems disclosed details on two previously awarded U.S. Space Force task orders supporting the Space Data Network effort.\n\nDelivery Order 2 supports a multi-vendor interoperability demonstration with the SDN-Backbone constellation, while Delivery Order 3 funds Phase A planning of the Space Exchange Point on-orbit demonstration.\n\nThe awards deepen York's role in the SDN acquisition vehicle, though no contract values were disclosed, limiting near-term financial signal.","sentiment":"bullish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"York expands its footprint in Space Force's Space Data Network with interoperability and SEP planning task orders."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"task_orders":["Delivery Order 2 (DO2)","Delivery Order 3 (DO3)"]}},"quotedText":"We are pleased to support the Space Force's Space Data Network effort","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Dirk Wallinger","role":"CEO"},{"name":"Melanie Preisser","role":"Executive Vice President and General Manager"}],"products":["Space Data Network (SDN)","SDN-Backbone (SDN-B) constellation","Space Exchange Point (SEP)"],"companies":[{"name":"York Space Systems","ticker":"YSS","relationship":"filer"},{"name":"United States Space Force","relationship":"customer"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"materialImpact":{"score":2,"reasoning":"Details on two previously awarded Space Force task orders (DO2, DO3) for SDN interoperability and SEP demonstration planning. 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