By PARC Against DARCPosted on Lisa's Substack, 14 May 2026 PARC Against DARC, the campaign which was set up in 2024 to oppose the US military’s proposed DARC radar array in Pembrokeshire, has submitted an official request to ‘call in’ the Planning application for DARC radar to the newly formed
A Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor to track hypersonic missiles in during their glide phase. (Northrop Grumman) By Courtney Albon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 8 May 2026 The Missile Defense Agency will test its ability to track and engage a hypersonic missile in fiscal 2027 with an
The Russian satellites, COSMOS 2581 and COSMOS 2583, passed within 3 metres of each other on 28 April, 2026 (COMSPOC) By Anthony Cuthbertson, Published by The Independent, 7 May 2026 The incident raises concerns about space surveillance and orbital collisions Astronomers have observed two Russian military satellites passing within 3
Diagram of message-sending from Vienna to Beijing through space-ground integrated quantum network using China's Micius satellite, which launched in 2016. (Image credit: CAS/Pan Jianwei's team) By Dylan Welch, Published by GMF US, 5 May 2026 Quantum technologies will change how we communicate, navigate, and calculate in space. As the United
Planet Labs aims to push forward peace around the world by shining a luminous spotlight from space on the movement of tanks, troops, missiles and warships across the Earth’s surface. Shown here is its headquarters in San Francisco (Photo By Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) By Kevin
The Air Force Research Laboratory is now exploring cislunar space, which is expected to get more congested as more firms and countries invest in space travel to the moon. Their Cislunar Highway Patrol (CHPS) will experiment with space domain awareness beyond Geosynchronous Earth Orbit. AFRL courtesy image By Kouceila Rekik,
Image: L3Harris Technologies By Steve Trimble, Published by Aviation Week, 29 April 2026 Space-based interceptors are no longer an intrinsic component of the Golden Dome program. A proliferated constellation of orbital, rocket-fired missiles is still being considered, but they are unnecessary if the defense industry is not ready to deliver
Image: BAE Systems By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 29 April 2026 BAE to demonstrate inter-satellite Link-182 radios for Golden Dome missile defense architecture WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded BAE Systems an $11.8 million contract to demonstrate satellite-to-satellite communications using Link-182, a radio-frequency data link standard adopted
