Theresa Hitchens
Apr 24, 2024 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force EW unit working to integrate new weapon systems, intel personnel
Apr 24, 2024 / Breaking Defense
Missile Defense Agency's new long-range radar steps toward full deployment
Apr 08, 2024 / Breaking Defense
GMTI emerges as new front in US Space Force-NGA turf battle
Apr 08, 2024 / Breaking Defense
Time for a cabinet-level Department of Space? Maybe, says new report
Apr 02, 2024 / Breaking Defense
New DoD commercial space strategy opens door to military, financial protection for contractors
Mar 22, 2024 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force, IC's battle over commercial ISR reignites as appropriators add fuel
Mar 20, 2024 / Breaking Defense
Satellite Conference 2024
Mar 19, 2024 / Breaking Defense
Air Force RFI targets engine options for NGAS tankers
Mar 19, 2024 / Breaking Defense
Northrop Grumman to conceptualize Moon trains for DARPA
Mar 18, 2024 / Breaking Defense
NRO expects even lower National Security Space Launch costs starting in FY25
Mar 18, 2024 / Breaking Defense
SDA's data relay, missile tracking networks to be operational by end of 2025: Tournear
Mar 14, 2024 / Breaking Defense
Rocket Cargo is go! US Air Force's experimental resupply program moves closer to the launch pad
Mar 13, 2024 / Breaking Defense
SDA requests nearly $4.3B for FY25, slight drop from last year
Mar 13, 2024 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force wants $248M to kickstart new jam-proof SATCOM constellation
Mar 11, 2024 / Breaking Defense
Space Force takes 'acceptable' cut to $29.4B in FY25 budget request
Mar 07, 2024 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force vice chief says failure on continuing resolution could cost service up to $3.9B
Mar 07, 2024 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force Futures Command won't need 'giant' resources
Feb 28, 2024 / Breaking Defense
on-orbit servicing Archives
Feb 27, 2024 / Breaking Defense
New Space Force ops head pushing 'aggressive' moves toward mission 'integration'
Feb 26, 2024 / Breaking Defense
'Tactical ISR' from space requires DoD, NRO policy changes: Calvelli
Feb 20, 2024 / Breaking Defense
Growing the Space Force: Is outsourcing operations an answer? “ This is not only new; it's astounding. It's shocking. It's a huge change (if adopted)," one industry contractor told Breaking Defense of the proposal.
Feb 15, 2024 / Breaking Defense
SDA, MDA missile tracking demonstration payloads blast off
Feb 14, 2024 / Breaking Defense
New Space Force 'combat squadrons' to allow tailored deployment, alleviate 'exhaustion': Officials
Feb 13, 2024 / Breaking Defense
Space Force's Saltzman hopes to launch new Futures Command centers 'late this year'
Feb 12, 2024 / Breaking Defense
Air Force launches reorganization, as Kendall warns ‘We are out of time’ to match China
Feb 08, 2024 / Breaking Defense
GEOST to provide Sierra Space missile tracking/fire control payloads for SDA effort
Feb 07, 2024 / Breaking Defense
Finnish hyperspectral satellite firm Kuva moves into US market
Feb 02, 2024 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force effort to replace aging space tracking software lagging: Director of Operational Test & Evaluation.
Feb 01, 2024 / Breaking Defense
After you: Department of Defense, industry look to each other for investment in space mobility
Feb 01, 2024 / Breaking Defense
Northrop Grumman jumps key hurdle in Next-Gen Interceptor design
Jan 31, 2024 / Breaking Defense
Refueling, propulsion 'jetpacks' near term Space Force 'mobility' plans
Jan 30, 2024 / Breaking Defense
White House official urges more 'real' Pentagon investment in space mobility
Jan 30, 2024 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force reexamining acquisition strategy for secure narrow-band communications
Jan 29, 2024 / Breaking Defense
SSC taps Northrop Grumman's refueling systems as 'preferred standard'
Jan 26, 2024 / Breaking Defense
Firefly joins NRO launch provider pool with Alpha rocket
Jan 25, 2024 / Breaking Defense
To kill the kill chains: How the US Space Force could use AI to avoid 'operational surprise' on orbit
Jan 19, 2024 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force sees potential value from DoC commercial sat tracking data
Jan 18, 2024 / realcleardefense.com
Space Force Must Secure Cislunar Space to Deter China
Jan 17, 2024 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force needs more money, people to secure cislunar space: Mitchell Institute
Jan 16, 2024 / Breaking Defense
SDA's latest Tracking Layer contract includes 6 'fire control' sats
Jan 09, 2024 / Breaking Defense
Calvelli highlights technical chops, 'daily' interaction as key to space acquisition oversight
Jan 08, 2024 / Breaking Defense
ULA's Vulcan makes orbit, first step toward OK for DoD launches
Jan 08, 2024 / realcleardefense.com
Space Force Targeting Unit Develops Strike Options for Joint Force
Jan 05, 2024 / realcleardefense.com
U.S. Leads World in 2023 Launches, Sats on Orbit
Jan 05, 2024 / Breaking Defense
'Take down': US Space Force targeting unit develops strike options for Joint Force
Jan 04, 2024 / Breaking Defense
US leads world in 2023 launches, sats on orbit: study
Dec 29, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Turning 4, the US Space Force's favorite word is 'more': 2024 Preview
Dec 26, 2023 / Breaking Defense
For the US Space Force, two steps forward, one step back: 2023 in review
Dec 18, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Department of Defense needs near-term, 'persistent' INDOPACOM hypersonic missile tracking: CSIS
Dec 15, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Command declares 'full operational capability'
Dec 14, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Draft US Space Force-NRO plan for tracking moving targets 'floating' around military, IC
Dec 13, 2023 / Breaking Defense
'Huge change' afoot? Air Force apparently weighing major command structure revamp
Dec 12, 2023 / Breaking Defense
LeoLabs: Russia, China time suspicious space activity for some US holidays
Dec 12, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Freedom to maneuver key for future space 'combat mindset' says ex-SPACECOM deputy
Dec 12, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Australian startup targets AUKUS market for novel space tracking antenna
Dec 07, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space Development Agency, Us Army cooperating on alternates to GPS sat signals
Dec 06, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space acquisition by US Space Force review calls for cutting red tape, empowering acquisition chief
Dec 05, 2023 / Breaking Defense
DARPA picks 14 vendors for lunar economy-building study
Dec 03, 2023 / realcleardefense.com
DARPA's Space-BACN Network for Data Intensive Future Fight
Dec 01, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space-BACN sizzling along as DARPA awards Phase 2 contracts in laser link project
Nov 15, 2023 / digitalcommons.unomaha.edu
ESTABLISHING SPACE SECURITY: A PRESCRIPTION FOR A RULES-BASED APPROACH
Nov 15, 2023 / realcleardefense.com
Air Force Plans Production of CCA Wingman Drones by FY28
Nov 15, 2023 / Breaking Defense
NATO picks Boeing E-7A Wedgetail as E-3 AWACS replacement
Nov 15, 2023 / Breaking Defense
ITU rules meeting: Geopolitical 'fireworks,' DoD spectrum challenges
Nov 14, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Air Force plans production of CCA wingman drones by FY28: Kendall
Nov 09, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space Force taps 4 firms to vie for missile warning C2 prototype
Nov 08, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force plans FY24 update for space monitoring data 'library'
Nov 08, 2023 / realcleardefense.com
Next-Gen GPS Ground System Expected To Come Online This Summer
Nov 07, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Next-gen GPS ground system expected to come online this summer: US Air Force acquisition czar Frank Calvelli
Oct 31, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space Force orders 21 new National Security Space Launches: 11 to ULA, 10 to SpaceX
Oct 31, 2023 / Breaking Defense
New US Space Force tech accelerator focused on space domain awareness software
Oct 30, 2023 / Breaking Defense
The US Space Force and saying the quiet parts out loud
Oct 30, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Northrop Grumman wins $732M SDA contract for global constellation
Oct 27, 2023 / Breaking Defense
New US Joint Force space doctrine clarifies Space Command's 'offensive', 'defensive' ops
Oct 26, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space Development Agency gets OK to begin limited testing of data satellites Link 16 nodes
Oct 26, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space Force, AFRL ink first non-US research agreements with Indian AI, sensor firms
Oct 25, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force design for new acquisition 'Systems Deltas' due by next month
Oct 23, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space Archives
Oct 23, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US-Australia space launch accord likely on agenda at Biden-Albanese meeting
Oct 20, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force plans next MEO missile tracking satellite awards by early 2025
Oct 20, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force moves to expand acquisition of novel SATCOM capabilities/services
Oct 19, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force launches effort to harness allied supply chain
Oct 17, 2023 / realcleardefense.com
Lockheed Martin Advances Next-Gen Interceptor Design Work
Oct 17, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Second Russian Luch/Olymp satellite now trailing Western systems in orbit
Oct 16, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Lockheed Martin advances Next-Gen Interceptor design work
Oct 11, 2023 / Breaking Defense
With new intel doctrine, US Army turning its sights to ISR modernization
Oct 11, 2023 / realcleardefense.com
NRO Plans 10-Fold Increase in Imagery, Signals Intel Output
Oct 10, 2023 / Breaking Defense
NRO plans 10-fold increase in imagery, signals intel output
Oct 10, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Pentagon efforts challenged by 'immature' hypersonics tech, supply chain
Oct 09, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Army plans to field first next-gen Sentinel A4 radar in late 2025
Oct 06, 2023 / realcleardefense.com
Army New SATCOM Crosses Domains and Services
Oct 05, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force sticks to plan for 3 high-value launch providers through 2028
Oct 04, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Booz Allen nabs $630M integration contract for Space Force missile warning, weather programs
Oct 03, 2023 / realcleardefense.com
AFRL's Emerging Nuclear Powered JETSON Effort
Oct 02, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US AFRL picks 3 contractors for JETSON effort to develop fission powered spacecraft
Sep 27, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force wrapping up plan to buy C2 software for maneuvering sats
Sep 25, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Modern antenna for aging Satellite Control Network passes first test
Sep 21, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space industry shakeups: Aerospace consolidates, Maxar breaks up
Sep 21, 2023 / Breaking Defense
'Not enough': Space Force pauses commercial strategy to flesh out 'actionable' plans with industry
Sep 20, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force looking to fill tech 'gaps,' and 'evolve' space domain awareness: Saltzman
Sep 20, 2023 / Breaking Defense
AUKUS security pact should expand to include space monitoring: MITRE
Sep 20, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Trackers losing maneuvering sats, increasing heavenly danger in space, study says
Sep 19, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Commerce study highlights benefits, challenges for allied space surveillance cooperation
Sep 18, 2023 / Breaking Defense
At Hawaii space conference, DoD space monitoring challenges in the spotlight
Sep 15, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Victus Nox nails US Space Force 24-hours-to-launch goal onboard Firefly rocket
Sep 14, 2023 / Breaking Defense
NASA data, analysis needed to help DoD understand UFOs: Commission
Sep 13, 2023 / realcleardefense.com
Space Force Prototypes New ‘Integrated’ Deltas for Readiness Boost
Sep 13, 2023 / Breaking Defense
GEOST sensors to detect interference will fly on SDA satellites
Sep 13, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force 'actively' reviewing programs to potentially reduce secrecy: CSO Saltzman
Sep 12, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force prototypes new 'integrated' Deltas for readiness boost
Sep 11, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Boeing nabs DARPA contract for hypersonic interceptor testing
Sep 11, 2023 / Breaking Defense
As the US Department of Defense readies new commercial space strategies, industry frets funding gap
Sep 06, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force reframes mission to 'secure' US interests 'in, from and through' space
Sep 06, 2023 / Breaking Defense
SDA steps toward global hypersonic missile tracking, plus new targeting capability
Sep 05, 2023 / Breaking Defense
SDA launches 13 more Tranche 0 data relay, missile tracking sats for 'warfighter immersion'
Aug 31, 2023 / Breaking Defense
SILENTBARKER 'watchdog' to be 'exponential' leap in DoD monitoring of Chinese, Russian sats
Aug 28, 2023 / realcleardefense.com
Space Force, DIU Kick Off New ‘Tactically Responsive Space’ Mission
Aug 25, 2023 / Breaking Defense
24 hours to launch: US Space Force, DIU kick off new 'Tactically Responsive Space' mission
Aug 22, 2023 / Breaking Defense
As US-Japan ramp up joint plan, MDA's hypersonic interceptor development steps forward
Aug 22, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Top Guard space officer fears readiness loss as US Space and Air Force processes diverge
Aug 21, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Northrop, Lockheed win combined $1.5B for SDA low Earth orbit data network
Aug 17, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Hypersonics: US Department of Defense Wants ‘Hundreds of Weapons’ ASAP
Aug 17, 2023 / Breaking Defense
IARPA hopes new sensors, AI analysis can track tiny but 'mission-ending' space debri
Aug 15, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Italian team wins US Space Force's first on-orbit Hack-A-Sat contest
Aug 09, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Missile Defense Agency's first flight test for Aegis in Guam set for late '24
Aug 09, 2023 / Breaking Defense
'No more impasses': US Air Force to get helo technical data from Lockheed, Boeing
Aug 09, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Beyond 'bullet on bullet': NORTHCOM's new defense plan looks to kill missiles before they launch
Aug 04, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force intel focus: 50% on China; 25% on Russia
Aug 03, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Enhancing 'lethality': First Space Force 'operations' doctrine cements role within US Joint Force
Jul 26, 2023 / Breaking Defense
DARPA, NASA tap Lockheed Martin to design, build DRACO nuclear rocket for deep space missions
Jul 24, 2023 / Breaking Defense
First STARCOM 'orbital warfare' exercise delayed towards end of year
Jul 18, 2023 / Breaking Defense
SDA racing ahead with new, US-based satellite ground stations, could meet hiccup abroad
Jul 13, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Congress battle over SPACECOM HQ seeps into Pentagon's annual $4.1B reprogramming request
Jul 12, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US President Biden nominates Space Force's General Whiting to head SPACECOM
Jul 12, 2023 / Breaking Defense
From Polaris to pulsars: US Navy eyes celestial navigation as GPS alternative
Jul 05, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Orbital Sidekick: Taking hyperspectral imaging from the garage to the Pentagon
Jul 01, 2023 / realcleardefense.com
Space Force Chief Seeks To ‘Shift Mindset’ To Defend Ground Forces
Jun 30, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force chief seeks to 'shift mindset' to defend Joint Force on the ground
Jun 29, 2023 / Breaking Defense
SDA asks industry for 100 satellites in latest move toward 'global' data constellation
Jun 26, 2023 / Breaking Defense
'Stop debating' over space weapons and prepare for conflict: US Space Force General Saltzman
Jun 22, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Secretary Kendall: US Air Force studying 'military applications' for ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence
Jun 20, 2023 / Breaking Defense
DARPA, SpaceLogistics step toward 2025 launch of orbital robotic 'mechanic' for satellites
Jun 17, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Theresa Hitchens, Author at Breaking Defense
Jun 16, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Debris from ASAT tests creating 'bad neighborhood' in low Earth orbit: Analyst
Jun 16, 2023 / Breaking Defense
NORTHCOM's head sets record straight on missile defense boundaries with SPACECOM
Jun 15, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Luxembourg greenlights new military SATCOM network using SES satellites
Jun 15, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Prodded by GAO, US Space Force reconsiders future military-use GPS constellation, receivers
Jun 13, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Office of Space Commerce slates mid-July for next round of space traffic 'industry engagements'
Jun 12, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Top-level study on Intel Community, US Space Force satellite control coming soon
Jun 12, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Draft US House defense policy bill would speed hypersonic missile defense interceptor
Jun 09, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Draft National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would create US Space National Guard
Jun 08, 2023 / Breaking Defense
A US Space Force dozen: SpaceX, ULA awarded contracts to launch 12 new satellites
Jun 07, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force to reveal draft for commercial satellite 'reserve' service soon
Jun 02, 2023 / Breaking Defense
White House pushes P-5 agreement on missile launch notification, prods China to talk
May 26, 2023 / Breaking Defense
At GEOINT, US Space Force and NGA lean into the metaverse, whatever that means
May 24, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space Force polar-orbiting missile warning sats move toward production
May 23, 2023 / Breaking Defense
NRO seeking new electro-optical imagery from private sector
May 23, 2023 / Breaking Defense
AFRL taps Ursa Major for hypersonic, space launch engines
May 22, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force, IC warily approach agreement on commercial intel imagery buys
May 18, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Watchdog slams Missile Defense Agency for delivery, testing shortfalls in 2022
May 17, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force ground control operators press for 'absolutely critical' network upgrades
May 11, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Congressional concern re-emerges on fate of MDA's hypersonic missile tracking sensors
May 11, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force to hold first 'orbital warfare' exercise this summer
May 09, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force wants commercial sat buses to carry 'bundled' experiments
May 05, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force wants key allies to join 24/7 GPS ops center
May 03, 2023 / Breaking Defense
How Space Force, NRO are sharing the ground-tracking mission, for now
Apr 27, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force to implement Santa's 'naughty list' of contractors for under-performance
Apr 27, 2023 / Breaking Defense
DoD approves next step for GPI to defend against hypersonic missiles
Apr 27, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Albedo catches Space Force eyes with ultra-high fidelity imagery from very low satellites
Apr 26, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force wraps initial plan for building 'hybrid' commercial/military 'outernet'
Apr 25, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Secretive 'SILENTBARKER' sats to launch late summer as space monitoring demands grow for US Space Force
Apr 21, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force 'framework' for commercial reserve satellite fleet coming in summer
Apr 19, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space Force, SPACECOM pushing to speed 'sustained' maneuverability on orbit
Apr 19, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Pentagon asks Congress for right to launch new tech programs before it has a budget
Apr 19, 2023 / Breaking Defense
NRO expects prototype moving target sensor on orbit in '8 to 12 months,' director says
Apr 18, 2023 / Breaking Defense
SPACECOM sets key requirements for space, including 'combat power'
Apr 17, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Lockheed Martin demos on-orbit maneuvering for AFRL, with sat servicing in mind
Apr 05, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space Development Agency readies first solicitation for 'global' data constellation
Apr 05, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space Force plans late FY24 award for 'Digital Bloodhound' to sniff out cyber attacks
Apr 04, 2023 / Breaking Defense
White House taps DoD, State to ensure US access to low Earth orbit
Apr 04, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Navy's first 'space summit' focuses on shoring up Space Force support for maritime mission
Apr 03, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space Force asks industry input for second phase of MEO missile warning/tracking
Mar 29, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space Development Agency readies launch of first satellites for comms, missile tracking
Mar 28, 2023 / Breaking Defense
'No indication' Biden will flip SPACECOM HQ to Colorado: Kendall
Mar 24, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Glide Phase Interceptor for hypersonic defense about to enter 'hardware phase:' MDA director
Mar 24, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space Development Agency's FY24 budget request skyrockets to $4.7B
Mar 22, 2023 / Breaking Defense
NRO awards 6 study contracts for hyperspectral satellite imagery
Mar 22, 2023 / Breaking Defense
In a $3 billion bet, Space Force envisions tactical anti-jam SATCOM keeping enemy EW at bay
Mar 21, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force wants $243M in FY24 to kickstart 'Long Range Kill Chain' to track targets from space
Mar 16, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Commerce eases satellite exports to MTCR partners; South Korea a key focus
Mar 16, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Lockheed Martin's plan to 'Ignite' space innovation: Ignite team pulls together four previously separate organizations to undertake fast-paced technology development.
Mar 15, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Project Blackjack: DARPA's test of satellite laser links delayed
Mar 13, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Missile Defense Agency requests $10.9B in FY24, and tens of billions more after that
Mar 13, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force's FY24 budget includes 'offensive' options for space. What does that mean?
Mar 13, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space Force seeks 12% budget boost, to $30B, with R&D focus
Mar 08, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space Force's INDOPACOM unit to embed allies to help deter China
Mar 07, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space Force chief outlines 3-part 'competitive endurance' theory aimed at 'space superiority'
Mar 07, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force eyes True Anomaly's satellite 'pursuit' capability for ops, training
Mar 03, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force to launch 'marketplace' for satellite-to-cellular communications services
Mar 02, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Raytheon wins $250M contract to build missile warning/tracking sats to monitor Chinese launches
Feb 28, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Mitsubishi investment to fuel Astroscale's planned expansion
Feb 28, 2023 / Breaking Defense
SPACECOM expands allied, industy cooperation: Gen. Dickinson
Feb 27, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Startup Quasar Satellite piques Aussie gov interest in multichannel ground stations
Feb 23, 2023 / Breaking Defense
White House advisory group to explore DoD use of commercial space
Feb 23, 2023 / Breaking Defense
White House nears plan to assign regulatory authorities for 'new' space activities
Feb 22, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force envisions 'freight trains' to space, 'Walmarts on orbit'
Feb 17, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force FY24 request likely to jump by billions, but lawmakers may balk: Analyst
Feb 17, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space Force plans to open access for small providers to multibillion launch contracts
Feb 17, 2023 / realcleardefense.com
Sentinel ICBM ‘On Track’ for Flight Test This Year
Feb 16, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Sentinel ICBM 'on track' for flight test this year: Senior USAF official
Feb 09, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force seeks ideas for potential 'commercial space reserve' fleet
Feb 08, 2023 / Breaking Defense
SpaceX didn't intend that Starlink be 'weaponized' by Ukraine: Shotwell
Feb 07, 2023 / Breaking Defense
General Atomics' Gambit moves to flight testing under AFRL's autonomous drone project
Feb 07, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Balloons vs. satellites: Popping some misconceptions about capability and legality
Feb 07, 2023 / Breaking Defense
'Unclear' reporting guidance, 'inaccurate' data hamper Mid-Tier Acquisition oversight: GAO
Feb 06, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Oversight or overkill? DoD faces new congressional order to detail Mid-Tier Acquisitions
Feb 03, 2023 / Breaking Defense
At UN meeting, space cooperation picks up momentum, but Moscow and Beijing play spoilers
Feb 02, 2023 / Breaking Defense
What Satellite Attack Weapon Might The US Space Force Reveal Soon?
Feb 02, 2023 / realcleardefense.com
Air Force To Evaluate Intel Value of Hydrosat’s Hot Spot Data
Feb 01, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Air Force wants its next-gen tanker flying by 2040
Feb 01, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Air Force to evaluate intel value of Hydrosat's hot spot data
Jan 31, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space Force chief: FY24 budget funds digital training as part of readiness push
Jan 31, 2023 / Breaking Defense
SAR-satellite startup Capella Space creates 'federal' unit for US government sales
Jan 31, 2023 / Breaking Defense
LeoLab's newest space tracking radar expands Indo-Pacific coverage for US Military
Jan 30, 2023 / Breaking Defense
NASA funding DRACO nuclear thermal rocket engine under deal with DARPA
Jan 27, 2023 / Breaking Defense
ViaSat sees Marine's 'SATCOM as a service' buy as harbinger of change
Jan 26, 2023 / Breaking Defense
'Worst thing in the world': Space acquisition leaders target satellite ground system gaps
Jan 25, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Rocket Lab's Electron lifts off at last from US soil
Jan 25, 2023 / Breaking Defense
EXCLUSIVE: Commerce's draft space traffic management service goes beyond DoD's baseline
Jan 24, 2023 / Breaking Defense
USAF to begin Minuteman III silo conversion to house Sentinel ICBM by decade's end
Jan 24, 2023 / Breaking Defense
DIU asks defense industry for help getting hypersonic test jet closer to lift off
Jan 23, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space Development Agency's satellite plan gets new name, but focus on speed stays: Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture
Jan 20, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Pentagon's annual weapon test report reverses classification, details major program challenges
Jan 20, 2023 / Breaking Defense
SDA hopes SABRE sensors can slash missile testing costs by 'millions'
Jan 19, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force chief sets 'lines of effort' for service success
Jan 19, 2023 / Breaking Defense
New DoD SATCOM plan seeks to establish a modernized, 'holistic' network
Jan 19, 2023 / realcleardefense.com
DARPA's CRANE X-Plane
Jan 18, 2023 / Breaking Defense
DARPA taps Aurora Flight Sciences for CRANE X-Plane design
Jan 18, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space acquisition office weighs mission priorities in case satellites go down
Jan 17, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Space Force delivers first payload for Japan's QZSS satellites
Jan 17, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Neighborhood watch, for space: DARPA seeks satellite operators for monitoring data 'service'
Jan 13, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Ukraine spotlights 'criticality' of space in conflict : Saltzman
Jan 12, 2023 / Breaking Defense
Though 'born digital,' Space Force needs 7 years to fully mature, deputy CTIO says
Jan 10, 2023 / Breaking Defense
After Ukraine invasion, NATO aligning strategy with 'regional plans': Former SACEUR
Jan 06, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force shelves 'weather data as a service' model, for now
Jan 06, 2023 / Breaking Defense
China tops US in defense-related satellites orbited in 2022: Report
Jan 04, 2023 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force Missile Track Custody prototype effort moves to hardware stage
Jan 03, 2023 / Breaking Defense
AFRL wants on-orbit servicing tech to enhance space monitoring, logistics
Dec 28, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Sikorsky-Boeing protest Army's FLRAA award to Bell Textron
Dec 28, 2022 / Breaking Defense
At home and internationally, 'governance' is the space watchword: 2023 Preview
Dec 23, 2022 / Breaking Defense
For the US Space Force, baby steps and a ponderous 'pivot': 2022 in Review
Dec 20, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Space strategies, ops and tech go into hyperdrive: 5 stories from 2022
Dec 19, 2022 / Breaking Defense
SES launches O3b mPower satellites, eyeing government, defense sectors
Dec 16, 2022 / realcleardefense.com
Rocket Lab Aims for Rapid Launch Capability With a Friday First
Dec 15, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Rocket Lab aims for rapid launch capability at new Virginia complex, with a Friday first
Dec 15, 2022 / Breaking Defense
'Huge, huge problem': DoD space policy chief says over-classification allied advantage
Dec 13, 2022 / Breaking Defense
US, allies mull paths for engaging China to ward off conflict over space exploration
Dec 12, 2022 / realcleardefense.com
U.S. Call for Halting Kinetic Anti-Satellite Tests Gets Boost
Dec 11, 2022 / Breaking Defense
US call for halting kinetic anti-satellite tests gets boost from UN vote
Dec 09, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Army kicks off SATCOM-as-a-service pilot to increase soldier connectivity
Dec 07, 2022 / Breaking Defense
'Compromise' NDAA boosts Space Force budget, but keeps tight reins on policy decisions
Dec 06, 2022 / Breaking Defense
DoD, Commerce award space monitoring contracts for pilot civil service
Dec 06, 2022 / Breaking Defense
NGA's Stardust will modernize Earth models for GPS, mapping
Dec 02, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Amid geopolitical instability, NNSA looks to industry for new arms control verification tech
Nov 30, 2022 / Breaking Defense
'It's a race': Air Force CIO 'confident' FY24 budget will bolster information tech
Nov 29, 2022 / Breaking Defense
SPACECOM could further crunch command chain
Nov 28, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Oracle's vision: Understanding cislunar satellite images poses AFRL's 'biggest' challenge
Nov 23, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Space Force opens INDOPACOM component, process questions remain
Nov 22, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Space firms want White House fix for regulatory tangle, but disagree on how
Nov 21, 2022 / Breaking Defense
SDA ponders signal, tech trade-offs for alternate GPS satellite payloads
Nov 18, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Army's Project Convergence tested space links for TITAN targeting system
Nov 18, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Lamborn signals continuity in House space focus, tows harder nuclear line
Nov 17, 2022 / Breaking Defense
'Critically important': New White House strategy for cislunar research echoes Space Force
Nov 17, 2022 / realcleardefense.com
NRO Opens Call for Commercial Hyperspectral Satellite Imagery
Nov 16, 2022 / Breaking Defense
SPACECOM reorganization streamlines command structure
Nov 16, 2022 / Breaking Defense
NRO opens call for commercial hyperspectral satellite imagery
Nov 15, 2022 / Breaking Defense
National Space Council hears industry pitches, complaints as prelude to new rules
Nov 14, 2022 / Breaking Defense
HawkEye 360's next 3 satellites to fly on Rocket Lab's inaugural Virginia launch
Nov 11, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Space Development Agency missile tracking data will inform NC3
Nov 10, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Space Development Agency asks for satellite 'battle management system' proposals
Nov 09, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Army's IBCS wraps up initial operational testing
Nov 08, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Sapphire in the sky: Space domain awareness is Canadian space commander's top priority
Nov 08, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Space Policy chief warns against 'ridiculous' testing aversion for new missile interceptor
Nov 04, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Phase Four's spacecraft engine first to demo AFRL's game-changing 'green' fuel
Nov 03, 2022 / Breaking Defense
US Joint Commerce, STRATCOM commercial SSA pilot planned for December
Nov 03, 2022 / Breaking Defense
UN committee endorses US call for moratorium on destructive ASAT missile tests
Nov 01, 2022 / Breaking Defense
With new 'scorecard,' US Space Force's acquisition chief talks changing culture - Breaking Defense
Nov 01, 2022 / Breaking Defense
US Strategic Space Review signed out, but no unclassified version is coming
Oct 31, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Lockheed Martin invests $100M in SAR-satellite maker Terran Orbital
Oct 27, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Nuclear, Missile Defense reviews target increasing Russian, Chinese threats
Oct 27, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Rain today? DIU, Air Force partner on global weather sensing
Oct 26, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Orbit of Babel: SDA developing 'translators' to get data from ISR sats to warfighters
Oct 25, 2022 / Breaking Defense
2024 budget to reflect US Space Force, NRO accord on tracking moving targets from orbit
Oct 24, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Give JADC2 to Space Force, along with ASAT weapons: Mitchell report
Oct 21, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Space Force's 'Digital Bloodhound' project will sniff out cyberthreats
Oct 20, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Open for business: US Space Force's 'Front Door' now fully operational
Oct 19, 2022 / Breaking Defense
A Musk monopoly? For now, Ukraine has few options outside Starlink for battlefield satcoms
Oct 14, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Aalyria envisions communications revolution for Earth, the Moon and beyond
Oct 12, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Eyeing Russia and China, NORTHCOM head frets over US ability to respond to Arctic threats
Oct 12, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Army seeks industry help on stratospheric drones, sensor payloads
Oct 11, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Ukraine's experience spurs allies' interest in 'resistance,' info war training
Oct 06, 2022 / Breaking Defense
York scores SDA contract worth up to $200M for experimental communications satellites
Oct 06, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Kayhan Space building momentum, and DoD interest, with collision avoidance software
Oct 05, 2022 / Breaking Defense
New Aussie deal forwards SPACECOM commander's goal of 'persistent awareness' of the heavens
Oct 05, 2022 / Breaking Defense
New US Space Force team to streamline 'onboarding' new tech for operational use
Oct 03, 2022 / Breaking Defense
ATLAS Space: A 'Netflix' for satellite ground operations software
Oct 03, 2022 / Breaking Defense
EU, US progress on space information sharing, but Beijing drags its feet
Sep 30, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Space Command, Commerce to stage commercial space tracking pilot this fall
Sep 30, 2022 / Breaking Defense
National Space Council to ask industry for input on new space rules
Sep 29, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Dangerous, expanding satellite population poses policy challenges to US government
Sep 29, 2022 / Breaking Defense
U.S. Space Force still struggling to ingest commercial space monitoring data
Sep 28, 2022 / Breaking Defense
24 hours from 'go': Next Space Force 'responsive launch' experiment aims to loft satellite in a hurry
Sep 28, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Spy satellite agency NRO awards RF geolocation study contracts to 6 companies
Sep 28, 2022 / Breaking Defense
With warning tool, Slingshot Aerospace pushes industry-led space traffic management
Sep 27, 2022 / Breaking Defense
LeoLabs debuts collision risk assessment software for space insurers
Sep 26, 2022 / Breaking Defense
U.S. DoD-Commerce yet to hash out review of commercial space data sharing
Sep 26, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Pentagon tightening rules for non-traditional contracts in wake of internal audit
Sep 22, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Space Development Agency chief clears up 'confusion' about where his agency is going
Sep 22, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Space Force phasing out missile warning from GEO, will focus on lower orbits
Sep 21, 2022 / Breaking Defense
US Space Force completes space-based JSTARS replacement analysis, will inform future budgets
Sep 19, 2022 / Breaking Defense
STARCOM's 'Black Skies' exercise includes satellite jamming
Sep 15, 2022 / Breaking Defense
'On the table': Hicks says DoD, IC considering indemnifying commercial space providers
Sep 12, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Army ponders satellite partners for 'Lonestar' GPS interference warning system
Sep 09, 2022 / Breaking Defense
DoD, Commerce sign framework for space monitoring cooperation
Sep 08, 2022 / Breaking Defense
New legal 'manual' on peacetime military space activities could aid norms drive
Sep 02, 2022 / Breaking Defense
The next energy frontier: A race for solar power from space?
Sep 01, 2022 / Breaking Defense
US Navy seeks to up space game, including via US Space Force
Aug 29, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Not to be left 'behind': Advocates hopeful NDAA will mandate a U.S. Space Guard
Aug 26, 2022 / Breaking Defense
New GAO report will feed Space Force-IC 'negotiation' on space-based ISR
Aug 22, 2022 / Breaking Defense
DARPA Space-BACN in the pan, startup SpaceLink eyes potential for more DoD links
Aug 11, 2022 / Breaking Defense
The nuclear 3 body problem: STRATCOM 'furiously' rewriting deterrence theory in tripolar world
Aug 09, 2022 / Breaking Defense
GAO: Pentagon lacks 'strategic objectives' on alternates to GPS
Aug 01, 2022 / Breaking Defense
NRO, Air Force may co-fund future space-based ISR tech: Kendall
Jun 27, 2022 / Breaking Defense
With billions at stake, lobbying heats up for future rights to U.S. Space Force launches
Jun 15, 2022 / Breaking Defense
UK startup Magdrive to test tiny engine for (relatively) high-speed space maneuvers
May 19, 2022 / Breaking Defense
DoD space acquisition agencies 'de-conflicted' 2024 budget requests, a first
May 17, 2022 / Breaking Defense
U.S. Space Force targets 2027 for resilient on-orbit posture initial capability
Apr 29, 2022 / Breaking Defense
NATO considers buying commercial imagery, irking US spy sat agencies: Sources
Apr 26, 2022 / Breaking Defense
To track hypersonic missiles, Space Force to develop 'at least' 4 MEO satellites
Apr 25, 2022 / Breaking Defense
With $97M in new capital, Capella Space offers 'change detection' analytics
Apr 21, 2022 / Breaking Defense
New U.S. Space Force unit to monitor ‘xGEO’ beyond Earth’s orbit
Apr 05, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Pentagon Poised To Unveil, Demonstrate Classified Space Weapon
Apr 04, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Cold War space arms race is back, with more racers, new studies find
Mar 24, 2022 / Breaking Defense
SpaceLogistics sees potential defense market for orbital life-extension spacecraft
Mar 23, 2022 / Breaking Defense
US Army kicks off long-awaited SATCOM service pilot next month
Mar 16, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Congressional researchers identify key questions in America's hypersonic race
Mar 01, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Budget roadblock delaying Pentagon satellite program to track hypersonic missiles
Feb 24, 2022 / Breaking Defense
2024 Space Force budget to show 'large pivot' to 'China fight'
Feb 23, 2022 / Breaking Defense
With IARPA, Intel Community joins battle against (tiny) space debris
Feb 22, 2022 / Breaking Defense
US, close allies sign 'call to action' in space defense
Feb 07, 2022 / Breaking Defense
Pentagon needs to prioritize hypersonic defense, not offense: CSIS
Feb 03, 2022 / Breaking Defense
US rejects charge that Starlink satellites endangered China's space station
Feb 01, 2022 / Breaking Defense
NRO plans 7 spy satellite launches in 2022; one from mystery foreign spaceport
Jan 26, 2022 / Breaking Defense
China's SJ-21 'tugs' dead satellite out of GEO belt: Trackers
Jan 18, 2022 / Breaking Defense