French CERES reconnaisance satellites Published by Defense Express, 6 March 2025 France is a fairly autonomous country in terms of intelligence, with its own reconnaissance satellites and aircraft Ukraine can count on the transfer of intelligence data from France, as confirmed by the country's Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu. This was
Johnston Island, as seen from a U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft, Oct. 1, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard) Published by Stars and Stripes, 4 March 2025 The Department of the Air Force has tagged an isolated Pacific island as a test site for landing rockets capable of delivering tons of
The Mobile User Objective System's four-satellite constellation official transferred to the Space Force this year. (Lockheed Martin) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 8 February 2025 WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin and Boeing are advancing competing designs for next-generation military communications satellites, even as some experts question whether the Pentagon
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the GPS III Space Vehicle 05 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, June 17, 2021. U.S. SPACE FORCE By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 26 November 2024 Cumbersome acquisition practices will keep Europe from fully harnessing
By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 6 November 2024 New members of the Commercial Integration Cell include Blacksky, Kratos, LeoLabs, Iceye and Telesat. WASHINGTON — U.S. Space Command announced Nov. 6 it is expanding its commercial intelligence-sharing initiative, adding five new companies to a program that helps coordinate responses
Image: Jumpeestudio By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 22 October 2024 The Proliferated Low Earth Orbit satellite services program, launched in 2023, has already used $660 million of its allocated $900 million budget in just over a year WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is likely to expand its
By Kris Christiaens, Published by Future Spaceflight, 21 October 2024 MILAN, Italy – October 13, 2024, eight commercial spaceports located across five continents signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU will establish a forum to explore potential strategic collaboration in a range of areas of common interest and introduce
Image Crown Copyright 2023 By George AllisonPublished by UK Defence Journal, 17 October 2024 The UK government has announced initiatives to enhance NATO’s defence capabilities, including support for space launch operations and artillery munitions, according to a Ministry of Defence press release published on 17 October 2024. Defence Secretary John
