This $244M Pentagon Deal Just Boosted U.S. Missile Defense: Northrop to Build Worldwide Early Warning Stations

Illustration of advanced global missile warning stations for enhanced defense capabilities (AI-generated, unrealistic). Credit: Ideogram. By Rosemary Potter, Published by Sustainability Times, 10 May 2025 In a significant boost to national defense capabilities, the Pentagon has awarded Northrop Grumman a $244 million contract to develop advanced global missile warning stations,

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Military satellite program highlights role of ‘mission integrators’

Rendering of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer in low Earth orbit. Credit: Northrop Grumman By Sandra Erwin, Publishd by Space News, 8 May 2025 WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is ramping up efforts to bring commercial technology into military systems, betting that private-sector speed and innovation can help

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“Golden Dome”: 950 anti-missiles in space will be needed to successfully defeat one ICBM

Space based interceptors - Los Alamos National Laboratory via Aerospace Projects Review By Taras Safronov, Published by Militarnyi, 19 April 2025 The United States already has the technology to begin developing space-based interceptor missiles capable of engaging intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). However, defense contractors are waiting for clear guidance from

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State of the Space Force 2025

(Image credit: U.S. Space Force) By Audry Decker, Published by Defense One, 18 April 2025 As Trump envisions “our manifest destiny into the stars,” the Space Force is set to play a key role in America’s space ambitions. When President Donald Trump signed the Space Force into existence, he hailed

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Space Force missile-tracking “Foo Fighter” satellites clear design milestone

Illustration of missile-tracking sensor satellites. Credit: L3Harris Technologies By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 7 April 2025 COLORADO SPRINGS — Eight satellites designed by Millennium Space Systems with sensor payloads from L3Harris Technologies have cleared a key design review, paving the way for production and a planned late 2027

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Space Force delivers warfighting effects, protects homeland

By David Vergun, Published by Unitd States Space Force, 21 March 2025 WASHINGTON (AFNS) --  Since the U.S. Space Force stood up five years ago, it has delivered warfighting effects to the point that the U.S. can now contest the space domain, said Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman,

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