By David Vergun, Published by Unitd States Space Force, 21 March 2025 WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Since the U.S. Space Force stood up five years ago, it has delivered warfighting effects to the point that the U.S. can now contest the space domain, said Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman,
Los Alamos National Laboratory via Aerospace Projects Review By Joseph Trevithick,Published by The War Zone, 20 March 2025 The large-scale weaponization of space appears to be imminent as competition in orbit heats up between the U.S. and its adversaries. New space-based interceptors called for in President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile
(Getty Images/iStockphoto) By Matt Berman, Published by Popular Mechanics, 20 March 2025 One of DARPA’s concerns is that Russia has allegedly developed a nuclear space-based, anti-satellite weapon that may be capable of blinding hundreds of satellites. DARPA, the U.S. military’s advanced research agency, is funding space laser projects amid simmering concerns that
By Sophie Jenkins, Published by Space War, 14 December 2024 London, UK (SPX) - Raytheon UK, a division of RTX's Raytheon business, announced the successful live-firing of its High-Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS) by the British Army, targeting and neutralizing moving aerial threats. The demonstration, conducted in Wales, was part
By Parth Satam, Published by the Eurasian Times, 28 November 2023 Space observers and scientists have noted curious and intriguing activity from two Russian satellites launched over the last year, releasing other satellites and spacecraft from within them. Believed to be electronic reconnaissance orbital payloads, the rare practice of satellites
By Brad Howard, Published by CNBC, 15 November 2023 The Israel-Hamas conflict has shed new light on the need to defend against threats that range from small rockets to ballistic missiles. Israel has invested in the Iron Beam system, which produces a high-energy laser, to complement the Iron Dome batteries
By Joseph Trevithick, Published by The War Zone, 10 November 2023 The future of a laser-armed AC-130J is increasingly uncertain and a broader review of the Ghostrider’s armament package is in progress. Planned flight testing of a high-energy laser directed energy weapon on a U.S. Air Force AC-130J Ghostrider gunship has been
The Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites April 7 was the 10th Falcon 9 launch of 2021, eight of which have been dedicated to Starlink. Credit: 45th Space Wing By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 18 October 2023 The service will release a plan for how to integrate commercial
