By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 1 August 2022 The Pentagon assigned the Space Force responsibilities as “integrator for joint space requirements" WASHINGTON – The Space Force, the military branch responsible for providing satellite-based services to the U.S. armed forces, was also recently assigned the role of “integrator for joint
By Rachel Nostrant and Rachel S. Cohen,Published by Defense News, 28 July 2022 President Joe Biden on Wednesday tapped Space Force operations boss Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman to run the service as the next four-star chief of space operations. If confirmed by the Senate, Saltzman will be the second person
By Greg Hadley, Published by Airforce Magazine, 25 July 2022 FARNBOROUGH, U.K.—Military and defense industry officials are proud to say the Global Positioning System of satellites has entrenched itself as the world standard of position, navigation, and timing. But new threats—and some futuristic considerations—are leading some to think bigger than
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 14 July 2022 Four Pentagon offices are working together on an ambitious hybrid architecture that spans orbits as well as classification levels, officials told Breaking Defense. WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has taken the first steps toward a future “hybrid space architecture” comprising military and
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 12 June 2022 This new procurement of satellites – known as the NExT experimental testbed – replaces a previous SDA program called T1DES WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency is looking to acquire as many as 10 satellites to host military payloads for experiments
By Alan Macleod, Published by MintpressNews, 31 May 2022 AUSTIN, TEXAS – Elon Musk’s proposed takeover of Twitter has ruffled many feathers among professional commentators. “Musk is the wrong leader for Twitter’s vital mission,” read one Bloomberg headline. The network also insisted, “Nothing in the Tesla CEO’s track record suggests
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 26 May 2022 General Dynamics' partners in this contract include Iridium, KSAT, Emergent and Raytheon WASHINGTON — General Dynamics Mission Systems won a $324.5 million contract to operate the ground systems and manage network operations of the Space Development Agency’s low Earth orbit constellation,
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 10 April 2022 The Space Force is requesting an additional $200 million in 2023 to fund two launches of missile-tracking satellites COLORADO SPRINGS – The U.S. Space Force is requesting an additional $200 million in fiscal year 2023 to launch satellites for the Space
