By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 22 June 2022 The Pentagon plans to spend nearly $13 billion over the next five years to develop and acquire military communications satellites. According to U.S. Department of Defense budget documents, this large investment supports growing demands for connectivity and secure data networks across
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 12 June 2022 This new procurement of satellites – known as the NExT experimental testbed – replaces a previous SDA program called T1DES WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency is looking to acquire as many as 10 satellites to host military payloads for experiments
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 23 May 2022 Space Systems Command is trying to figure out how to exploit traditional and new types of commercial space data WASHINGTON — Over a two-day conference last week, U.S. military and intelligence officials were briefed on the capabilities of commercial spy satellites
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 11 May 2022 A lesson from the Ukraine war is the resiliency provided by large proliferated constellations, said Gen. David Thompson WASHINGTON — During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing May 11, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) asked Space Force officials if any lessons could
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 5 May 2022 A new Atlantic Council report warns U.S. defense agencies are not taking advantage of commercial space innovation WASHINGTON – The United States is at risk of being outpaced by China in space capabilities, in part due to the slow adoption of
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 22 April 2022 Data from the Space Fence radar that tracks objects in low Earth orbit can now be accessed through the Unified Data Library WASHINGTON – The U.S. Space Force announced April 22 that its tracking radar that monitors low Earth orbit is
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 20 April 2022 Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein: The Space Force needs to “understand where we need tactically responsive launch, but more importantly, tactically responsive space.” WASHINGTON – The U.S. Space Force plans to conduct in 2023 a “responsive space” demonstration where private launch companies
By AFP Staff Writers, Published by Space War, 4 March 2022 Washington (AFP) - From a huge Russian military convoy snaking its way to Kyiv to missile strikes and refugee crossings, commercial satellite imagery of the Ukraine conflict is helping lift the fog of war, illuminating for the public what
