By Thomas Novelly, Published by Defense One, 15 April 2026 Officials speculate there could be 30,000 US satellites—more than twice as many as today. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The next 15 years will likely see potential adversaries crank up their space and counter-space capabilities, so the Space Force needs more
By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 14 April 2026 Gen. Stephen Whiting calls for a shift from fixed spacecraft to maneuverable assets, with wargames planned to test the concept COLORADO SPRINGS — The U.S. military’s top space commander is pressing for a fundamental shift in how the Pentagon thinks
Proposed Aurora spaceplane. Photo: POLARIS Raumflugzeuge By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 8 April 2026 Secure World Foundation report highlights global reliance on orbiting systems and spread of interference technologies WASHINGTON — Space security is shifting from a niche arms-control concern to a central policy issue as reliance on
An Iranian satellite launched by Russia lifts off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan in August 2022. Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty By Thomas Novelly, Published by Defense One, 2 April 2026 Iran’s nascent space program was destroyed. It's still using other nations' space intel. The U.S. military declared space superiority over Iran this
Image: Agentic AI By Nina Armagno and Kim Crider, Published by Space News, 31 March 2026 The future of space warfare will be determined by the speed of decision. As satellite constellations proliferate and adversaries field increasingly sophisticated counterspace capabilities, the ability to sense, analyze and act faster than an
Rendering of missile-warning space sensor. Credit: L3Harris Technologies By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 20 March 2026 The SDN will provide the communications pathways for integrating and moving data from missile warning/tracking sensors to interceptors in near-real time under the Golden Dome construct. WASHINGTON — The Space Force’s effort
By Drago Bosnic, Published by Infobrics, 20 March 2026 The American Military Industrial Complex is exhilarated with such a windfall (considering the system's costs). Such a project has many similarities with the (First) Cold War-era SDI (also known as "Star Wars"). Still, the idea of space-based weapons is a highly
True Anomaly announced in October 2024, that it had selected Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket to launch its Jackal autonomous orbiter for the US Space Force’s Rapid Response Demonstration Mission, Victus Haze By Stephen Clark, Published by Ars Technica, 19 March 2026 “Where we are today in space warfare is very
