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“Just the idea of this being more available and so people can find it and try to exploit it, that’s something we just have to bake in and understand,” Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy John Plumb said of commercial services like SpaceX’s Starlink constellation.
By Michael MarrowB-21, hypersonics and more: How digital development is driving industry innovation
Technological advancements are key to keeping pace with customer demands and evolving threat landscapes.
The planned launches, which will take place starting in FY26, include sending a second SILENTBARKER watchdog satellite jointly developed by the service and the National Reconnaissance Office to geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO).
By Theresa Hitchens
Amazon recently launched the first two prototypes for its Project Kuiper; OneWeb now has all 634 satellites it needs to provide global internet access.
By Theresa Hitchens
Spy satellites, classified payloads among the newly scheduled launches.
By Theresa Hitchens
Moscow has charged that Starlink is directly enhancing the ability of Ukrainian forces to target weapons on Russian forces.
By Theresa Hitchens
These 10 stories got widespread attention, from both within the defense community and with a broader readership.
By Lee Ferran
“The way that Starlink was able to upgrade when a threat showed up, we need to be able to have that ability,” said Dave Tremper, the Pentagon’s director of electronic warfare. “We have to be able to change our electromagnetic posture, to be able to change very dynamically what we’re trying to do without losing capability along the way.”
By Valerie Insinna
New Army mounted system won’t play favorites when it comes to C5ISR, EW and A-PNT
The CMOSS Mounted Form Factor will facilitate tech insertion for new capabilities while co-existing with the Mounted Family of Computer Systems.
“”Where will the money for this program come from, and will it means less money for the Space Force and all the existing space programs of record?” asks Secure World Foundation’s Brian Weeden.
By Theresa Hitchens
Point-to-point space transport is “a decade plus, maybe even multiple decades, in the future for that to be economical and practical from any commercial standpoint,” Carissa Christensen, CEO of Bryce Space and Technologies, says.
By Theresa Hitchens
SpaceX has launched with a previously used Falcon 9 booster 38 times, says Michael Ellis, director at SpaceX’s National Security Space Launch director.
By Theresa Hitchens
ULA’s immediate award is $337 million for two launches. SpaceX’s won $316 million for one launch, Will Roper said.
By Theresa Hitchens
WASHINGTON: No lives were on the line. It wasn’t lofting a billion dollar spy satellite. But the SpaceX Falcon Heavy test launch demonstrated today that the world’s largest rocket system worked largely as planned. And, as one observer noted, the entire system was built for commercial reasons alone; no government agency crafted a requirement saying…
By Colin Clark
UPDATED: Adds Insights On Signficance ONRCO Mum So Far ON Switch GEOINT: In news sure to rock the launch industry, the mighty United Launch Alliance today failed to be named as the company launching the X-37B spaceplane. Instead, Elon Musk’s SpaceX will carry it for the first time, marking what is believed to be the…
By Colin Clark
If SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s can adapt his reusable rockets for international passenger travel, his company could soon send people and cargo around the world much faster than can the U.S. Air Force. Musk has realized that the same reusable rockets he is building for missions beyond Earth orbit can also be used to do…
By Bill Bruner