By Patrick Tucker, Published by Defense One, 17 June 2021 In the first experiment of its kind, military researchers will attempt to link drones to satellites via light. Early next year, the U.S. military’s Space Development Agency will test whether low-earth orbit satellites can communicate with an MQ-9 Reaper drone
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 17 May 2021 The new SBIRS satellite, called SBIRS GEO 5, will be "the most advanced missile warning satellite" on orbit, said Lt. Col. Ryan Laughton, SMC's program manager. WASHINGTON: The Space Force is set to launch “the most advanced missile warning satellite”
By Nathan Strout, Published by C4ISRNET, 12 May 2021 WASHINGTON — The head of the U.S. Space Force wants the new service to take on a new mission: providing tactical satellite imagery to the joint forces. He didn’t explain whether that means the service would try to build its own
by C. Todd Lopez for DoD News, Published by Spacewar, 17 March 2021 Washington DC (AFNS) - As the Space Development Agency builds out the National Defense Space Architecture, it looks to a biannual "warfighter council" to provide guidance about what is actually important to those who will use the
Space Development Agency concept of proliferated satellites in low Earth orbit. Credit: SDA By Sandra Erwin, Published in SpaceNews, 8 March 2021 The close collaboration happening between SMC and SDA may come as a surprise to those who have followed the politics of DoD space organizations. WASHINGTON — The U.S.
