A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle carries the fifth Lockheed Martin-built GPS III space vehicle for the U.S. Space Force, 30 May 2025. (SpaceX) By Qurat-Ul-Ain Shabbir, Published by Space News, 22 April 2026 Space based nuclear command, control and communications (NC3) systems were developed as highly classified and sovereign
Artist illustration showing how network and satellite data can be exchanged in space. Courtesy of NASA By Courtney Albon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 16 April 2026 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Space Force has selected an initial pool of vendors that will compete to build sensors and satellites that track
Lockheed Martin's new ASPIN adaptor provides an electrical and a data interface, and a docking mechanism for a servicing vehicle. (Graphic: Lockheed Martin) By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 16 April 2026 The service's new Objective Force plan calls for demonstrating on-orbit refueling and fielding operational "space tugs" by
A visualization of satellites and space debris around Earth. (Image credit: NASA) By Jason Rainbow, Published by Space News, 16 April 2026 TAMPA, Fla. — Taiwan’s space agency chief has called on other countries to band together on a shared communications constellation to match the scale and growing strategic importance
Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) missile warning satellite, USAF image By Debra Werner, Published by Space News, 16 April 2026 COLORADO SPRINGS – U.S. government agencies are working with industry to develop tools to disrupt missiles before they take flight, a timespan called ‘left of launch.’ “We’re looking at different
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 15 April 2026 The Space Force's projections of its needs for orbital warfare and electronic warfare are only included in the classified version of the new Objective Force plan, but Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman confirmed that the service wants new
By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 14 April 2026 Gen. Stephen Whiting calls for a shift from fixed spacecraft to maneuverable assets, with wargames planned to test the concept COLORADO SPRINGS — The U.S. military’s top space commander is pressing for a fundamental shift in how the Pentagon thinks
Image from: Declassified UK By Harry Davies and Rob Evans with graphics by Ana Lucia Gonzalez Paz and Andrew Witherspoon, Published by The Guardian, 12 April 2026 War with Iran has brought 15 American sites across the UK countryside firmly into the spotlight They are dotted across the UK countryside,
