By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 17 February 2023 While there's broad support on the Hill for space operations, long-time space budget guru Mike Tierney says language in recent policy and appropriations bills suggests lawmakers want Space Force and the Pentagon to "show their work." WASHINGTON — The Defense
Published by RT, 16 February 2023 The US-led military bloc will use commercial satellites to improve intelligence gathering NATO has announced a new space project that aims to create a fleet of spy satellites. The initiative, which includes NATO applicants Sweden and Finland, involves not only national but commercial assets.
Published by NATO News, 15 February 2023 On Wednesday (15 February 2023), 16 Allies (Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkiye, United Kingdom, United States), together with invitees Finland and Sweden, launched a new initiative that will transform the way NATO gathers and
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 15 February 2023 Congress directed DoD and the director of national intelligence to “make publicly available a strategy regarding defending and protecting on-orbit satellites” WASHINGTON — The Defense Department’s space policy office is drafting a congressionally mandated report explaining how the U.S. will defend
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 14 February 2023 Maxar will be able to task Umbra’s satellites and integrate synthetic aperture radar data into its portfolio of Earth Intelligence products WASHINGTON — Maxar has signed a contract with satellite imagery startup Umbra to get dedicated access to the company’s radar
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 14 February 2023 The $4.5 million SBIR Phase 3 contract has $6 million option for an on-orbit demonstration WASHINGTON – Astranis Space Technologies won a $4.5 million contract to integrate a U.S. military communications waveform on one of the company’s satellite communications payloads, the
By Matthew Jenkins, Published by The Space Review, 13 February 2023 In the early days of airpower, foresighted theorists like Billy Mitchell petitioned hard to demonstrate the value that airpower could bring to the warfighting abilities of the United States. Ardently campaigning, Mitchell got permission from Congress to illustrate this
By Jason Rainbow, Published by SpaceNews, 10 February 2023 TAMPA, Fla. — Inmarsat says it is still considering deploying a low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation of its own despite comments to the contrary by one of its executives this week. Speaking Feb. 8 at the SmallSat Symposium in Mountain View,
