PExT Mission

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York Space Systems Secures PExT Mission Extension Through 2027 Following BARD Success

York Space Systems (York) (NYSE: YSS), a leading, US-based national defense and commercial prime providing a comprehensive suite of mission-critical solutions, today announced that NASA and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) have extended operations of the Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT) demonstration through 2027, following the successful completion of BARD mission objectives in 2025. Launched in July 2025, the PExT payload is a first-of-its-kind…