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New Space Force ‘Orbital Watch’ initiative to share threat info with commercial operators
“It’s a way for them to understand what the threat is, but also they will have the ability to reach back to the government if they actually see something. So, we’re trying to have a give-and-take discussion,” Col. Richard Knisel…
Time for Space Force to ‘clearly say’ it needs ‘weapons in space’: SPACECOM head
“The US and France recently conducted our first ever bilateral rendezvous and proximity operation to demonstrate combined capabilities in space in the vicinity of a strategic competitor spacecraft,” SPACECOM head Gen. Stephen Whiting said t…
SDA opens contest for 54 ‘Tranche 3’ missile tracking satellites
According to the formal solicitation posted on SAM.gov, SDA is looking to make three awards for 18 satellites each.
‘Hell of a body blow:’ Ukraine shift may stir market headwinds for US SAR-sat operators
“Going back to pre-Ukraine supplemental procurement levels would see the USG buying only a small fraction of the US commercial SAR capacity available; hardly enough to support combat operations or sustain a healthy US industrial base,” said…
EXCLUSIVE: NRO, Space Force in ‘final stages’ of commercial ISR arrangement
A similar agreement is in an early stage with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the head of the Space Force’s Commercial Space Office told Breaking Defense.
Space Force awards first next-gen critical launch contracts to Blue Origin, SpaceX, ULA
While the number of launches contracted to Blue Origin is small, the award represents a vote of confidence for the company founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos.
From support to ‘warfighting’: Space Force releases first ‘capstone’ operations doctrine
“Space is a warfighting domain, not a collection of supporting activities. In conflict, space will be a contested environment. We are the military Service dedicated to fighting in it,” Space Force chief Gen. Chance Saltzman writes in a forw…
Space Force’s Saltzman: US national security space policy ‘lagging’ needs
“[W]e restrain ourselves from doing what is needful to avoid creating improper perceptions of ‘weaponizing space.’ In reality, space has been weaponized for at least two decades, and our slowness to absorb that reality has held back o…
Counterspace capabilities advancing around the globe: Secure World Foundation
The report finds that Russia has been increasingly successful at blocking Ukraine’s use of SpaceX’s Starlink communications constellation, citing media reports in December 2024 about a new system specifically targeting Starlink called Kalin…