SNC buys first non-prototype Bombardier jet for Army HADES program
SNC said the first prototype is scheduled to be delivered some time this year.
Europe’s time to shine in space? 2026 preview
Germany is sprinting to pump up its military space systems, perhaps changing the balance of power in setting European-wide priorities.
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One of the world’s most versatile attack planes is taking on the counter-UAS mission
An airborne layer pushes drone engagements farther from defended assets and changes the cost-per-kill equation.
Germany awards ICEYE, Rheinmetall almost $2B for new SAR satellite network
For ICEYE, the German deal is the latest in a handful of high-profile sales to European militaries as the continent moves out on a collective effort to establish "strategic autonomy" in from the United States in the space domain.
NRO extends contracts for 4 providers, readies new acquisition approach
NRO Deputy Director Maj. Gen. Christopher Povak said that the spysat agency soon will begin using a new commercial contract vehicle with a five-year "rolling" window for bids.
ESA leaders greenlight $1.6 billion for new ‘non-aggressive’ space security initiative
ESA's ruling Council of Ministers approved a whopping $25.7B in funds over the next three years — a 32 percent increase over the previous three-year budget.
Germany’s first space security strategy aims at independent defensive, offensive capabilities
The new strategy calls on German MoD to develop a number of new space-based capabilities, including "effectors" to counter adversary threats on orbit such as agile spaceplanes and "bodyguard" satellites with shoot-back systems.
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Island surge: the Army’s Next Generation Command and Control in action
Lightning Surge exercises are turning soldier feedback on NGC2 into operational software changes in days, not years.
In historic shift, ESA poised to take on defense role
Since its founding 50 years ago, the European Space Agency has shunned involvement in military space activities.
PEO Aviation has ‘doubled down’ on priorities amid ATI, looming acquisition shakeup
“What has changed is that we’ve doubled down on the Army’s priorities, and I believe our Army senior leaders and Congress are helping us remove some of the barriers to acceleration," PEO Aviation Brig. Gen. David Phillips told Breaking Defense.
Australian Space Command considers ‘space control’ options: Senior officer
"The ADF will seek space advantage to enable freedom of action by temporally assuring access and disrupting or denying an adversary use of the space domain, as required," states Australia's Concept SELENE outlining military space operations.
NATO investing $728M in new space capabilities, including a new ‘data lake’
NATO's collectively funded space efforts are focused on space domain awareness and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, Col. Jonathan Whitaker, who heads the NATO Combined Forces Space Component Command, told Breaking Defense.
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A new era of uncrewed airpower: GA-ASI’s lineup for high-tech warfare
GA-ASI is serious about retaining its position as the leading provider of UAS to the United States and its allies.
SNC receives second Bombardier jet for Army’s HADES program
“Using government-furnished Bombardier Global 6500 jets, the HADES prototypes will be the first Army-owned, large-cabin business jets utilized as aerial ISR platforms,” SNC said in a press release today.
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.
NGA, Space Force ink accord on responsibilities for buying commercial ISR
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman stressed that the commercial imagery the Space Force gathers will not be used directly for targeting, rather to allow commanders to rapidly understand evolving situations.
NATO aims to bolster investments in space, intelligence sharing
"[I]ncreased situational awareness in the space domain is absolutely essential for NATO allies," Maj. Gen. Paul Lynch, deputy assistant secretary general for intelligence on NATO's military staff, said today.