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“I look forward to working with [Air Force] Secretary Meink and the service to make sure the language in the NDAA is fully implemented,” Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Mike Rogers, R.-Ala., told Breaking Defense today.
For ICEYE, the German deal is the latest in a handful of high-profile sales to European militaries as the continent moves out on a collective effort to establish “strategic autonomy” in from the United States in the space domain.
CSIS says the delivery gap in THAAD ground-based interceptors comes after the Army used scores to help defend Israel during the June 2025 Israel-Iran conflict.
Gen. Gregory Gagnon, head of Space Force Combat Forces Command, said that currently “40 percent of my units do not have a realistic trainer in order to practice on them.”
Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy said that if he had “a Christmas wish list” for acquisition reform, “funding flexibility” would be at the top of it.
The bilateral rendezvous and proximity operation “illustrates France’s ability to conduct dynamic and responsible operations to deter adversaries from acting against its space interests,” according to France’s Space Command.
Interested firms have until Jan. 9 to respond to a Space Force request for information about new wide-field-of-view cameras for a SILENTBARKER replacement constellation.
The Space Rapid Capabilities Office already is seeing an impact from the congressional impasse on reauthorizing Pentagon use of Small Business Innovation Program grants, Director Kelly Hammett said.
“So the focus is going to be on delivering AMTI [airborne moving target indication] capability very quickly,” Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said.
“Not only are [some Chinese satellites] difficult to visually acquire, that shape, they believe, would be incredibly beneficial in terms of masses of the radar cross section,” Chief Master Sergeant Ron Lerch said.