By Lisa West, Published by UK Defence Journal, 12 November 2025 Raytheon UK has been awarded a contract to provide orbital analyst capability to the UK Space Agency in support of the nation’s Space Domain Awareness mission, the company stated. Under the agreement, analysts from Raytheon UK will operate from
Space domain awareness is critical for the military's flexibility and responsiveness in space. Image generated via DALL-E. By Jason Rainbow, Published by Space News, 6 November 2025 Demand has never been greater for the monitoring of objects in orbit and the coordination of their safe movement. The number of active
Rendering of constellation of imaging satellites in low Earth orbit. Credit: BlackSky By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 6 November 2025 The race to deliver intelligence faster is reshaping the commercial satellite industry — and the business models behind it. At last week’s Milsat Symposium in Mountain View, California,
By Emma Gatti, Pub;ished by Space News, 5 November 2025 Milan — The European Space Agency has refined its plan for the European Resilience from Space (ERS) program, outlining a €1 billion ($1.15 billion) framework that more directly ties Earth observation, telecommunications and navigation to Europe’s growing defense and security
Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a blockade outside the Pine Gap military facility. (ABC News: Alex Barwick) By Ben Doherty, Published by The Guardian, 26 October 2025 A protest over Pine Gap’s claimed role in genocide has refocused attention on the secretive US satellite base near Alice Springs Straight and bare,
On the left is a non-Earth satellite image of TRACERS-2, a spacecraft that is part of a NASA mission to study how the Sun's energy interacts with Earth's magnetic field, collected in August 2025. Intelligence about the spacecraft’s orientation and velocity helps analysts understand how the object is behaving. Credit:
An Air Force Research Laboratory Oracle spacecraft, shown in a conceptual illustration, would observe the region near the Moon and potentially beyond. AFRL By Courtney Albon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 22 October 2025 As the gap between U.S. and China’s space capabilities narrows, national security space experts say
Illustration of a Vantor satellite capable of Earth and space imaging. Courtesy Vantor By Patrick Tucker, Published by Defense One, 22 October 2025 Space Force signs selects Vantor to watch for naughty satellites, space threats. Satellite imaging company Vantor—formerly Maxar Intelligence—has signed a contract with the U.S. Space Force to
