Image Crown Copyright 2023 By George Allison, Published by UK Defence Journal, 8 September 2026 The government has published a new UK Space Strategy backed by £7.8 billion until 2030, with more than £3 billion of it directed at defence capabilities in orbit, the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and
View of the UK from the International Space Station. [Credit: NASA] From: Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, Ministry of Defence, The Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP and The Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP Published by Gov.UK, 8 September 2026 New UK space strategy to bring government's investment and
By Sandra Erwin, From: Space News Military Letter, 4 August 2026 U.S. Space Command has published a new blueprint for how leaders think wars will be fought by 2040, and its central message is that protecting satellites alone won't be enough. The Space Warfighting Environment 2040 argues that a military advantage
How the Lockheed Martin rocket was envisioned taking off from SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands By Jon Yeomans, Published y The Times, 25 July 2026 Lockheed Martin has abandoned plans for a first space rocket launch from British soil after failing to find a partner for the project. The
Rebecca Evernden, director of the U.K. Space Agency, speaks at the Spacetide conference in Tokyo July 6. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 14 July 2026 WASHINGTON — The British government is preparing to release a new space strategy that will provide a “whole-of-government” approach for
By Samanth Subramanian, Published by New Republic, 29 June 2026 Space exploration is a rapidly growing industry. But its goal is dominance, not discovery. Two versions of history began when, one fall night in 1957, a two-stage rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and deposited a Soviet satellite called
The Army established its new Space Operations Branch on June 12, marking a historic milestone in its continuous transformation to meet the challenges of modern, multidomain warfare. (U.S. Army graphic by Allen Meeks) (Allen Meeks) By Brooke Nevins Parcus, Published by US Army, 25 June 2026 REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. —
(Image credit: U.S. Space Force) By Thomas Novelly, Published by Defense One, 23 June 2026 A new Mitchell Institute report looked at wide-ranging war scenarios. The Space Force needs to better define its policies regarding conflict in space and better rehearse for various scenarios, a new research paper argues. The paper flowed
