GPS 3F satellite artist rendition. Credit: Lockheed Martin By Courtney Albon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 5 November 2025 The Pentagon should establish a dedicated budget to support its Golden Dome missile defense shield’s positioning, navigation, and timing needs and assign a PNT lead to coordinate needed improvements to
This artist illustration shows how network and satellite data can be exchanged in space. Courtesy of NASA. By Courtney Albon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 3 November 2025 Companies planning to compete for Golden Dome contracts say they’re already investing in capabilities that could have a range of defense
Astranis is developing a geostationary commercial satellite called Omega that is being pitched to the U.S. military for broadband communications. Credit: Astranis By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 30 October 2025 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — The U.S. Space Force is adopting a business model where the government owns satellites
Northrop Grumman's concept art for the Evolved Strategic SATCOM program. (Northrop Grumman) By Courtney Albon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 23 October 2025 The Space Force expects to award $905 million in contracts over the next five years through a new Maneuverable GEO program, which aims to form a
A rocket lifts off in French Guiana in 2019 carrying satellites built by Airbus and Thales, who have joined with Leonardo in the new venture. Photograph: Jody Amiet/AFP/Getty By Lauren Almeida and Jasper Jolly, Published by The Guardian, 23 October 2025 Deal between Airbus, Leonardo and Thales is expected to
An Air Force Research Laboratory Oracle spacecraft, shown in a conceptual illustration, would observe the region near the Moon and potentially beyond. AFRL By Courtney Albon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 22 October 2025 As the gap between U.S. and China’s space capabilities narrows, national security space experts say
Illustration of the German Earth observation satellite TerraSAR-X Credit: ESA By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space News, 21 October 2025 LONDON — The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is looking to purchase satellites capable of jamming other spacecraft and inspecting objects in space, and it wants to do so on tight
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)
