As sea ice in the Arctic melts, the Coast Guard needs more icebreakers to remain competitive.

The Space Force may finally be ready embrace the concept for responsive launch. Outside experts and military officials point to recent and planned demonstrations, momentum in the commercial sector and a growing acknowledgement of the threats to military space assets as reasons to think the service may overcome the bureaucratic, budgetary and technological hurdles that have slowed this effort over the last two decades.

An Italian Navy official also suggested cables themselves might act as sensors to help the service.

A brain drain in the space arena will have detrimental effects on our national security and our states’ readiness, and creating a Space National Guard is the best, most cost-efficient way to prevent that from happening.

But the big prize for the company — and other shipyards in the U.K. — is the logistics ships program for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

Rep. Elaine Luria is one of the U.S. Navy’s staunchest proponents, but also one of its most ruthless critics.

The two government branches are also clashing over nuclear modernization plans.

Projects managed by the Space Rapid Capabilities Office are classified, but the director of the organization told reporters initial deliveries are coming in late 2022 and 2023.

The Air Force Research Laboratory and the Space Force are working to transition a lab-developed interface called the Global Unified Environment that would allow combatant commands to buy satellite imagery from commercial providers and allied partners.

Now, the first joint support ship won’t be delivered until at least 2025, while the second is supposed to arrive in 2027.