Space Development Agency awards $3.5 billion in contracts for missile-tracking satellites

llustration of Tracking Layer Tranche 3 spacecraft. Credit: Northrop Grumman By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 19 December 2025 L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, Rocket Lab and Northrop Grumman won contracts to build 72 satellites WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency announced Dec. 19 it awarded about $3.5 billion in contracts

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Space Force Association unveils virtual ‘National Spacepower Center’ for education and wargaming

Robbie Robertson, Sedaro CEO and co-founder, gives a presentation on the National Spacepower Center to U.S. Space Force leaders. Credit: Sedaro By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 12 December 2025 ORLANDO, Fla. — The Space Force Association, a nonprofit advocacy group, announced plans to create a virtual education and

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A Broader Look at Dynamic Space Operations: Creating Multi-Dimensional Dilemmas for Adversaries

By Col Charles S. Galbreath, USSF (Retd.),Published by Mitchell Aerospace Power, November 2025 AbstractThe evolution of the U.S. military space architecture is at an inflection point. China is aggressively pursuing dynamic space approaches to increase and sustain its space architecture capabilities and place U.S. assets at a position of disadvantage.

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Are we already witnessing space warfare in action? ‘This is not just posturing’

Defense satellites and anti-satellite technology is coming to a head. (Image credit: Dragon Claws/Getty Images) By Leonard David, Published by Space.com, 20 October 2025 "The Russians and the Chinese are demonstrating more sophisticated orbital maneuvering abilities. There's no denying that." Space-based shenanigans are increasing in Earth's orbit. Anti-satellite technologies (ASATs)

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Space is the new frontier of war, officials say in change of tone

By Rudy Ruitenberg, Published by Defense News, 17 September 2025 PARIS — Space has become a war-fighting domain, an assessment that calls for doctrinal changes and the ability to intervene there more quickly, space-force leaders from several NATO countries said at the Space Defense and Security Summit here on Tuesday.

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