Rendering of L3Harris' Tracking Layer Tranche 2 missile-tracking satellites for the Space Development Agency. Credit: L3Harris By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 13 March 2025 WASHINGTON — Defense contractor L3Harris Technologies plans to leverage artificial intelligence partnerships to enhance the Pentagon’s ambitious Golden Dome missile defense initiative, a senior
Image by Getty / Futurism By Thomas Newdick, Published by The War Zone, 11 March 2025 Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman alluded to the kinds of counter-space capabilities that the U.S. Space Force is now prioritizing. he U.S. Space Force’s top officer has provided an unusually detailed description
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
Image: NASA By Alan T. Dugger, Published by Modern War Institute, 14 February 2025 For as long as humans have waged war, controlling the high ground has meant controlling the fight. From ancient hilltop fortresses to the elevated positions that dictated victory in modern battles, elevation offered a point from
The Missile Defense Agency and the Space Development Agency are developing sensor technology to track hypersonic weapons from space. (L3Harris) By Courtney Albon, Published by Defense News, 12 February 2025 The Space Development Agency is launching a study to look at how its proliferated satellite constellation could support the Trump
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
