Aerospace Investor | Chairman of @TrustPointGPS, @SpiderOak, & SSA Former | President Vulcan Aerospace, @YorkSpaceSystem, Pentagon Official (Space & Intel)

Very proud to partner with John Neal and his team at the @USChamber of Commerce for our annual Miami Space Summit. There are no two organizations more closely aligned on what the future of space acquisition should look like: faster, more competitive, and built around America’s commercial space industry. Great to see the Chamber putting a stake in the ground on Space Force acquisition reform. miamispacesummit.com/
Business group puts markers down for Space Force acquisition overhaul spacenews.com/business-group…
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Navigation startup TrustPoint orders 40 satellites from EnduroSat spacenews.com/navigation-sta…
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.@EnduroSat will build a 40-sat constellation for @TrustPointGPS, the startup building a commercial GNSS service, the companies announced today. The satellites will be built and delivered in three batches, with the first set to launch NET 2027. Depending on the supply chain and launch availability, TrustPoint CEO Patrick Shannon said he expects the full constellation could come online in the next 24 to 30 months. The award signifies TrustPoint’s graduation from testing and demonstration into full-fledged operations. Read the full story from Payload reporter @Douglas__Gorman. Link below.
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We’re scaling our GPS-independent PNT constellation from flight heritage to full rate production, partnering with @EnduroSat US to build the next 40 satellites. This is resilience at speed and scale. 🛰️ businesswire.com/news/home/2… #TrustPoint #PNT #GPS #CBandGNSS #EnduroSat
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Excited to announce the 2027 Miami Space Summit is coming back for its third year, February 17–18 in Miami, and it will be bigger and better than ever! We are bringing together senior leaders who are actively shaping where government policy, national security, technology, and private capital intersect. If you were in the room last year, you know. If you weren't, 2027 is your year. This year's agenda centers on three themes: Autonomous Future, Data Dominance, and Layered Deterrence, along with a frank midterm assessment of the Trump administration's space agenda, from executive order to orbit. More details and registration will be posted soon, but do not wait: Block February 17–18 now!
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“America may be winning the race to build AI. China may be winning the race to use it to build everything else.” That should be a warning for America’s space industry. The next space race won’t be won by the best AI model, It will be won by who can continuously produce, improve and operate space capabilities faster and cheaper. My latest for Forbes: America’s AI Lead Won’t Win The Next Space Race forbes.com/sites/charlesbeam…
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TrustPoint tests C-band navigation signals on third-party receiver spacenews.com/trustpoint-tes…
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#TrustPoint’s C-band signal just operated through #GPS interference, on a receiver the industry already trusts. Real hardware, from an existing product line, now operating at C-band. @novatelinc @HexagonFederal @NAVAIRNews @NavySTP @NAVYSBIR businesswire.com/news/home/2… #GPSJamming
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As the U.S. builds increasingly capable space architectures, resilience cannot be measured by satellite count alone. It must be measured by how many independent pathways allow the mission to continue - even after an attack. The lesson is clear: efficiency without diversity creates vulnerability. True resilience comes from architectures designed to absorb disruption, adapt, and keep operating. "The best way to defend America's Strait of Hormuz in space is to make sure we never build one." A thought-provoking perspective on strategic competition, architectural diversity, and resilient space systems. forbes.com/sites/charlesbeam…
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In a new @KratosDefense article, @ChuckBeames, Chairman of the Board at SpiderOak, shares his perspective on why networks systems must be built with the assumption that compromise is inevitable. He discusses the importance of #zerotrust, secure-by-design architectures that can continue operating even when parts of a system or network have been breached. Charles also points to SpiderOak as one of the companies providing the tools needed to help solution providers adopt zero-trust practices and strengthen cyber resilience across increasingly connected space systems. As space infrastructure becomes more critical to national security, communications, navigation, financial systems, and more, designing for resilience from the start is becoming increasingly essential. Read the full article: kratosspace.com/constellatio…
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• Stealth intrusions rising • Hidden access persists • Networks risk cascade • Secure‑by‑design essential #space #cybersecurityawareness #defense Read more: kratosspace.com/constellatio…
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A sharp read from @ChuckBeames on where the real chokepoints in national security space are forming, and why physical proliferation alone does not equal resilience. Moving from a handful of exquisite satellites to thousands of small ones was the right step. But thousands of satellites that depend on one operator, one software stack, one ground network, or one supply chain distribute the hardware without distributing the vulnerability. Competition is not just acquisition policy. It is resilience. Multiple suppliers mean different technologies, different supply chains, and different failure modes — so no single point of attack can take down the mission. A diverse industrial base is itself a national security asset. Read the full piece: forbes.com/sites/charlesbeam…
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In his latest @Forbes article, @ChuckBeames, Chairman of the Board at SpiderOak, explores why the real significance of a potential @SpaceX IPO isn't its valuation. It's what it represents: a broader shift toward commercially driven innovation, competition, and resilient infrastructure that is reshaping both economic and national security priorities. That future extends far beyond launch and satellites. At SpiderOak, we see it in the growing importance of secure, resilient technologies and services that support mission-critical operations across space, defense, and the tactical edge. Read the full article on Forbes: forbes.com/sites/charlesbeam… #SpaceX #MissionCritical #DefenseTech #TacticalEdge
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Excellent piece by @chuckbeames in @Forbes 👏🏼 History won’t remember the IPO valuation, it will remember who had the vision to build the industrial base for the new space age. Proud to call Charles a friend and fellow thought leader on space technology and dual-use aerospace. Beyond his sharp strategic mind, he’s incredibly generous in our Miami-Dade community, dedicating real time to @FIU and @FIUPresident Jeanette Nuñez to develop the talent we need for a thriving space economy, both here in South Florida and across the nation, including his important work advancing Golden Dome. True leadership. True patriot. 🚀🇺🇸
In this months @Forbes op-ed we are exploring how SpaceX and the emerging space economy signal a new industrial era defined by private capital, national strategy, and rapid technological convergence. Full story below: forbes.com/sites/charlesbeam…
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In this months @Forbes op-ed we are exploring how SpaceX and the emerging space economy signal a new industrial era defined by private capital, national strategy, and rapid technological convergence. Full story below: forbes.com/sites/charlesbeam…
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TrustPoint has been awarded a rare fully government-funded TACFI to accelerate deployment of our GPS-independent PNT architecture across space and ground systems, reflecting strong demand for resilient PNT in GPS-denied environments. More in comments ⬇️ #TrustPoint #AltPNT #GPS
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Gen Tav Taverney nails it: in a space race defined by speed more than anything else, a Continuing Resolution gives away the one thing we cannot recover: time. Space superiority will never be maintained on autopilot.
Failing to pass a defense budget is a self-inflicted wound in the space race spacenews.com/failing-to-pas…
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