Moneymaker brings extensive experience building and scaling defense technology companies through periods of rapid growth and change. As Founder and CEO of BlueHalo, he led the company’s transformation into a multi-domain defense technology provider by combining internal innovation and organic growth with targeted acquisitions. This culminated in the company’s $4.1 billion acquisition by AeroVironment in 2024.

His appointment complements LeoLabs’ existing board, which includes leaders across national security, policy, and technology. It also reflects the company’s continued maturation as it scales its solutions, expands its global footprint, and pursues a multi-pronged growth strategy establishing itself as a neoprime in the space and defense tech market.

“Jonathan has a proven track record of building high-growth defense technology companies and executing value creation strategies that combine organic growth with disciplined mergers and acquisitions,” said Tony Frazier, CEO of LeoLabs. “His experience integrating commercial technologies into operational defense systems and scaling solutions through strategic acquisitions will be invaluable as LeoLabs extends its lead in space domain awareness and expands into missile defense.”

LeoLabs has established itself as a critical provider of persistent Orbital Intelligence, delivering real-time detection, tracking, and characterization of objects in low Earth orbit. Its radar network and AI-powered analytics are increasingly integrated within U.S. and Allied operational workflows, supporting national security missions with high fidelity and low latency, .according to the company

“LeoLabs is building a foundational layer of modern defense infrastructure,” said Moneymaker. “The company has reached an important inflection point, with strong momentum, differentiated technology, and growing integration into mission-critical systems. I’m excited to join the board as chairman and support the team as they scale their impact and continue to deliver category-defining technologies.”

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Upward of 70,000 operational satellites are projected to be in low Earth orbit (LEO) by 2030, with a growing percentage from adversarial nations. In this environment, U.S. and Allied military space operators face more ambiguity and less time to decide how to react to emerging threats.

Delta enables critical intelligence gathering, real-time threat monitoring and asset protection. This system harnesses LeoLabs’ vertically integrated proliferated radar network and its world-leading commercial object catalog to continuously monitor mission-relevant objects, detect and characterize anomalous events, and analyze patterns of activity. It automatically translates and consolidates orbital data into actionable alerts and critical insights delivered directly to operators.

“Today’s dynamic threats — from advanced proximity operations that mirror ‘dogfighting’ to obscured satellite deployments — require more than passive surveillance,” said LeoLabs Chief Executive Officer Tony Frazier. “With Delta, we’re giving U.S. and Allied operators the ability to not only see what’s happening in orbit, but to also understand what it means and act when it matters most.”

“We’re seeing growing demand from countries across the globe for real-time, operationally relevant space domain awareness, as they launch more sovereign space capabilities in LEO that are critical to their national security,” said LeoLabs Senior Vice President of International Sales Maher Khoury. “Delta delivers the clarity and speed Allied operators need to make confident decisions, defend critical assets, and strengthen collective security.”

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The contract, awarded on 30 September 2025, marks the first time multiple agencies across the U.S. government are collaborating to utilize LeoLabs’ space surveillance data at scale to support multiple space safety and security missions to provide best value to the American taxpayer. This milestone aligns with the Presidential Executive Order (EO) on Ensuring Commercial, Cost-Effective Solutions in Federal Contracts, demonstrating the EO’s success in driving interagency adoption of innovative, efficient commercial technologies to enhance national space interests.

According to the company, LeoLabs maintains the most comprehensive commercial catalog of objects and activity in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) at nearly 25,000 resident space objects. The company currently tracks 99.3% of the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) public catalog, including 99.96% of all satellites and 98.56% of all debris. Under this contract, it will deliver its full public catalog, as well as radar observations, object state updates, and maneuver detection data, to the USSF Unified Data Library (UDL) for use by the OSC and the JCO.

The OSC will evaluate how to best integrate a fully commercial catalog into the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). TraCSS users and development partners will now be able to understand how LeoLabs data can deliver timely and actionable alerts and insights for the space safety mission in LEO. The JCO will also receive full access to LeoLabs Object Catalog for Space Domain Awareness, building on the work LeoLabs had been doing to monitor and conduct threat assessments for adversarial spacecraft in LEO.

“We are excited to demonstrate how LeoLabs can take on critical missions that until recently were exclusively supported by the U.S. government,” said LeoLabs CEO Tony Frazier.

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Varda’s W-3 vehicle, which returned to Earth on May 13, 2025, performed a series of orbital maneuvers ahead of hypersonic reentry. With cues from Varda, LeoLabs’ Global Radar Network tracked the vehicle’s on-orbit maneuvers. The LeoLabs data was then integrated with Anduril’s Lattice, an AI-enabled software platform that provides resilient mesh networking and low-latency communications across a global network of sensors, to provide distributed users with real-time situational awareness of on-orbit maneuvers.

Tracking orbital maneuvers in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) is a critically important component of space domain awareness, providing early warning and attribution of potentially threatening activity. In a future experiment, the companies are exploring opportunities to expand the demonstration to use LeoLabs’ new Scout radar to detect a Varda capsule as it reenters at hypersonic speed. Scout is a containerized S-band Direct Radiating Array (DRA) radar that can be easily transported for rapid deployment to any location worldwide to detect and track launches and reentries, such as Varda’s landings in South Australia. The data will again be ingested into Anduril’s Lattice, facilitating connectivity with a range of government and defense command and control nodes.

The companies initiated the joint demonstration as an internal R&D effort, recognizing the potential of their combined technologies to support national security. Orchestrated in under a week, the effort showcases the agility of emerging and scaling space companies to rapidly identify use cases, conduct R&D, and iterate at speed.

“Regular, rigorous component and systems testing for defense modernization is incredibly important,” said Varda CEO Will Bruey. “Varda is doing that today as the lowest-cost, highest-cadence platform to fly at speeds higher than Mach 25. This is a leapfrog capability that only America has.”

Varda’s hypersonic reentry testbed utilizes a recoverable, dual-use orbital processing capsule and is the least expensive method to reproduce the most challenging hypersonic and reentry flight environments at speeds exceeding Mach 25. The hypersonic regime currently lacks a sufficient number of real-world testing environments to support the rapid test cadence required to derisk our most advanced aerospace vehicles and systems. Varda’s testbed is a turn-key option to raise TRL and iterate quickly and economically.

“This is an important step in better understanding how we can push LeoLabs technology to adjacent mission sets,” said LeoLabs CEO Tony Frazier. “Tracking the on-orbit maneuvers of Varda’s W-3 at hypersonic speed and seamlessly integrating our Orbital Intelligence data into Anduril’s Lattice represents the critical ability to provide actionable insights to decision-makers at the point of need.”

LeoLabs’ Global Radar Network supports a range of mission areas, from space domain awareness and space traffic management to emerging applications such as search and detection of foreign launches and maneuvers. By investing in next-gen mobile and modular radar technologies for rapid deployment, the company is setting the standard for how commercial innovation can support space battle management, space safety, and missile defense.

“No solution works in isolation,” said Gokul Subramanian, SVP of space and engineering at Anduril Industries. “Integrating LeoLabs’ sensor data into Lattice in less than a week is the latest example of how our interoperable, resilient, and low-latency networking and communications architecture ensures that end users always have access to the right tools, sensors, and information they need to execute their missions.”

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Under the TACFI, LeoLabs will develop and deploy a software upgrade for its expeditionary Scout-class radar—a new, containerized S-band Direct Radiating Array (DRA) the company announced in April—to detect and track foreign launches. LeoLabs will also create a software development plan to upgrade the radar to perform track-while-scan for highly maneuvering objects such as missiles and hypersonic glide vehicles.

Scout radars are designed for mobility, modularity, and rapid deployment and can be easily transported to any location worldwide in response to dynamic Space Domain Awareness (SDA) missions, including monitoring foreign launches. The system can be deployed solo or in dense networks depending on mission requirements.

This TACFI follows LeoLabs’ recent $60M Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) award by SpaceWERX to deploy a Seeker-Class Ultra High Frequency DRA radar in the Indo-Pacific region by 2027.

“Being selected for both a TACFI and a STRATFI within a short timeframe is a powerful vote of confidence in LeoLabs’ ability to deliver persistent Orbital Intelligence for the U.S., its Allies, and partners,” said LeoLabs CEO Tony Frazier. “It also reinforces the urgent need for next-generation radar systems and corresponding advanced software to meet evolving national security challenges and support rapidly evolving SDA requirements.”

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The company unveiled its first expeditionary Scout radar this morning at the 40th annual Space Symposium. Scout is a containerized S-band Direct Radiating Array (DRA) radar system that can be easily transported for rapid deployment to any location worldwide in response to dynamic Space Domain Awareness (SDA) missions, including monitoring foreign launches. Scout radars can be deployed solo or in dense networks depending on mission requirements.

“Scout is a game changer for advanced SDA. Mobile radars offer timely proliferation and the ability to quickly adapt to changing threats by deploying wherever and whenever our customers need it most,” said LeoLabs CEO Tony Frazier. “By integrating next-generation and legacy radars, LeoLabs is creating a resilient, low-latency network for persistent Orbital Intelligence. As we deploy new radar classes and technologies, LeoLabs continues to expand our capabilities across mission sets and orbital regimes, enhancing our ability to detect, track, and characterize objects and activity in space.”

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In this role, Moultrie will provide independent corporate oversight of LeoLabs for the purposes of maintaining the highest level of trust and confidence of the U.S. government. This appointment affirms LeoLabs commitment to U.S national security as a trusted partner for U.S. and Allied defense and intelligence space missions.

Moultrie has held leadership positions across the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC). As outside director, he will provide independent corporate oversight of LeoLabs for the purposes of maintaining the highest level of trust and confidence of the U.S. government.

Throughout his decades-long career, Moultrie has held leadership positions across the DoD and IC, including the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, the Director of Defense Intelligence in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), NSA Director of Operations, a Senior Intelligence Service officer and leader in the CIA, and an Air Force veteran.

His most recent service as the USD/I&S from 2021 to 2024, during which he directed and was accountable for the DoD’s global intelligence and security enterprise, will inform LeoLabs’ efforts to increase support of the U.S. Government’s growing Space Domain Awareness (SDA) needs as it responds to threats in space.

In addition, Moultrie’s experience supporting U.S. and Allied collaboration, information sharing, future space architecture planning, and support of public-private space partnerships will prove critical as LeoLabs continues to expand delivery of its services to Allied space commands. The company is currently supporting several commands across North America, Europe, and Asia and the U.S. Department of Defense’s SDA efforts. It is also developing next-generation radar technology that will significantly enhance its global customers’ SDA capabilities.

“We’re honored to welcome Ron as the newest member of the LeoLabs board of directors,” said LeoLabs CEO Tony Frazier. “Ron’s breadth of experience across U.S. defense and intelligence agencies will prove instrumental as LeoLabs continues to rapidly deliver solutions and technologies critical to the safety and security of U.S. and global space assets.”

“LeoLabs has already established itself as a trusted leader in the Space Domain Awareness field and is well positioned to support a wide array of U.S. defense, Allied, and commercial requirements,” said Moultrie. “I’m honored to join the company’s board.”

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Frazier’s wealth of experience driving innovation at the intersection of commercial space and national security will help LeoLabs further accelerate its growth and solidify its position as an industry leader. Most recently, as the executive vice president and general manager of public sector Earth intelligence at Maxar Technologies, he led a $1B business that supported missions across the U.S. government and over 60 international customers. During his tenure at Maxar, GeoEye, and DigitalGlobe, Frazier became a trusted mission partner, won billions of dollars in new contract awards, and incubated two new businesses that were scaled above $100M.

“After my experience at Maxar, I was looking for a company bringing commercial innovation to a critical national security mission,” said Frazier. “LeoLabs is delivering incredible capabilities in the emerging markets of space situational awareness and space domain awareness. LeoLabs was the first company to detect a secondary object released by a Russian satellite in November and persistently tracked China’s spaceplane for over 200 days between 2022 and 2023, detecting several maneuvers, deployments, and docking activities.”

“At Maxar, we leveraged the unique capabilities of our constellation, advances in computing, and geospatial analytics expertise to become the industry leader in Earth Intelligence,” Frazier continued. “LeoLabs has built the right capabilities at the right time to become a critical mission partner for U.S., allied, and commercial space operators. I’m excited to join LeoLabs as CEO to build on its market momentum and scale its growth.”

Dan Ceperley co-founded LeoLabs in 2016 while at SRI International. As CEO, Ceperley led the development of the company’s proprietary radar technology, completing its first radar site in 2017 and expanding the network globally to include 10 radars in under six years. Under his leadership, LeoLabs built the world’s largest commercially owned catalog of objects and activities in Low Earth Orbit and developed the fastest and most comprehensive data analytics platform for space operations. It has won multiple multi-million-dollar contracts and raised more than $120M in venture capital funding.

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“Maintaining a continuous watch of space is critical to prevent surprise and secure this domain,” said LeoLabs CEO Dan Ceperley. “As the commercial leader in all-weather, 24/7 radar coverage of low Earth orbit, we’re uniquely positioned to leverage the millions of data points we receive daily to build powerful AI tools that continuously monitor, characterize, and alert anomalous space activity. Our team is excited to showcase these tools during TAP Lab.”

During the three-month TAP Lab cycle, LeoLabs will further test and refine its solutions for SDA by responding to a given scenario related to threat warning and assessment. This includes the company’s solutions for object characterization, maneuver detection, non-cooperative launch tracking, and patterns-of-life analysis, as well as its management dashboards.

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LeoLabs and Aalyria seek to combine their complementary expertise and technologies to address space awareness challenges for complex communications networks that span land, sea, air, and space. This agreement marks the beginning of their collaboration on relevant contract opportunities, including with the United States Department of Defense.

“Communications infrastructure is critical to our daily lives and increasingly linked across multiple domains, including space,” said LeoLabs Chief Executive Officer Dan Ceperley, “That’s why we’re proud to partner with Aalyria and address the challenges faced by both commercial and government-owned communications networks. By layering our space safety services with Aalyria’s network orchestration solutions, we hope to ensure that the growing hybrid communication networks are secured in today’s complex, crowded, and contentious space domain.”

“The future of communications are dynamic, hybrid networks that can deliver high-speed, secure, and reliable connectivity anywhere and anytime,” said Chris Taylor, CEO of Aalyria. “LeoLabs and Aalyria share this vision, and we’re excited to collaborate with them to make it a reality.”

Aalyria will integrate LeoLabs’ growing commercially owned orbital database into Spacetime, Aalyria’s software platform for orchestrating networks of ground stations, aircraft, satellites, ships, and urban meshes. LeoLabs will serve as a “source of truth” for Aalyria to model the locations of objects in low Earth orbit (LEO) for mission planning and operations purposes. This is crucial for customers to maintain and secure their communications networks which may experience interference from other objects on-orbit.

By layering LeoLabs’ operational safety data and services onto Aalyria’s existing network solutions, operators will have a single point of access for real-time information and analysis for critical decision-making. This partnership serves the growing need for interoperability with legacy, hybrid space, 5G NTN and FutureG network architectures.

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