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Space Force design for new acquisition ‘Systems Deltas’ due by next month
Brig. Gen. Jason Cothern, Space Systems Command deputy commander, said that the new deltas will be organized along the same lines as SSC's current Acquisition Deltas.
Space Force plans next MEO missile tracking satellite awards by early 2025
The "baseline" MEO missile warning/tracking configuration providing global coverage will include "approximately 27 satellites," said SSC program lead Col. Heather Bogstie.
Space Force moves to expand acquisition of novel SATCOM capabilities/services
Brig. Gen. Jason Cothern, Space Systems Command deputy, said the service is looking "to incorporate capability-based contracts to include emerging p-LEO services, commercial X-band, space-to-cellular and small maneuverable GEO satellites, trying to stay ahead of the threat and also taking advantage of the commercial capabilities as they arise."
SDA taps York for 62 Tranche 2 Transport Layer data relay sats to provide ‘global’ coverage
"Here's the beauty of the spiral development program. I don't know what Tranche 3 looks like. All I know is it's more of what was on Tranche 2, and it is most likely going to be new capabilities," SDA Director Derek Tournear said Thursday. "I don't want to define what those capabilities are now."
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.
Second Russian Luch/Olymp satellite now trailing Western systems in orbit
While the new Russian satellite didn't get super close to any others, its behavior "could be considered unfriendly," said Slingshot's Audrey Schaffer, who until recently served as the director of space policy at the National Security Council.