SPACECOM chief doubles down on need for on-orbit mobility
The Space Force, however, has been lukewarm on funding support for what it calls “Space Access, Mobility and Logistics.”
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With Intelsat buy, SES targets European defense market
SES’s American arm, SES Space & Defense, was awarded a five-year “Sustainment Tactical Network (STN) contract” to provide the US Army with satellite communications services.
Space Force to launch ‘actual’ GMTI sats ‘in the next year’: General
Lt. Gen. DeAnna Burt, the Space Force’s deputy chief of space operations for operations, cyber and nuclear, also said the service expects to complete an analysis of alternatives by this fall for a separate but related effort to track airborne targets f…
Senate confirms trio of nominees for Navy, Space Force, SOCOM
Navy gets submariner Adm. Daryl Caudle for CNO, Space Force gets Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton for vice chief of space ops and SOCOM gets JSOC’s current head, Vice Adm. Frank Bradley.
Draft Trump EO would loosen commercial space regs, citing national security links
The draft EO would eliminate, waive and/or loosen federal environmental protection reviews required for launch licenses, including for those from Space Force ranges.
Here’s the role that space-based interceptors will play in Golden Dome
[Sponsored] A key advantage of SBIs is they can defeat missile threats earlier in their trajectory.
Space Force makes 5 awards for jam-resistant SATCOM
The Protected Tactical Satellite Communications-Global awards are representative of a wider shift in Space Force acquisition strategy aimed at using commercial tech to speed new capabilities to the field.
Next X-37B mission to carry quantum sensor, laser link experiments
Quantum sensors hold promise to serve as the core for new systems for positioning, timing and navigation (PNT) that could provide an alternative, or even replace, today’s Global Positioning System satellites.
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Next X-37B mission to carry quantum sensor, laser link experiments
Quantum sensors hold promise to serve as the core for new systems for positioning, timing and navigation (PNT) that could provide an alternative, or even replace, today’s Global Positioning System satellites.
Golden Dome: A Multi-Billion Dollar Space Gamble
OPINION — “I think the real technical challenge [for the Golden Dome space-based missile defense system] will be building of the space-based interceptor. That technology exists, I believe. I believe we have proven every element of the physics [to the …