By Patrick Tucker, Published by Defense One, 4 July 2023 Officials worry China may do for commercial-space capabilities what it did for cheap telecom equipment. China has ramped up its space mission, with plans to surpass 70 launches—commercial and military—this year. And while the Pentagon has been vocal about the
By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 16 June 2023 There’s “certainly enough capacity,” the service’s No. 2. officer said—though “more is always better.” The U.S. Space Force is not worried if a few makers of light-lift rockets go out of business, the service’s No. 2 officer said Thursday. “I
Commercial satellite communications services support U.S. Army training operations. Credit: SES Space & Defense By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 12 June 2023 Lt. Gen. Burt: ‘The commercial guys need to have a voice on this WASHINGTON — An initiative to ensure the U.S. military has access to commercial space
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 2 June 2023 The four-year contract is part of the DEUCSI (Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet) program run by the Air Force Research Laboratory. It’s a project to demonstrate the integration of commercial space internet services with military platforms and weapon systems. WASHINGTON
By Jaspreet Gill, Published by Breaking Defense, 24 May 2023 If a modern integrated operations network is the foundation of the home, the Unified Data Library is the electricity flowing through it, Space Force Chief Technology Officer Lisa Costa told Breaking Defense. Also, the SpaceVerse will come into play somewhere
by Courtney Albon, Published by C4ISRNET, 10 May 2023 WASHINGTON — The head of the Space Force’s test and training enterprise said the service needs help from industry as it modernizes systems and virtual environments it uses to train guardians and test capabilities in space. Maj. Gen. Shawn Bratton, head
By Courtney Albon, Published by C4ISRNET, 9 May 2023 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force said it expects to choose a pool of companies by December for its Space Technology Experimentation Platform 2.0, which it will use to buy commercial satellites to host defense experiments. The Space Test Program office,
By Courtney Albon, Published by C4ISRNET, 9 May 2023 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — On May 4, SpaceX launched its latest batch of Starlink satellites, increasing the size of its behemoth broadband internet constellation to more than 4,000 spacecraft. The company, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, expects to launch another 8,000
