By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 31 March 2022 The deal won by Slingshot is a U.S. Space Force Strategic Financing (STRATFI) contract WASHINGTON — Slingshot Aerospace announced March 31 it won a $25.2 million Space Force contract to develop a virtual replica of the space environment, a technology known
By Jen Judson, Published by DefenseNews, 29 March 2022 WASHINGTON — The Missile Defense Agency’s $9.6 billion fiscal 2023 request seeks to expand regional and homeland defenses against increasingly complex and capable missile threats, according to budget documents released by the agency March 28. The MDA asked for $8.9 billion
By Marcia Smith, Posted by Space Policy Online, 28 March 2022 President Biden is requesting $24.5 billion for the U.S. Space Force in FY2023, a substantial increase over the $18 billion Congress appropriated for FY2022. Part of the increase is due to transfers from other parts of the DOD budget,
By Tara Copp, Published by Defense One, 28 March 2022 A constellation of satellites will track ground vehicles, improve launch trajectories, and better nuclear command-and-control. The Space Force is requesting $24.5 billion in the 2023 budget, roughly 40 percent more than in last year’s request. Officials said the jump reflects
By Eric Berger, Published by ArsTechnica, 18 March 2022 "The program is an economic engine for America." On Friday morning, NASA's titanic Space Launch System reached the launch pad. The rocket is not yet ready to fly, and it may not lift off the planet for several more months. But
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 15 March 2022 A $550 million congressional add-on in 2022 is only a down payment to kickstart the deployment of a 28-satellite constellation in low Earth orbit WASHINGTON — A $550 million increase to the Pentagon’s 2022 budget was directed by Congress to procure
By Andy Tomaswick, Published by Universe Today, 14 March 2022 This will likely come as a surprise to no one who has closely watched the development of NASA’s next giant rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), but it’s going to be expensive to use. Like, really expensive – to the
By Vivienne Machi, Published by C4ISRNET, 14 March 2022 STUTTGART, Germany — France is several years into a multibillion-euro investment in military space capabilities, and the country is using its temporary role leading the European Council presidency to emphasize the operational domain’s importance across the continent. Mirroring its American partners,
