Golden Dome: Space Force awards first space-based interceptor prototype contracts
The Space Force did not identify the winners, saying their names are "protected by enhanced security measures."
Space Force’s Saltzman: US national security space policy ‘lagging’ needs
"[W]e restrain ourselves from doing what is needful to avoid creating improper perceptions of 'weaponizing space.' In reality, space has been weaponized for at least two decades, and our slowness to absorb that reality has held back our progress," Space Force chief Gen. Chance Saltzman said today.
Satellites at the center: Inside the Pentagon’s next-gen space architecture
From emerging data networks to missile tracking and cyber resilience, Breaking Defense’s latest eBook brings together essential reporting on the evolving role of satellites in national security.
Peeking behind the veil: 5 revelatory space stories from 2024
This year saw evidence that a shift toward more openness about US national security space activities is coming whether those deep in the "black world" are ready or not.
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.
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.
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Voyager is fortifying the U.S. Defense supply chain
Answering the Pentagon’s call to bolster defense industrial base.
Could AI help US intelligence end decades-long aversion to unclassified data?
In this op-ed, Joshua Haecker explains how AI and LLMs can help the Intelligence Community use unclassified information, an often untapped source.
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.
Space Force ‘actively’ reviewing programs to potentially reduce secrecy: CSO Saltzman
Saltzman cautioned that the service is unlikely to "go from 'eat before reading' classification to unclassified."
Norms plus counterspace weapons: RAND recommends holistic strategy to deter space attack
"The prospects for complete success in deterrence of hostile attacks on space assets, particularly reversible, nondestructive attacks, are limited," the RAND study cautions.
After leak, Pentagon purges some users’ access to classified programs, launches security review
The review, whose initial findings are due in 45 days, involves DoD CIO John Sherman, who's already been long at work revamping how the Pentagon protects its secrets.
‘Out of control’: DoD reviews use of super-secret SAP classification, for space programs and beyond
John Plumb, DoD assistant secretary for space policy, suggested overuse of SAPs is hindering information sharing across programs and, more importantly, to allies.
Space Force chief sets ‘lines of effort’ for service success
"A capable and resilient weapon system will be operationally ineffective if its personnel, expertise, tactical employment, and sustainment are insufficient for the mission," Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman says in his first commander's note on fielding combat-ready space forces.