By Vivienne Machi, Published by Defense Daily, 20 February 2020 The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has released a request for information (RFI) and industry day announcement related to a future program to build a new deep space radar system that could be worth nearly $1 billion over the
By Scott Yunker, Published by The Garden Island, 25 November 2021 BARKING SANDS — A Hawai‘i Air National Guard unit with ties to Space Force is looking to fill its ranks. Currently one year into its tenancy at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kaua‘i Westside, the group of 38
By Vladimir Kozin, Published by World Beyond War, 22 November 2021 On November 15, 2021, the Russian Ministry of Defense carried out the successful destruction of the discontinued and decommissioned national spacecraft named “Tselina-D”, which was put into orbit back in 1982. The head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei
By Staff Writers, Published by Space Daily, 18 November 2021 Moscow (Sputnik) - On Monday, State Department spokesman Ned Price accused Russia of "recklessly" carrying out a destructive satellite test using an anti-satellite missile against a defunct Soviet satellite. Washington claims the test generated "over 1,500 pieces of trackable orbital
By Paul Mason, Published by The New Statesman, 17 November 2021 The major powers are engaged in an unprecedented expansion of military power in space, but it remains dangerously covert, opaque and unregulated. On 15 November astronauts on the International Space Station were ordered to “take refuge” in the spacecraft
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 17 November 2021 CEO Dan Hart: 'We've had quite a extensive dialogue at all levels of the executive branch and with the Space Force, and the intelligence community' WASHINGTON — Virgin Orbit projects that more than 40% of the company’s business by 2026 will
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 15 November 2021 L3Harris will begin to produce the new version of the Counter Communications System WASHINGTON — U.S. military officials and analysts have warned that China and Russia are building an arsenal of weapons designed to interfere with space-based capabilities of the United
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 29 October 2021 The planned buy with the largest potential value is for DoD-wide SATCOM services from commercial operators of p-LEO constellations, with multiple awards totaling $875 million slated in August 2022. WASHINGTON: Beginning next month, the Space Force intends to issue a
