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,
An artist's depiction of a missile warning/missile tracking satellite. (credit L3Harris) By Courtney Albon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 5 February 2026 The Defense Innovation Unit, the Pentagon’s commercial technology hub, plans to demonstrate low-cost, commercially derived missile defense sensors on orbit within the next two years, according to
Launch of an SM-3 missile from the cruiser USS Lake Erie in February 2008 on an intercept course with a disabled American reconnaissance satellite. (credit: US Navy) By Jimin Park. Published by The Space Review, 10 November 2025 The United States should pursue a new space-related arms control treaty: a
By Robert Wall and Viviennse Machi, Published by Aviation Week, 25 September 2025 "Counterspace” is becoming a buzz word for Western defense planners grappling with the increasing likelihood of combat in space. As Russia and China deploy a widening variety of terrestrial and space-based technologies that can threaten the spacecraft
Illustration of a Vantor satellite capable of Earth and space imaging. Courtesy Vantor By Patrick Tucker, Published by Defense One, 22 October 2025 Space Force signs selects Vantor to watch for naughty satellites, space threats. Satellite imaging company Vantor—formerly Maxar Intelligence—has signed a contract with the U.S. Space Force to
Image: Lockheed Martin. By Joseph Trevithick, Published by TWZ, 21 October 2025 Lockheed Martin is aiming to conduct an on-orbit demonstration of at least one space-based anti-missile interceptor design no later than 2028. Interceptors deployed in space have been billed as a key element of the Trump administration’s Golden Dome
Defense satellites and anti-satellite technology is coming to a head. (Image credit: Dragon Claws/Getty Images) By Leonard David, Published by Space.com, 20 October 2025 "The Russians and the Chinese are demonstrating more sophisticated orbital maneuvering abilities. There's no denying that." Space-based shenanigans are increasing in Earth's orbit. Anti-satellite technologies (ASATs)
(DKosig/Getty Images) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 8 October 2025 European rearmament and Trump’s Golden Dome drive surge in investments and valuations, executives say WASHINGTON — A wave of defense spending in Europe and renewed military investment in the United States — driven in part by President Donald
