Space News

January 18, 2024

Space Force needs more money, people to secure cislunar space: Mitchell Institute

Breaking Defense The Space Force needs to begin now to establish a strategy and develop technology to secure cislunar space and the

January 17, 2024

US SDA awards L3Harris contract for IR space vehicles

Airforce Technology The US Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded a contract to L3Harris Technologies worth $919m that marks substantial progress on

January 11, 2024

USSPACECOM welcomes Whiting as third commander

U.S. Space Command U.S. Space Force Gen. Stephen N. Whiting assumed command of U.S. Space Command from U.S. Army Gen. James

January 10, 2024

U.S. Army issues new guidance on the use of space for ground warfare

SpaceNews The U.S. Army’s top leadership has unveiled new guidance underscoring the vital role of space systems in modern ground

January 10, 2024

Pentagon agencies team up in upcoming launch of hypersonic tracking satellites

SpaceNews The Missile Defense Agency confirmed that a national security space mission that had been projected to launch in December

December 21, 2023

L3Harris gets green light to produce 16 space-based hypersonic missile trackers

Space News Defense contractor L3Harris announced Dec. 20 it has received approval from the Space Development Agency to move into

December 18, 2023

Space Force’s first six missile-defense satellites in medium orbit to cost about $500 million

Space News The U.S. Space Force awarded Millennium Space Systems contracts worth $509.5 million for the first six satellites of

December 8, 2023

Opinion: Drag race: hypersonic threats are slow enough for US missile defenses

C4ISRNET A key motivation driving the development of hypersonic weapons, which glide through the atmosphere at more than five times

December 7, 2023

Canada’s ‘Space Force’ soars with new astronaut assignments

Space Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronauts Jeremy Hansen and Josh Kutryk are both colonels and pilots with the Royal Canadian Air Force. This

December 7, 2023

Space acquisition review calls for cutting red tape, empowering acquisition chief

Breaking Defense Improving Pentagon space acquisition does not require new legal authorities or further organizational consolidation, but does require a hard scrubbing