One concept for the Golden Dome missile defense system with space-based elements. (credit: Redwire) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 24 February 2026 Reconciliation boost lifts 2026 totals, but sustainability questions loom for missile defense and Space Development Agency WASHINGTON — Funding for the U.S. Space Force this fiscal
Starfish's Otter spacecraft is designed to dock with and service satellites without prior modifications to enable it. (Starfish Space) By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 9 February 2026 WASHINGTON — Startup Starfish Space has won a $54.5 million contract to provide the Space Force with a second Otter satellite-servicing
Rendering of L3Harris' Tracking Layer Tranche 2 missile-tracking satellites for the Space Development Agency. Credit: L3Harris By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 28 January 2026 Congressional watchdog says SDA is overestimating technology readiness ORLANDO, Fla. — A congressional watchdog is warning that the Pentagon’s ambitious effort to overhaul missile
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches the USSF-124 mission for the U.S. Space Force on Feb. 14, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. EST (2230 GMT). (Image credit: SpaceX via X) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 10 January 2026 SpaceX sweeps nine national security missions for SDA and NRO under NSSL
llustration of Tracking Layer Tranche 3 spacecraft. Credit: Northrop Grumman By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 19 December 2025 L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, Rocket Lab and Northrop Grumman won contracts to build 72 satellites WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency announced Dec. 19 it awarded about $3.5 billion in contracts
Illustration of Muon Space's environmental monitoring satellite. By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 9 December 2025 The company won an SBIR contract to adapt commercial thermal-sensing tech for military missile warning applications WASHINGTON — Muon Space has secured a $1.9 million contract to develop an infrared sensing payload for
GPS 3F satellite artist rendition. Credit: Lockheed Martin By Courtney Albon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 5 November 2025 The Pentagon should establish a dedicated budget to support its Golden Dome missile defense shield’s positioning, navigation, and timing needs and assign a PNT lead to coordinate needed improvements to
A notional image of one of the Space Development Agency's first transport layer satellites. (Lockheed Martin) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 15 October 2025 WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Oct. 15 launched 21 satellites to low Earth orbit for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development
