Composite: Angelica Alzona/Guardian Design; Photos via Getty Images By Harry Davies and Yuval Abraham, Published by The Guardian, 6 March 2025 The powerful new AI model is designed to analyze intercepted communications – but experts say such systems can exacerbate biases and are prone to making mistakes Israel’s military surveillance
French CSO-3 spy satellite. Credit: Cnes, D. Ducros. By Andrew Parsonson, Published by European Spaceflight, 6 March 2025 Arianespace has successfully launched the CSO-3 reconnaissance satellite for the French Armed Forces aboard an Ariane 6 rocket. This marks the rocket’s first commercial mission following its mostly successful inaugural test flight
The RAF surveillance aircraft Rivet Joint is one of several sources of reconnaissance data that is shared with Ukraine to enable strikes into Russia. Photograph: Aviation Visuals/Alamy By Dan Sabbagh and Luke Harding, Published by The Guardian, 6 March 2025 Britain will also continue to supply analysis of raw data
Rocket Lab's share price in the US has surged since it won big Pentagon contracts. Credit: Rocket Lab By Phil Pennington, Published by RNZ, 19 February 2025 Rocket Lab is poised to launch a satellite from Mahia Peninsula for a US company which is looking to bolster military and spying
Donald Trump launching the US Space Force, 2019 By Berny Torre, Published by The Morning Star, 13 February 2025 PLANS to build space radar dishes that would allow US President Donald Trump “to militarily dominate all of space” from Wales have taken a step towards a national debate. Peace campaigners
DARC technical demonstrator in White Sands, New Mexico Published by The Canary, 13 February 2025 Campaigners at PARC Against DARC, which launched in May 2024 to block the proposed US military DARC radars at Brawdy in Pembrokeshire say it’s only a matter of time until the proposed radars receive national
Illustration of the growing crowd and debris problem in GEO, which may be addressed by fast-responding traffic coordination AI. Credit: ESA/ID&Sense/ONiRiXEL; CC BY-SA 3.0 By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 11 February 2025 The challenge is particularly acute in geosynchronous orbit (GEO) where many military communications and early warning
Image source: UK Defence Journal By George Allison, Published by UK Defence Journal, 10 February 2025 The Ministry of Defence has awarded a £127 million contract to Airbus to design and build the Oberon satellite system, boosting the UK’s Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities while supporting around 200 skilled
