Mountain West deep tech
SciTec lands nearly $94M Space Force contract
SciTec, a subsidiary of Firefly Aerospace, recently signed a contract with the Space Force worth nearly $94 million.
Summer · Week of Aug 17, 2026
No. 11 Colorado's quantum companies take center stage
Infleqtion doubles sales as losses triple
Louisville-headquartered quantum company Infleqtion posted a big year-over-year jump in sales, with revenue doubling. Its losses tripled over the same period.
Colorado drill test finds geothermal potential 1,000 feet beneath a high school football field
A Colorado test drilled about 1,000 feet under a high school football field and found promising conditions for geothermal heat pumps. The project went far deeper than most similar efforts and boosts the state's plans for the technology.