Reston, VA – October 27, 2026 -- SpiderOak, based in Reston, Virginia, has become a Blue UAS Recognized Assessor, delivering supply chain and cybersecurity evaluations for participating unmanned aircraft system (UAS) vendors, according to a March 3, 2026 announcement.
SpiderOak added drone assessment authority in October 2025 and March 2026
On October 20, 2025, SpiderOak was authorized to perform cybersecurity evaluations on UAS seeking compliance with US Government baseline requirements. The March 2026 Blue UAS Recognized Assessor role extends that work to supply chain evaluations for participating vendors.
SpiderOak services target the Army's Short-Range Reconnaissance program
On December 16, 2025, SpiderOak announced services to strengthen cyber resilience for the Army's Short-Range Reconnaissance (SRR) program. The services also cover future unmanned systems across all domains.
Zero-trust solution targets the SDA's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture
On September 23, 2025, a first-of-its-kind solution brought zero-trust microsegmentation, decentralized authentication, and edge-based enforcement to the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). On July 17, 2025, SpiderOak added a SUSE executive to provide strategic counsel on commercial adoption and deployment of secure systems in embedded environments.
Space industry moves from billion-dollar satellites to a tech-driven model
A decade ago, the space economy was dominated by school bus-sized satellites costing billions of dollars. These satellites served military, intelligence, and civil agencies for decades, with slow improvements to their subsystems. The sector is now positioned to capitalize on gains from cloud computing and artificial intelligence, a shift the source compares to the tech wave that made mainframe computers obsolete in the 1980s and 1990s.