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“[W]hat is the appetite [among operators] for fast, rapid delivery of capability, because that capability will not be the 100 percent capability,” said Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy, acting head of space acquisition at the Air Force.
“I predict that what you’re going to see is something that is far more… limited, both in terms of the number of threats that are feasibly able to be stopped, and also in terms of the area that [can be] defended against,” said Tom Karako with CSIS…
The 2025 annual US-China Commission report also urges lawmakers bolster funding to the US Space Force to establish “space superiority” against the PLA.
Blue Origin also was able to stick the landing of New Glenn’s reusable first stage, becoming only the second company after SpaceX to do.
Increased focus on defense is one of five pillars in a new French national space strategy announced by President Emmanuel Macron today.
The satellites will need to be defended “not only from adversary kinetic or local orbital issues, but also from cyber attacks, electronic jamming and laser attacks,” said Patrick Binning, a professor at the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of E…
“When the funding will be authorized, given the shutdown and all the fun there, is a question mark,” one industry source told Breaking Defense.
[Sponsored] Missile speed, maneuverability, and destructive power requires more capable payloads for accelerated kill chain timelines.
The State Department’s damning critique argues that, if enacted, the draft law would imperil cooperation on “space weather, remote sensing, space exploration, spaceflight safety, space debris mitigation and remediation, [and] communications…
Building dynamic space operations concepts will be necessary to force “flexibility,” and provide capabilities for “maneuver and surprise” on orbit, the new report by the Mitchell Institute says.