An illustration of the Golden Dome. Credit: Arcfield By Kevin Kelly, Published by Space News, 26 Augus 2025 The era of single-vector threats is behind us. That was Aerial Defense 1.0, when defenses were designed for ballistic missiles tracked by radar and defeated by linear kill webs. Threats came one
The U.S. Space Force's robotic X-37B space plane is shown here in a 2009 photo at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. (Image credit: U.S. Air Force) Edited by Louis Oelofse, Published by DW 22 August 2025 It was the eighth flight of a X-37B, which was designed for the
Warship Hangs Over the Clouds”: Space Force Rushes to Complete First Orbital Carrier Poised to Control the Skies Above Every Nation By Rosemary Potter, Published by Energy Reporters, 16 August 2025 As tensions escalate in the realm of space exploration, the U.S. Space Force's collaboration with Gravitics to develop an
A transmit antenna at U.S. Space Force's Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) Site 1 in Australia. (Image: Doug Humphries, BAE Systems) By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 14 August 2025 DARC is designed to track multiple small moving objects in geosynchronous orbit — all around the globe, 24 hours a
An illustration of the Golden Dome. Credit: Arcfield By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 6 August 2025 President Trump’s signature missile defense program is reshaping Pentagon spending priorities and expanding the role of the Space Force, says a new report by the Aerospace Corp. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Trump
Up to now, the bulk of military needs for imaging to track moving targets on the ground has come from radar sensors on aircraft. (Image: IMSAR) By Michael Marrow, Published by Breaking Defense, 4 August 2025 Lt. Gen. DeAnna Burt, the Space Force’s deputy chief of space operations for operations,
Joint STARS GMTI data overlaid on overhead imagery. U.S. Air Force By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 4 August 2025 The new capability will first go to forces in the Indo-Pacific first. The Space Force plans to launch satellites that can track vehicles and ships in 2028 and eventually
A Long March 2D rocket lifts off from Xichang spaceport Sept. 17, 2023, carrying a group of Yaogan-39 remote sensing satellites. Credit: Ourspace By Stephen Clark, Published by Ars Technica, 1 August 2025 If it seems like there's a satellite launch almost every day, the numbers will back you up.
