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COMSO chief Col. Tim Trimailo says transparency, patience and a clear military value proposition matter as much as technical innovation The post Space Force’s commercial gatekeeper offers a playbook for startups seeking defense business appeared first on SpaceNews.
RUSI analyst Dr. Thomas Withington tracks which nations are building the electronic warfare tools to threaten satellites. At SmallSat Europe, he brings the counterspace threat map to the defense stage.
The U.S Space Force has awarded SpaceX $4.16 billion to help the military track airborne targets using satellites.
For Space Force Tech. Sgt. Alaowei W. Monibidor, the call to deploy came with little warning — in two weeks, he would leave his home for a six-month tour in a location he could not be told over the phone. Yet his answer was an immediate "yes."
BAE Systems has tapped MDA Space as a supplier for the Epoch 2 missile warning constellation for the U.S. Space Force. Under a subcontract announced Tuesday, MDA Space will design […] The post MDA Space to Supply Antennas to BAE Systems for Epoch 2 Missile Warning Constellation appeared first on Via Satellite.
"We aren’t trading speed for scale; we are demanding both," says the military's program manager.
The Department of the Air Force unveiled a $338.8 billion budget proposal, a significant boost in funding designed to sharpen readiness, continue modernizing the fleet and underwrite deterrence while ensuring that any threat to national security can be met and, if necessary, defeated.
Space Launch Delta 45 (SLD 45), which operates the Eastern Range, have cleared a major… The post Space Force evaluating anomaly-related damage, future danger areas appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
The spacecraft changed the binary system’s orbit, confirming that a kinetic impactor can be an effective planetary defense technique for deflecting a near-Earth object.
Listen to this audio excerpt from Rebekah Tolatovicz, a mechanical technician lead supporting the Orion spacecraft’s main contractor Lockheed Martin: At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, there is a fleet of Orion spacecraft in work, and Rebekah Tolatovicz’s hands have helped build each one. Tolatovicz works to build, integrate, and test the spacecraft used […]
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida lofted 54 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on Sunday, March 1, 2026.
Rocket Lab’s vertically integrated approach delivers speed and performance, advancing missile defense capabilities to provide next-generation warning and tracking against hypersonic threats LONG BEACH, Calif., May 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab USA, Inc.
USSF-87 mission precisely delivered directly to challenging geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO)
Image: Proba-2's view from Earth orbit of an annular solar eclipse
Planet is excited to share the development of patented radio communication systems that include last-minute tasking capabilities and an improved data downlink solution. This capability uses crosslinks to task satellites within minutes, which can help customers working on use cases such as disaster relief, security, and civil government to speedily react to urgent events on the ground.
Learn how to build satellite data time series using variables that quantify the actual physiological state of the crop — to predict harvest outcomes with greater accuracy.
House Armed Services Committee seeks to preserve a missile-warning satellite program the Pentagon wants to cancel. It also criticizes a recent tactical communications satellite procurement and GPS oversight The post HASC NDAA markup challenges Space Force on satellite programs appeared first on SpaceNews.
On May 13, 2026, Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: GILT) reported its first-quarter financial results, highlighted by significant growth in its defense sector and a strategic expansion into the Indian […]