New NATO commercial space strategy seeks to prompt more investment
The new strategy strongly echoes the US Space Force's Commercial Space Strategy published in April 2024, and copies some of the implementation tools the service has put into place.
Commercial ISR satellite operators petition Congress to reverse NRO cuts
The June 16 letter asserts that the cuts will undercut the Pentagon's Golden Dome plan to create an air and missile defense shield over the US homeland.
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EXCLUSIVE: First Space Force civil reserve ‘pilot’ contracts go to 4 space watch firms
The Space Force is "still working through some issues or obstacles or challenges with industry," including clauses that would allow the Pentagon to direct a CASR participant to deny service to other customers, and when military users would get "priority of service," Col. Richard Kniseley told Breaking Defense.
For the Space Force, terrestrial turf wars and rising budgets await: 2025 preview
Other than that, for a number of reasons, including the transition to a new administration, our crystal ball for the Space Force in 2025 is pretty darn cloudy.
SPACECOM and Space Force working to define ‘triggers’ for commercial reserve call up
US Space Command recently updated its commercial integration strategy, that includes advocating for the Space Force to buy technologies deemed useful for operators, said Gen. Stephen Whiting, SPACECOM commander.
Join the commercial space reserve: Get longer contracts, in-depth threat briefs; play wargames
"I'm very confident that we will have our first CASR contracts by early of next year, targeting space awareness," said Col. Rich Kniseley, who is spearheading the Space Force's effort to create a Commercial Augmented Space Reserve.
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The network transport architecture for NGC2 could be a hybrid approach that combines high assurance communications with 5G, WiFi, and multi-orbit satellites.
Senate appropriators push Pentagon, Intelligence Community on commercial space acquisition
Perhaps most intriguing is legislative language that calls into question Pentagon and IC plans to declassify data from classified remote sensing satellites that are part of a newly developed joint architecture called the "High-Capacity, Find, Fix, Track, Target and Engage and Assess Constellation," or "HCF" for short.
NATO plans first commercial space strategy to spur tech innovation
On the cusp of NATO's 75th Anniversary Summit, the House Armed Services Committee sent a first-ever international delegation focused on space security to Europe.
Space Force expects first space reserve contracts by year end
Col. Rich Kniseley, who heads up the Space Force's Commercial Space Office, said right now he is "targeting mainly space domain awareness" for the first CASR contracts.
Draft House subcommittee NDAA language OKs Pentagon commercial ‘space reserve’ plan
The draft FY25 NDAA language would force DoD to create a new pilot project designed to kickstart its nascent plans to create a so-called hybrid space architecture linking national security, commercial, civil and allied satellites into a massive mesh network.
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New DoD commercial space strategy opens door to military, financial protection for contractors
The strategy notes that contracts with commercial space providers could, if deemed necessary, "enable prioritization of Department requirements and capability needs over other commercial clients in specific situations."
Draft commercial space ‘reserve’ plan allows DoD ‘exclusive access’ to services during conflict
In exchange for consenting to allowing DoD to commandeer services, the framework document suggests incentives for industry participants such as giving them status as a "preferential provider" to US government contracts and "war-risk insurance."
Space Force to reveal draft for commercial satellite ‘reserve’ service soon
"The capacity needed during times of crisis or conflict will exceed our steady state peacetime demand," said Col. Rich Kniseley, who leads Space Systems Commands Commercial Space Office.