Led by US, global spending on military space jumped to $54B in 2022: Space Foundation

Led by US, global spending on military space jumped to $54B in 2022: Space Foundation
Led by US, global spending on military space jumped to $54B in 2022: Space Foundation

The Space Report 2023 Q2 study estimates that US Defense Department classified and unclassified spending in 2022 hit almost $43 billion.

Space Command Widens Embrace Of Allies

Space Command Widens Embrace Of Allies
Space Command Widens Embrace Of Allies

“We’re looking internally to my headquarters, as well as here at Peterson, to bring some of our great allies and partners into our staff and into our operations and processes here at the Combatant Command level as well,” said SPACECOM head Gen. James Dickinson.

Despite COVID-19, Space Launch Numbers Holding Steady

Despite COVID-19, Space Launch Numbers Holding Steady
Despite COVID-19, Space Launch Numbers Holding Steady

The Space Foundation’s analysis shows a whopping 73 percent increase in the global space economy between 2009 and 2019: from 245.06 billion to 423.8 billion. 

X-37B’s Next Mission To Demo Space-Based Solar Power

X-37B’s Next Mission To Demo Space-Based Solar Power
X-37B’s Next Mission To Demo Space-Based Solar Power

Given “aggressive and warlike actions, threatening actions, by space competitors, it’s important for us to have an entity that is focused entirely on space defense, and space capability,” said Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett of the new Space Force.

Space Launch & Sector Employment Jumps In 2019: Space Foundation

Space Launch & Sector Employment Jumps In 2019: Space Foundation
Space Launch & Sector Employment Jumps In 2019: Space Foundation

“The economic impact of this (COVID_19) situation may be most acutely felt by the smaller businesses in the booming space startup sector,” says Megan Crawford, managing partner of Space Fund.

EXCLUSIVE DoD, Commerce Wrangle New Commercial Remote Sensing Regs

EXCLUSIVE DoD, Commerce Wrangle New Commercial Remote Sensing Regs
EXCLUSIVE DoD, Commerce Wrangle New Commercial Remote Sensing Regs

“It’s mostly a bunch of backward-looking colonels at DoD” causing the problems, said one industry source, “not the IC.”

Sequestration Whacks National Space Symposium: NASA Drops Out, Some Air Force Cancel

WASHINGTON: For those who aren’t part of the insular space community, you need to know that the National Space Symposium is the most important conference on space issues in the world. Everyone goes: the intelligence community; the Air Force; Army; Navy; industry; allies; even senior Chinese officials show up fairly regularly these days. Some 9,000…