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‘We need to deliver warfighting capability at a faster rate’: US Space Force cancels Next Generation GPS project over ‘extensive system issues’ and an ‘insurmountable’ timeline

April 28, 2026
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| GPS, Satellites, Space Force, Space Strategy, Space Warfare

By Efosa Udinmwen, Published by Techradar, 28 April 2026 The US Space Force chose to cut losses instead of funding endless fixes A $6.27 billion GPS overhaul collapsed under persistent technical failures Testing exposed system flaws that risked global GPS reliability US Space Force abandoned the project after the timeline

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Hybridizing nuclear command, control and communications systems puts space infrastructure at risk

April 22, 2026
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| AI, China, Communications, Dual and Commercial Use, GPS, India, Israel, Missile Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Space Strategy, space weather, Starlink, Surveillance, Ukraine

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle carries the fifth Lockheed Martin-built GPS III space vehicle for the U.S. Space Force, 30 May 2025. (SpaceX) By Qurat-Ul-Ain Shabbir, Published by Space News, 22 April 2026 Space based nuclear command, control and communications (NC3) systems were developed as highly classified and sovereign

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Space Force 2040: 30,000 satellites, ‘thousands’ more Guardians

April 15, 2026
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| China, Communications, Cyber, Electronic Warfare, GPS, Missile Defense, Orbital Warfare, Russia, Satellites, Space Force, Space Strategy, Space Warfare, Surveillance

By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 15 April 2026 The Space Force's projections of its needs for orbital warfare and electronic warfare are only included in the classified version of the new Objective Force plan, but Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman confirmed that the service wants new

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Is COPUOS at a turning point? Governing space in a new era

April 14, 2026
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| Dual and Commercial Use, Environmental/Health Concerns, Maneuverability, Moon missions, Nukes in Space, Satellites, Space Debris and Overcrowding, Space Strategy, Space Treaties

A meeting of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). Credit: United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs By Frederick Jenet, David Schuman, Cecilia I. Silberberg, Danica Vallone and Paul Wunderl, Published by Space News, 14 April 2026 The 63rd Session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee

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The US has declared ‘space superiority’ over Iran. What does that mean?

April 2, 2026
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| China, Dual and Commercial Use, Iran, Russia, Satellites, Space Command, Space Force, Space Strategy, Space Warfare

An Iranian satellite launched by Russia lifts off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan in August 2022. Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty By Thomas Novelly, Published by Defense One, 2 April 2026 Iran’s nascent space program was destroyed. It's still using other nations' space intel. The U.S. military declared space superiority over Iran this

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Space Force opens secretive space tracking to commercial firms

March 1, 2026
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| Dual and Commercial Use, Space Force, Space Strategy, Space Systems Command, Space Warfare, Surveillance

By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 1 March 2026 Officials says commercial data and software can sharpen space threat detection WASHINGTON — One of the U.S. Space Force’s most sensitive missions — tracking foreign satellites and predicting whether they could threaten American spacecraft — is increasingly drawing on commercial

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USSF Wants to Get Battle Management Tools from Lab to Operations Faster

February 19, 2026
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| Dual and Commercial Use, Space Force, Space Strategy, Space Warfare, Surveillance

Crews of the National Space Defense Center at Schriever Space Force Base, Colo. provide threat-focused space domain awareness across the national security space enterprise. (U.S. Space Force photo by Kathryn Damon) By Courtney Albon, Publsihed by Air & Space Forces, 19 February 2026 The Space Force team responsible for developing

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