Space News

October 27, 2023

SDA gets OK to begin limited testing of data satellites Link 16 nodes

The Space Development Agency (SDA) finally can begin testing Link-16 signals from its Transport Layer of data relay satellites in low Earth orbit, having

October 23, 2023

Space Force plans next MEO missile tracking satellite awards by early 2025

Breaking Defense The Space Force’s primary acquisition command intends to award contracts in late 2024 or early 2025 for some

October 19, 2023

Space Force Gen. Saltzman: Proliferated LEO Shows Mettle in Ukraine

Via Satellite Proliferated Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations for communications and other uses are demonstrating that they can endure and adapt

October 6, 2023

N. Korea may launch military spy satellite between Oct. 10 and 26: S. Korean think tank

The Korea Herald North Korea may launch its military spy satellite between Tuesday and Oct. 26 following its previous two failed

October 5, 2023

Booz Allen nabs $630M integration contract for Space Force missile warning, weather programs

Breaking Defense Management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton has clinched a $630 million, seven-year contract to help the Space Force

September 28, 2023

DARPA Initiative Asks Innovators to Build Future Space Weapons

ClearanceJobs United States Space Force Guardians won’t be engaged in zero gravity combat with ray guns or light sabers – even as

September 26, 2023

Space System Command (SSC) opens new TAP Lab for Space Domain Awareness (SDA) innovation

SatNews The collaborative working space is designed to advance space domain awareness by rapidly onboarding “apps to close gaps,” decomposing

September 22, 2023

Laser comms in orbit underpin Space Force’s Transport and Tracking layers for data and missile warning

Breaking Defense With mission experience and partnerships across the space industry, Northrop Grumman is executing the Space Development Agency’s vision

September 21, 2023

Space Force looking to fill tech ‘gaps,’ and ‘evolve’ space domain awareness: Saltzman

Breaking Defense Citing the criticality of space domain awareness for everything the Space Force does, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman

September 21, 2023

AUKUS security pact should expand to include space monitoring: MITRE

Breaking Defense Pooling capabilities for space domain awareness (SDA) as part of AUKUS would not only improve trilateral security, but also lay the groundwork