By Mark Pomerleau, Published by Breaking Defense, 25 March 2026 A military exercise known as Southern Star integrates across space and cyber domains. Credit: U.S. Space Command A report by several national intelligence agencies offers mitigations to protect against cyberattacks on LEO satellite constellations. WASHINGTON — As more and more
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks about the Golden Dome initiative in the Oval Office on May 20, 2025. | Alex Brandon/AP By Audrey Decker, Published by Politico, 2 February 2026 The president vowed to build a missile defense shield for the country in three years. It’s nowhere close to being
A Long March 3B carrier rocket carrying an experimental satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on December 30, 2021 in Xichang, China. Liu Guoxing / VCG via Getty Images By Martin Belam, Published by The Guardian, 2 December 2025 In today’s newsletter: As suppliers get ready to
Illustration of rocket launching. Credit: Shutterstock/SpaceQ. By Marc Boucher, Published by SpaceQ, 4 November 2025 The federal budget released by the Liberal government includes a raft of new defence initiatives including $182.6 million for sovereign space launch capability. The new funding is meant to “establish a sovereign space launch capability” with
Illustration of rocket launching. Credit: Shutterstock/SpaceQ. By Marc Boucher, Published by SpaceQ, 27 October 2025 Maritime Launch Services (MLS), who own and manage Spaceport Nova Scotia, announced that Export Development Canada (EDC) has provided a $10 million senior credit facility to help it move closer to becoming an operational orbital
Representatives of countries who have signed the Artemis Accords pose for a photo after a meeting during the International Astronautical Congress Sept. 29. Credit: NASA By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 15 October 2025 WASHINGTON — Five years after the first countries signed the Artemis Accords, a growing group of nations
Can the U.S. and China cooperate in space? (Image credit: Dragon Claws/iStock/Getty Images) By Jeff Foust, Published by The Space Review, 6 October 2025 The International Astronautical Congress is billed as one of the largest global space conferences and an opportunity for countries to come together to discuss key space
Radarsat 2 with a C-band synthetic aperture radar instrument was launched in 2007. Image: Canadian Space Agency artist's concept By Debra Werner, Published by Space News, 30 September 2025 SYDNEY, Australia – Canada’s recently announced defense industrial strategy provides funding for space technologies with civil and military applications, Canadian Space
