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Ensuring Space Superiority: USSF moves to deliver next-gen proliferated surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities for the warfighter

April 14, 2026
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Press Release by SSC Public Affairs, Published by Space Systems Command, 14 April 2026 Summary: Space Systems Command (SSC) awards 14 IDIQ contracts for RG-XX space segment delivering next-generation surveillance and reconnaissance. RG-XX is set to provide improved continuity of space-based reconnaissance and surveillance that enables offensive and defensive space

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Space Systems Command awards $1.8 billion Andromeda contracts for space-based SDA

April 10, 2026
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Space Development Agency graphic By Jamie Whitney, Published by Military+Aerospace Electronics, 10 April 2026 In existing SDA programs, such capabilities are typically achieved using a combination of electro-optical and infrared imaging sensors for detection and tracking, along with radio-frequency sensing payloads that can detect and geolocate emissions from satellites. Key

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Space Force taps 14 firms for $1.8 billion GEO surveillance program

April 9, 2026
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GSSAP space domain awareness satellite (Air Force Space Command archive) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 9 April 2026 The companies will compete for contracts to build ‘neighborhood watch’ satellites WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force selected 14 companies to compete for contracts under a new $1.8 billion procurement

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Vantor wins intelligence agency contract to monitor space objects

April 1, 2026
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Vantor non-Earth image of a Chinese imaging satellite, collected under the company’s NGA Luno B contract. The synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite features a large deployable antenna that enables high-resolution radar imaging from orbit. By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 1 April 2026 Under NGA’s Luno program, the company

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Satellite Data Crosses Into Weapon as Gulf War Exposes Infrastructure Fragility

March 26, 2026
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| China, Dual and Commercial Use, GPS, Ground Stations, Kuiper Project, Satellites, Space Weapons, SpaceX, Starlink, Surveillance

An artist’s rendering of a satellite sending and receiving data (Space Systems Command) Published by The Meridiem, 26 March 2026 Satellite data infrastructure is being actively weaponized through delays, spoofing, and private control during Gulf conflict Attribution crisis emerges as commercial space operators can't identify manipulation sources Transition from open

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The Pentagon’s “Star Wars”, “Space-Based Capabilities”: ‘Golden Dome’ Costs Surge to $200 Billion…

March 22, 2026
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| Golden Dome, Missile Defense, Space Treaties, Space Weapons, Spending, Surveillance

An illustration of the Golden Dome. Credit: Arcfield By Drago Bosnic, Published by Global Research, 22 March 2026 ports indicate that it will increase by $10 billion, reaching $185 billion. Reuters reports that the Pentagon plans to “accelerate key space-based ‌capabilities” and that this requires additional funding. Lockheed Martin, RTX (formerly Raytheon) and

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