By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 24 March 2023 "We're ready to transition over to technology development," MDA Director Vice Adm. Jon Hill told the Center for Strategic and International Studies today. WASHINGTON — The Missile Defense Agency “shortly” will move from studying designs for its new Glide Phase
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 24 March 2023 The bulk of SDA's FY24 request, some $4.1 billion, is in research, development, test and evaluation aimed at getting the first iterations of its planned satellites for both data relay, called the Transport Layer, and missile warning and tracking, called
By Courtney Albon, Published by Defense News, 24 March 2023 WASHINGTON — A U.S. Air Force office focused on making sure aircraft and weapon systems are hardened against cyber intrusions wants to expand its reach within the Space Force. The Cyber Resiliency Office for Weapon Systems, also known as CROWS,
Published by Seeking Alpha, 23 March 2023 Summary Virgin Galactic Holdings is still burning through cash at an alarming rate. And a really important point will be whether they can meet their Q2 start date. If they have to postpone it again, combined with further shareholder dilution, this would probably
"Kava," a Ukrainian frontline paramedic, uses a Starlink internet connection in a basement in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region as Russian shells explode nearby on February 20, 2023. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images By Sam Skove, Published by Defense One, 23 March 2023 Units scramble for solutions as Russia learns to
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 22 March 2023 The companies selected are BlackSky, HyperSat, Orbital Sidekick, Pixxel, Planet and Xplore WASHINGTON — The National Reconnaissance Office has signed five-year agreements with six commercial providers of hyperspectral satellite imagery, the agency announced March 22. The selected companies — BlackSky Technology,
By Cristian Agatie, Published by autoevolution, 23 March 2023 SpaceX recently launched its first group of Starlink V2 Mini satellites, touting improved capabilities, with four times the data capacity of the previous generation. Soon, astronomers noticed that the satellites started to descend rather than rise. On Wednesday, Elon Musk confirmed
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 22 March 2023 WASHINGTON — The first set of larger second-generation Starlink satellites is experiencing problems that could require SpaceX to deorbit at least some of them. In a March 22 tweet, SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said there were “some issues” with the
