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Representatives of US remote sensing firms remain extremely nervous about possible roadblocks to future plans that require either new licenses or license modifications due to the personnel downsizing resulting from the efforts of Elon Musk’s DOGE…
Elsewhere, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said his top priority is “space control,” a term that for many years was verboten at the Pentagon.
License holders are receiving emails saying that all correspondence with the Commercial Remote Sensing for Regulatory Affairs is now being routed to the NOAA Office of General Council as no “senior personnel remain in the office,” according…
The Space Development Agency “has taken steps to develop laser communications technology but has not yet fully demonstrated it in space,” finds a report released today by the Government Accountability Office.
The AEI paper, authored by Senior Fellow Todd Harrison, recommends ditching the standup of Space Futures Command and creating a new organizational structure that combines acquisition and operational functions around mission areas.
“We are leaning forward establishing this technical IPT to try to pull together all of the systems and start thinking about it from an overarching perspective,” Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said.
Running through potential winners and losers under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s move to shift $50 billion towards different priorities in fiscal 2026.
The order follows a Mitchell report criticizing Saltzman’s overarching theory of space power, dubbed “Competitive Endurance,” as too focused on defensive operations rather than offensive actions.
The new report cautions the Space Force against an “over reliance” on commercial capabilities and worries that Space Force is not concentrating enough on the need to win future space conflicts not simply “endure” attacks.
The court filings do not provide a proposed schedule for the new bid process, but do reveal that it will be managed by officials who were not involved in overseeing the original contract awards.