SDA misses self-imposed deadline on orbital mesh network
“We are behind on that. We should be there already,” Space Development Agency Director G.P. Sandhoo said bluntly.
Shifting market sands: LeoLabs moves to sell new mobile space radar directly to allies
LeoLabs also intends to deploy multiple Scout-S mobile phased array radars to fill gaps in its current network of 12 larger radar facilities around the globe.
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In the age of drones, a bigger fence around your facility doesn’t protect you anymore
Traditional thinking about how to protect facilities must adapt to new threats such as drones or downstream attacks.
What is the Pentagon’s ‘Space Data Network,’ and why does it matter for Golden Dome?
The SDN will provide the communications pathways for integrating and moving data from missile warning/tracking sensors to interceptors in near-real time under the Golden Dome construct.
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Orbital power: Shaping national security from space
Northrop Grumman is one of the only companies with expertise and capability to design, build and operate systems across an array of orbits.
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Space-based capabilities are critical to enabling a missile shield for America
To keep our homeland safe, we need a new approach to missile defense.
Lot full? In an increasingly crowded orbit, MITRE studies how many LEO sats are too many
The proposed framework is based on adapting the risk-based approach the international air traffic control system uses to manage airspace to prevent planes from colliding, said Kevin Toner, vice president of MITRE's Center for Government Effectiveness and Modernization.
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SDA demos laser links crucial for future SATCOM, missile tracking network
Tournear said that the optical intersatellite link demonstration was final success in a trifecta of baseline challenges to SDA's plan to network hundreds of military satellites in LEO, as well as to eventually to integrate commercial satellites into the mix.
NC3 space systems face critical modernization challenges, new study finds
The study notes that NC3 is one of the least understood of the many parts that make up the US nuclear weapons architecture, in part because of the high levels of secrecy that surround it. Thus, it is difficult for policymakers and service leaders to focus needed attention on it.
GEOST to provide Sierra Space missile tracking/fire control payloads for SDA effort
While GEOST has made infrared sensors for classified systems in the ones and twos, the new contract will involve building infrared sensors designed to be used in a larger constellation, LightRidge CEO Bill Gattle told Breaking Defense.
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Sovereign space as a new line of defense
The O3b mPOWER medium-Earth orbit constellation enables nations to maintain control and autonomy over their space networks and safeguard national security, and to establish sovereign communications capabilities without relying solely on the government-proprietary satellite systems.
The Army’s Digital Transformation
AI is reshaping the Army’s approach to cyber, electronic warfare and command and control. At TechNet Augusta 2026, leaders outlined how they’re turning emerging technology into capabilities for the battlefield.
DoD needs near-term, ‘persistent’ INDOPACOM hypersonic missile tracking: CSIS
"The key word here is persistence," study author Masao Dahlgren told Breaking Defense. "How do we get persistence over the regions we care about? That hasn't been as explicitly put into prior work until now. This report puts into sharp relief."
‘Space can be the most resilient capability’: LEO sats vital for next war, says Marine info chief
Numerous, redundant satellites in low Earth orbit will link the new Marine Littoral Regiments to joint commanders, allowing them to serve as the eyes and ears of the joint force in the Pacific, said Lt. Gen. Matthew Glavy.
Debris from ASAT tests creating ‘bad neighborhood’ in low Earth orbit: Analyst
Russian and Chinese anti-satellite tests are responsible for "pretty much 20 percent" of "conjunction" warnings, that is predictions that two space objects are likely to collide, in 2022, said the State Department's Eric Desautels.
As counterspace weapons ‘proliferate,’ the new cold war for space races forward: studies
A pair of studies, one from the Secure World Foundation and one from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, examine the state of play as nations search for ways to keep each other from dominating the heavens.