U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed Golden Dome missile defence system could take decades to build and cost hundreds of billions of dollars. (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press) By Christian Davenport, William Neff and Aaron Steckelberg, Published by The Washington Post, 29 October 2025 Since ordering the Pentagon in January to erecta
An illustration of the Golden Dome. Credit: Arcfield By John T. Seward, Published by The Washington Times, 28 October 2025 The head of President Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense program gave a classified briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee last week that described the secretive architecture of the project,
Northrop Grumman's concept art for the Evolved Strategic SATCOM program. (Northrop Grumman) By Courtney Albon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 23 October 2025 The Space Force expects to award $905 million in contracts over the next five years through a new Maneuverable GEO program, which aims to form a
On the left is a non-Earth satellite image of TRACERS-2, a spacecraft that is part of a NASA mission to study how the Sun's energy interacts with Earth's magnetic field, collected in August 2025. Intelligence about the spacecraft’s orientation and velocity helps analysts understand how the object is behaving. Credit:
Illustration of a Vantor satellite capable of Earth and space imaging. Courtesy Vantor By Patrick Tucker, Published by Defense One, 22 October 2025 Space Force signs selects Vantor to watch for naughty satellites, space threats. Satellite imaging company Vantor—formerly Maxar Intelligence—has signed a contract with the U.S. Space Force to
Image: Lockheed Martin. By Joseph Trevithick, Published by TWZ, 21 October 2025 Lockheed Martin is aiming to conduct an on-orbit demonstration of at least one space-based anti-missile interceptor design no later than 2028. Interceptors deployed in space have been billed as a key element of the Trump administration’s Golden Dome
Defense satellites and anti-satellite technology is coming to a head. (Image credit: Dragon Claws/Getty Images) By Leonard David, Published by Space.com, 20 October 2025 "The Russians and the Chinese are demonstrating more sophisticated orbital maneuvering abilities. There's no denying that." Space-based shenanigans are increasing in Earth's orbit. Anti-satellite technologies (ASATs)
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
