(Image: U.S. Space Force) By Bill Gertz, Published by The Washington Times, 11 February 2026 Space-based missiles, killer robots part of U.S. effort to obtain orbital dominance The U.S. Space Force is accelerating the deployment of counterspace weapons under a new Trump administration policy aimed at reasserting and ensuring American dominance over China and Russia in
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks about the Golden Dome initiative in the Oval Office on May 20, 2025. | Alex Brandon/AP By Bruce Gagnon, Published in Organizing Notes, 7 February 2026 Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivered an overly confident and aggressive speech at Blue Origin’s Rocket Park in Florida
A Falcon 9 rocket launches the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle into space in August 2025. Dynamic space operations requires more than rapid launch and repositioning and ultimately encompasses every aspect of the U.S. space enterprise. Gwendolyn Kurzen Published by Air and Space Forces, 6 February 2026 To prevail in space,
Rendering of L3Harris' Tracking Layer Tranche 2 missile-tracking satellites for the Space Development Agency. Credit: L3Harris By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 28 January 2026 Congressional watchdog says SDA is overestimating technology readiness ORLANDO, Fla. — A congressional watchdog is warning that the Pentagon’s ambitious effort to overhaul missile
Rendering of Orbit Fab’s refueling service architecture consists of propellant depots in various orbits, and shuttles that will deliver fuel from those depots to client spacecraft. Credit: Orbit Fab By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 28 January 2026 Gen. Stephen Whiting: As space becomes a contested military domain, the
Image credit: U.S. Space Force By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 22 January 2026 Gen. Shawn Bratton, vice chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force, says greater reliance on satellites is forcing faster integration with the joint force and long-term planning beyond Earth orbit WASHINGTON — The
Published by the Washington Times, 22 January 2026 Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman on the 'threats in orbit' facing America Still from Washington Times video (click above to watch) The race for national security dominance in space has become a central aspect of 21st-century great power competition,
(Image credit: U.S. Space Force) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 22 January 2026 Gen. Shawn Bratton, vice chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force, says greater reliance on satellites is forcing faster integration with the joint force and long-term planning beyond Earth orbit WASHINGTON — The
