By Patrick Tucker, Published by Defense One, 19 October 2021 Basic questions about how to defeat or deter orbital weapons remain undecided. The “deeply concerning” test of a Chinese hypersonic missile shows that the United States has “a lot of work to do” on technology and policy, military officials and
By Maroosha Muzaffar, Published by The Independent, 19 October 2021 China has reportedly tested a hypersonic missile that circles the globe before descending to hit its target. The missile in question is believed to be capable of carrying nuclear warheads, and its development has taken US intelligence agencies by surprise.
By Tara Copp, Published by Defense One, 25 August 2021 Need to track, detect objects driving need for new space domain awareness investment. U.S. Space Command is tracking almost 35,000 objects in low Earth orbit, a 22 percent increase from just two years ago, Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, the head
By Tara Copp, Published by Defense One,, 9 August 2021 Sensors in relatively low orbits may be the best way to spot superfast missiles—but they can’t do the job alone. WALLOPS ISLAND, Va.—The Antares rocket that’s launching Tuesday to replenish the International Space Station will be carrying a camera sensor
By Kohhan Paik-Mander, Published by LA Progressive, 5 August 2021 We are drowning and burning and choking because of climate change. The world is haunted by images of commuters in China, in a dark subway car with muddy water up to their necks, standing in order to breathe. Only days
By Staff Writers, Published by Space War, 14 July 2021 Baltimore MD (SPX) - Northrop Grumman has broken ground on a Hypersonics Center of Excellence to support the U.S. military and its allies in the fight against evolving threats. Through its investments in digital engineering and smart infrastructure at its
By David Vergun for DoD News, Pulished by Space War, 13 July 2021 Washington DC (AFNS) - The CubeSat Networked Communications Experiment Block 1 - part of MDA's Nanosat Testbed Initiative - uses small, low-cost satellites to demonstrate networked radio communications between nanosatellites while in orbit. MDA will conduct a
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 29 June 2021 WASHINGTON: Space is becoming ever-more important for detecting and tracking “evolved” threats from both ballistic and hypersonic cruise missiles, Vice Adm. Jon Hill, Missile Defense Agency director, said today. “One of the great values of space” is to “sensor architectures,”
