Space-Based Missile Interceptors For Golden Dome Being Tested By Northrop

Los Alamos National Laboratory via Aerospace Projects Review By Joseph Trevithick, Published by The War Zone, 22 July 2025 Competition to supply parts of Golden Dome is heating up with Northrop Grumman stating they have begun ground testing orbital missiles. Northrop Grumman is conducting ground-based testing related to space-based interceptors

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Space Force rehearses mobilization of private satellite assets during orbital emergencies

The Space Force wants to leverage commercial space capabilities during wartime through a Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve. (Jumpeestudio) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 21 July 2025 The two-day exercise held in Colorado Springs marked the second in a series of Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR) wargames WASHINGTON —

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‘Sparring in space’ – BBC gains rare access to US base tracking global missile strikes

Space Force operators monitor missile-warning satellite data at the Overhead Persistent Infrared Battlespace Awareness Center at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. Credit: Space Systems Command By Jonathan Beale, Published by the BBC, 16 July 2025 There's a short sharp shout: "Launch Yemen!" The men and women in uniform sitting in

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Space Force Boosting an Ecosystem of GPS Alternatives in Low-Earth Orbit

Rendering of an Iridium satellite in low Earth orbit. Courtesy Iridium. By Shaun Waterman, Published by Air and Space Forces, 1 July 2025 The Space Force is playing midwife to a new ecosystem of commercial satellite constellations providing alternatives to the service’s own Global Positioning Service from much closer to

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THAAD missile launch

U.S. Used Up 15-20 Percent of its Global THAAD Anti-Missile Arsenal in Just 11 Days of Mid-Intensity Combat: Cost Over $800 Million

Published by Military Watch, 25 June 2025 The U.S. Army has been estimated to have consumed 15-20 of all munitions for its globally deployed arsenal of  Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) long range anti-missile systems, after deployment to support Israeli air defences during the country’s 11 days of hostilities with

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