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Intelligence Community and Space Force challenges intersect and require closer collaboration

Intelligence Community and Space Force challenges intersect and require closer collaboration
Intelligence Community and Space Force challenges intersect and require closer collaboration

“Mission engineering” can integrate space and ground assets to push data to the edge.

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The national security space enterprise is being modernized and it’s happening from the ground

The national security space enterprise is being modernized and it’s happening from the ground
The national security space enterprise is being modernized and it’s happening from the ground

Digital engineering and modern tools and processes offer near-term opportunities to improve satellite mission planning, data processing, command and control, and cybersecurity.

Exclusive: Army Plan May Loosen IC Grip On Sat-Based ISR

Exclusive: Army Plan May Loosen IC Grip On Sat-Based ISR
Exclusive: Army Plan May Loosen IC Grip On Sat-Based ISR

“The Army needs information when and where they want it,” said Rob Zitz, a former Army intel official. “The IC should not get a vote on what Army needs or how Army executes combat missions.”

Fix Space Force Acquisition Now!

Fix Space Force Acquisition Now!
Fix Space Force Acquisition Now!

This is the first time in nearly 70 years where the Defense Department can craft a wholly new service with new pathways to buy and field equipment. At its core this means building a culture of risk acceptance and tolerance — not avoidance.

The Space Rush: New US Strategy Must Bring Order, Regulation

The Space Rush: New US Strategy Must Bring Order, Regulation
The Space Rush: New US Strategy Must Bring Order, Regulation

While visionary corporate leaders may be willing to take high risks on space, a space economy will rely on markets to price risk and insure space activity. Normalizing business in space will require the United States to provide the public good of security in Earth orbit, just as the US Navy instills confidence in maritime commerce on the high seas.

NSC Memo May Spell End Of National Space Council

NSC Memo May Spell End Of National Space Council
NSC Memo May Spell End Of National Space Council

“What happens to the funds that were authorized and appropriated by Congress for the NSpC?,” a former space official wonders. 

Build, Upgrade Satellites Fast For Space Resilience: Aerospace Corp.

Build, Upgrade Satellites Fast For Space Resilience: Aerospace Corp.
Build, Upgrade Satellites Fast For Space Resilience: Aerospace Corp.

“Upfront investments are necessary to break the vicious cycle in which current DOD high-value assets are stuck” to increase space resiliency, the Aerospace Corp. study argues.

‘Physics Are Physics’: Lockheed Sees More Big, Complex Sats

‘Physics Are Physics’: Lockheed Sees More Big, Complex Sats
‘Physics Are Physics’: Lockheed Sees More Big, Complex Sats

“Physics are physics,” says Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Space. “There are still some things for which a geostationary approach makes more sense. There are other areas that a Low Earth Orbit makes more sense, and everything in between.”

Key Northrop Grumman OmegA Rocket Test Succeeds, Despite Hiccup

Key Northrop Grumman OmegA Rocket Test Succeeds, Despite Hiccup
Key Northrop Grumman OmegA Rocket Test Succeeds, Despite Hiccup

Successful OmegaA test keeps the program on the path towards a 2021 first launch and a crack at the Air Force’s hotly contested national security launch program. 

Experts Warn Space Force Rhetoric Risks Backfiring

Experts Warn Space Force Rhetoric Risks Backfiring
Experts Warn Space Force Rhetoric Risks Backfiring

The Trump Administration’s Space Force proposal is “a canary in a very toxic space environment that is warning us about the challenges —  military competition, a sense of vulnerability, increasing capabilities for counterspace operations — that we are just not dealing with very well,” says Jessica West of Canada’s Project Ploughshares

USG Launch Revenue Soars 50% In 2018: Satellite Industry Association

USG Launch Revenue Soars 50% In 2018: Satellite Industry Association
USG Launch Revenue Soars 50% In 2018: Satellite Industry Association

“Much of the excitement surrounding the ‘new space age’ is centered on recent innovations and growth seen in the commercial satellite industry,” said Tom Stoup, president of the Satellite Industry Association. 

Vector Aims To Be One of Two DoD Small Launch Firms

Vector Aims To Be One of Two DoD Small Launch Firms
Vector Aims To Be One of Two DoD Small Launch Firms

From 150 down to two — that’s how intense and ruthless the competition is going to be to win the Pentagon’s nod for the small launch vehicle market.

The Air Force Launch Plan Must Work

The Air Force Launch Plan Must Work
The Air Force Launch Plan Must Work

The Air Force has no choice but to pursue the current Launch Services Agreement. The plan is to have the three current launch partners — United Launch Alliance, Northrop Grumman and Blue Origin — work on a $2.3 billion effort to design three space launch variations. The first contract was awarded in October 2018. In 2020,…

Congress Must Push DoD To LEO, Former Reps Say

Congress Must Push DoD To LEO, Former Reps Say
Congress Must Push DoD To LEO, Former Reps Say

Congress should pass laws to ensure that the Pentagon fully commits to creating a “large, updatable, and resilient national security constellation” in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).