SPACECOM discussing expansion of joint space monitoring missions with allies
US Space Command has now completed two rendezvous and proximity operations with partners in Multinational Forces Operation Olympic Defender: France and Britain.
Hegseth says US will not be ‘pushed out’ of Indo-Pacific, calls on allies to boost defense spending
“China has demonstrated that it wants to fundamentally alter the region's status quo," Hegseth said at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore. "We cannot look away and we cannot ignore it.”
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Space Force eyeing international launch sites to increase ‘resilience’
While not necessarily a near-term possibility, Brig. Gen. Kristin Panzenhagen said the Space Force is "looking at increasing the resiliency, increasing the ways that we have to get assured access to space, that's where the these initial discussions with our international partners are coming in."
DoD needs to clarify Space Force roles and missions: Mitchell workshop
The new report cautions the Space Force against an "over reliance" on commercial capabilities and worries that Space Force is not concentrating enough on the need to win future space conflicts not simply "endure" attacks.
New Biden MTCR policy will free long-range missile tech, space launcher sales to key allies, partners
The new guidance "strengthens the U.S. ability to deter our adversaries, expands U.S. exports .... and broadens the scope of future space partnerships with U.S. allies and partners," one recent Biden official told Breaking Defense.
New Space Force ‘International Partnership Strategy’ coming next year
UK Air Marshal Paul Godfrey told the Center for Strategic and International Studies that his remit includes ensuring that there are clear "touch points" for allies and partners to interact with the nascent Space Force Futures Command.
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Army SMDC reviewing classification in push for improved integration with allies
Col. Mark Cobos, head of SMDC's 1st Space Brigade, told Breaking Defense in an Oct. 7 interview that the command and the brigade are already "making progress" in creating allied partnerships — starting with the United Kingdom.
Secrets don’t make friends: Space Force making strides on allied info sharing, Canadian general says
Brig. Gen. Kyle Paul told Breaking Defense that rather than being a problem, technology now is helping the Space Force to find "opportunities" to enable wider information sharing through the ability to "compartmentalize" data within computer systems.
Saltzman names former UK space chief ‘Assistant CSO’ to promote allied partnership
In his Commanders Note issued today, Gen. Chance Saltzman said the appointment marks the first time a foreign officer has been assigned to such a high position within a US service.
US allies cite progress, but say more needed for collective response to space threats
US Space Command's recently realigned and renamed Joint Commercial Operations cell is one example of successful joint operations, agreed the four European space leaders.
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Hide and seek: Despite sharper eyes on the heavens, sneaky sats can still find shadows
Hiding in the sun, launching mini satellites and radar absorbent materials are just some of the tricks nations are using to hide their military satellites in orbit.
DoD ‘completely rewrites’ classification policy for secret space programs
Under the new approach, there must be a technical rationale for stamping a space program as special access, not simply because of a service policy decision, said DoD space policy czar John Plumb.
Space Force launches effort to harness allied supply chain
SSC Director of International Affairs Deanna Ryals told Breaking Defense that the primary goal of the first-ever "international reverse industry days" meeting is survey the landscape of needed allied space capabilities, and figure out where countries can help fill each other's gaps.
US, allies struggle to find ‘collaborative’ space development projects
Air Marshall Harvey Smyth, UK Air and Space Commander, suggested that one way to move forward might be to find a mutually desired "capability set" and pursue it under a joint program along the lines of the F-35.