By Patrick Tucker, Published by Defense One, 14 August 2023 As space debris proliferates and new weapons appear, a new market is rising to document it all. Satellite images, long used by militaries to track developments on Earth, are increasingly being used to keep tabs on the proliferating objects in
By Patrick Tucker, Published by Defense One, 11 August 2023 As space debris proliferates and new weapons appear, a new market is rising to document it all. Satellite images, long used by militaries to track developments on Earth, are increasingly being used to keep tabs on the proliferating objects in space. Maxar
By Laurn C. Williams, Published by Defense One, 18 July 2023 ODNI’s new three-year plan aims to turn data-gathering from afterthought to key asset. It’s time to get serious about data—how it’s collected, curated, and capitalized upon by humans and machines—lest the country lose its intelligence edge, the Office of
By Lauren C. Williams, Published by Defense One, 14 July 2023 Agencies have less than six months to convince a divided Congress to re-up an expiring warrantless surveillance authority. The controversial law used to digitally spy on foreigners in other countries is widely misunderstood, according to lawmakers and others who want
By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 6 July 2023 A top U.S. space official says his command is constrained by current satellites’ fuel capacity. U.S. Space Command wants some of its satellites to be able to maneuver for extended periods in space by 2028, according to a top general.
iRocket conducted a test of its booster rocket engine under a 2020 Air Force contract. Credit: iRocket By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 28 June 2023 The $1.8 million agreement with the U.S. Space Systems Command is a Tactical Funding Increase, or TACFI WASHINGTON — Innovative Rocket Technologies, known as
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 26 June 2023 The UK Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) in effect will extend the time the SPACECOM can keep tabs on satellites, especially those owned by adversaries, and dangerous space debris. WASHINGTON — The UK military has stood up
From Bllomberg,Published by Hindustan Times, 7 June 2023 The Silent Barker satellite constellation is scheduled for launch after July on board. The US Space Force is set to launch a constellation of satellites this summer to track Chinese or Russian space vehicles that can potentially disable or damage orbiting objects,
