An interceptor launches from an Iron Dome missile-defense system at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., in this undated photo posted online by the U.S. Army. By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 28 February 2025 WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has quietly renamed the Trump administration’s ambitious national missile defense initiative
Few figures in contemporary politics represent the ugliness of unleashed capitalism better than Musk. A flamboyant buffoon, in some ways, but also lethal (Granville Post) By Alan Macleod,Published by the Granville Post, 23 February 2025 Donald Trump has announced his intention to build a gigantic anti-ballistic missile system to counter
Northrop Grumman's low-Earth orbit constellation of satellites detecting missile launches by an unidentified adversary. Northrop Grumman illustration By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 3 February 2025 The proposed “Iron Dome for America” system is heavily reliant on space-based sensors and potentially controversial space-based interceptors WASHINGTON — The nation’s top
Image credit: Space Development Agency By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 28 January, 2025 The order sets a bold agenda to address emerging threats, including hypersonic missiles, through advanced technological solutions, including space-based interceptors. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Jan. 27 that calls for the
Chief of Space Operations U.S. Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman and distinguished guests stand in front of a radar dome belonging to the 23rd Space Operations Squadron Detachment 1 at Pituffik Space Base, Greenland on April 5, 2023. Det. 1's mission is to provide telemetry, tracking and commanding operations to
(Image credit: U.S. Space Force) By Brtt Tingley, Published by Space.com, 20 December 2024 The U.S. Space Force celebrates its fifth anniversary today. The service was formally established on Dec. 20, 2019, when President Donald Trump signed it into law with the National Defense Authorization Act, the bill that allocates
Northrop Grumman and Ball Aerospace will design and develop the two mission payloads for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar program. By Daniel Patrascu, Published by Autoevolution, 16 December 2024 If a hostile nation from across the world would want to hit the US with a missile of some
Illustration of the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) polar satellite. Credit: Northrop Grumman By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 23 October 2024 The company is building two satellites for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) program WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $1.8
