Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks about the Golden Dome initiative in the Oval Office on May 20, 2025. | Alex Brandon/AP By Bruce Gagnon, Published in Organizing Notes, 7 February 2026 Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivered an overly confident and aggressive speech at Blue Origin’s Rocket Park in Florida
A Falcon 9 rocket launches the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle into space in August 2025. Dynamic space operations requires more than rapid launch and repositioning and ultimately encompasses every aspect of the U.S. space enterprise. Gwendolyn Kurzen Published by Air and Space Forces, 6 February 2026 To prevail in space,
Image credit: U.S. Space Force By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 22 January 2026 Gen. Shawn Bratton, vice chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force, says greater reliance on satellites is forcing faster integration with the joint force and long-term planning beyond Earth orbit WASHINGTON — The
Published by the Washington Times, 22 January 2026 Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman on the 'threats in orbit' facing America Still from Washington Times video (click above to watch) The race for national security dominance in space has become a central aspect of 21st-century great power competition,
(Image credit: U.S. Space Force) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 22 January 2026 Gen. Shawn Bratton, vice chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force, says greater reliance on satellites is forcing faster integration with the joint force and long-term planning beyond Earth orbit WASHINGTON — The
US Presidential ActionsExecutive Orders, 18 December 2025 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. Superiority in space is a measure of national vision and willpower, and the technologies Americans develop to
(DKosig/Getty Images) By Oliver Lemaitre, Published by Space News, 1 December 2025 Before we start, a caveat: The following opinion is only relevant in a situation where the EU, together with its member states, would eventually decide to invest enough to equip itself with space capabilities commensurate with Europe’s economic
By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 13 November 2025 The DARPA program aims to improve the ability to "track potential threats and objects of interest originating from or transiting cislunar space." As the moon becomes the center of the new space race, the United States military is looking for new
