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A key problem identified by the HAC is the fact that the military services do not allow program officers responsible for acquisition oversight to remain in their posts long enough to gain the necessary expertise.
Program officials overseeing the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) effort told GAO investigators that the delay was caused not only by developmental problems, but also the Space Force’s launch backlog.
Pentagon budget request documents obtained by Breaking Defense show continued R&D investment, but procurement dollars appear to dry up.
“The ubiquitous user terminal that could interoperate across frequency bands and orbits was a key part of [the Space Force’s SATCOM Vision], and to date, no one’s been able to deliver it,” said Ryan Stevenson, Kymeta’s chi…
Breaking Defense obtained a copy of the Defense Department’s FY26 budget request for RDT&E Programs. Here’s what you should know.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is already expected to conduct more than two dozen national security-related space launches over the next few years.
Selling off the low S-band “is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea,” Tom Karako, director of the CSIS Missile Defense Project, told Breaking Defense today.
“Space Systems Command intends to award a second vendor, but the quantity will depend on the selected vendor’s proposal. The timing and scope of that award is subject to the outcomes of the on-going FY26 budget deliberations,” Col. Rob Davi…
Beyond the potential consequences for the US industry, a reduction in NRO acquisition of commercial imagery also could directly impact US and allied military commanders in the field and US agencies charged with disaster relief, industry and government …
Based on its orbital pattern, independent astronomer Marco Langbroek said he suspected the new satellite is joining other Russian “sleeping interceptors.”