Space News

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

December 4, 2023

U.S., U.K., Australia sign agreement to jointly operate deep space radar network

Space News As part of the trilateral security partnership known as AUKUS, a network of three space-tracking radars will be

November 29, 2023

SDA Demonstrates Link 16 from Space for First Time Ever

Air & Space Forces Magazine The Space Development Agency (SDA) has demonstrated the first-ever Link 16 network broadcast from space

November 29, 2023

Millennium Space to build a missile-sensor layer in medium Earth orbit

SpaceNews The U.S. Space Force has given Millennium Space Systems the go-ahead to begin production of six satellites that will