Firefly’s Alpha rocket for the Space Force’s VICTUS NOX mission stands on the launchpad at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. (Photo: Firefly Aerospace) By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 25 August 2023 The program, called Victus Haze, builds on the on-going Space Systems Command Victus Nox mission to rapidly
Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Satellites are designed to maneuver in space, but are limited by the amount of fuel they carry. (U.S. Air Force) By Courtney Albon, Published by DefenseNews, 11 August 2023 WASHINGTON — As U.S. Space Command eyes a future where satellites are designed to maneuver in space,
By Chris Riotta, Published by Defense One, 13 July 2023 The service's weeks-old Commercial Space Office serves as a hub for several efforts to accelerate acquisition of next-gen tech. The federal government is using innovative procurement techniques to equip NASA, the Space Force, and other agencies with the next generation of
By Chris Riottam, Published by Nextgov, 12 July 2023 From humankind’s first-ever lunar space station to an unmanned test-bed for emerging technologies that lives in space, the government is using innovative techniques to buy and build the next generation of space technology. An emerging technological space race is launching into
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 8 April 2023 Not happy with America's ability to precisely track adversarial satellites, Maj. Gen. David Miller fumed, "Somebody's got to figure this out. The American people have paid for this. Somebody's got to deliver." WASHINGTON — US Space Command’s urgent requirement for
By Lindsay Clark, Published by The Register, 4 April 2023 Agency asks for industry input into medium Earth orbit system The US Space Systems Command (SSC) wants input from techies and the aerospace industry as it maps out the development of a new satellite-based missile detection and tracking system. In
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking defense, 3 April 2023 The Resilient Missile Warning/Missile Tracking - MEO constellation will be incrementally developed in two- to three-year cycles by Space Systems Command. WASHINGTON — With a prospective budget boost in fiscal 2024 as a tailwind, the Space Force is speeding towards
By Courtney Albon, Published by DefenseNews, 13 January 2023 WASHINGTON — When U.S. Space Force leaders proposed a new missile warning and tracking architecture last year in the service’s budget request, they called it a bridging strategy — a way to maintain existing capabilities until new ones are fielded. “We
