Commerce Pursues Space Tracking Role Despite Cuts

Commerce Pursues Space Tracking Role Despite Cuts
Commerce Pursues Space Tracking Role Despite Cuts

O’Connell said that the “silver lining” to the near miss of two defunct US satellites over Pittsburg on Jan. 29 is that “people are beginning to realize that these near misses are taking place much more frequently.”

Hill Nixes Trump Space Tracking Plan

Hill Nixes Trump Space Tracking Plan
Hill Nixes Trump Space Tracking Plan

“This is a full-on disaster,” said one senior industry executive close to the effort. “It means no change from the status quo, which will ultimately harm US leadership in space.”

EXCLUSIVE DoD, Commerce Wrangle New Commercial Remote Sensing Regs

EXCLUSIVE DoD, Commerce Wrangle New Commercial Remote Sensing Regs
EXCLUSIVE DoD, Commerce Wrangle New Commercial Remote Sensing Regs

“It’s mostly a bunch of backward-looking colonels at DoD” causing the problems, said one industry source, “not the IC.”

DoC’s Ross: Streamlined Rules For Remote Sensing Sats Out By October

DoC’s Ross: Streamlined Rules For Remote Sensing Sats Out By October
DoC’s Ross: Streamlined Rules For Remote Sensing Sats Out By October

The new satellite export control rules being finalized by the Commerce and State Depts. will take into account the “need to maintain export controls with some countries, while streamlining them for others,” says Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

HAC Stiffs New Commerce Bureau for Satellite Regulation

HAC Stiffs New Commerce Bureau for Satellite Regulation
HAC Stiffs New Commerce Bureau for Satellite Regulation

House appropriators rejected Trump’s plan to put satellite regulation under the Commerce Department and chide Secretary Wilbur Ross for his refusal to testify on the 2020 budget request.

Despite Trump’s Rhetoric, U.S. Defense Firms Pitch Moving Production To India

Despite Trump’s Rhetoric, U.S. Defense Firms Pitch Moving Production To India
Despite Trump’s Rhetoric, U.S. Defense Firms Pitch Moving Production To India

As big defense firms line up to pitch their fighter planes to India, the government of Narendra Modi is demanding they build in India, something that might be at odds with the Trumpian America First philosophy.