UN takes ‘parallel’ paths on space security amid geopolitical rift
One new working group, led by the UK and US, will focus on norms; the other, led by Russia and China, will draft legal treaty.
Next-gen GPS ground system expected to come online this summer: Calvelli
"Big software developments fail," said Air Force space acquisition czar Frank Calvelli. "You have to go to smaller systems."
Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
Getting to MARS: Defense Intelligence Agency AI-assisted database to begin ops in spring
MARS is replacing the 1980s-era database, called the Military Intelligence Integrated Database, used by DIA for its primary mission of providing foundational military intelligence to warfighters and national security decision-makers.
Space Force orders 21 new National Security Space Launches: 11 to ULA, 10 to SpaceX
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).
New Space Force tech accelerator focused on space domain awareness software
The goal of the accelerator is to bring industry, government and academia together to integrate SDA computer systems to "fully leverage" data from myriad sources across the Defense Department, the Intelligence Community, other government agencies, allies and commercial firms — a seemingly unsolvable problem that has bedeviled the Pentagon for decades.
Northrop Grumman wins $732M SDA contract for global constellation
The contract includes 36 Tranche 2 Transport Layer - Alpha satellites and supporting ground elements, as well as five years of operations and sustainment.
Modernizing defense enterprise IT without disrupting the mission
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
EXCLUSIVE: New Joint Force space doctrine clarifies Space Command’s ‘offensive’, ‘defensive’ ops
The new version of Joint Publication 3-14 explains that "offensive and defensive space operations" are supported primarily by "direct capabilities" — that is, "fires that impact an adversary."
SDA gets OK to begin limited testing of data satellites Link 16 nodes
The Space Development Agency has won International Telecommunication Union approval to test the Transport Layer birds over international waters and the territory of an unnamed allied nation.
Space Force, AFRL ink first non-US research agreements with Indian AI, sensor firms
While this may be the first CRADA's between the two Indian space startups and the Space Force, neither company is a stranger to the US space market ecosystem.
Space Force design for new acquisition ‘Systems Deltas’ due by next month
Brig. Gen. Jason Cothern, Space Systems Command deputy commander, said that the new deltas will be organized along the same lines as SSC's current Acquisition Deltas.
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US-Australia space launch accord likely on agenda at Biden-Albanese meeting
"We need launch capabilities in the Southern Hemisphere," said Deanna Ryals, director of international affairs at the Space Force's Space Systems Command, recently.
Space Force plans next MEO missile tracking satellite awards by early 2025
The "baseline" MEO missile warning/tracking configuration providing global coverage will include "approximately 27 satellites," said SSC program lead Col. Heather Bogstie.
Space Force moves to expand acquisition of novel SATCOM capabilities/services
Brig. Gen. Jason Cothern, Space Systems Command deputy, said the service is looking "to incorporate capability-based contracts to include emerging p-LEO services, commercial X-band, space-to-cellular and small maneuverable GEO satellites, trying to stay ahead of the threat and also taking advantage of the commercial capabilities as they arise."
SDA taps York for 62 Tranche 2 Transport Layer data relay sats to provide ‘global’ coverage
"Here's the beauty of the spiral development program. I don't know what Tranche 3 looks like. All I know is it's more of what was on Tranche 2, and it is most likely going to be new capabilities," SDA Director Derek Tournear said Thursday. "I don't want to define what those capabilities are now."