Government/Military

The White House released its fiscal 2027 budget proposal on Friday, which called for a “historic increase” in defense spending and fully funding the Golden Dome missile defense initiative, while […]

L3Harris and Comtech have recently released a new multi-orbit, tactical satcom embeddable modem, which works with certain L3Harris terminals.  The partners said the new C2 modem announced March 31 will […]

Gravitics has received a Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract from SpaceWERX, the U.S. Space Force’s innovation arm, to accelerate development and demonstration of its Orbital Carrier architecture, the company said […]

BlackSky Technology on Tuesday said a $99 million contract it received from the Air Force Research Laboratory in early March that will accelerate the design and development of a large […]

Nations are seeking stronger control over their own communications architectures. But how to define what sovereign space means, and what it can do within a more geopolitically complex space infrastructure, […]

U.S. Office of Space Commerce Director Taylor Jordan announced the office’s proposal of a revamped mission authorization process for novel space activities in a keynote address during SATShow Week on […]

For the Golden Dome missile defense system, getting data about ballistic or hypersonic missile launches from sensors to the fusion engine which provides 3D tracking and finally to the interceptors […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) was stood up to move fast and disrupt traditional space acquisition while leveraging commercial practices to enable a higher rate of satellite production. After launching its […]

With a kaleidoscope of ground radars, electro-optical telescopes, and Geostationary (GEO) spy satellites, the U.S. Space Force can closely track space objects as they hurtle through orbit. But in terms […]

China’s space asset developments are coming fast and furious as China drives toward the goal of becoming a major space power, outpacing Russia and causing more focused analysis by U.S. […]

Comtech delivered the first round of Enterprise Digital Intermediate Frequency Multi-Carrier (EDIM) modems to the U.S. Army in a $48.6 million contract signed in 2023, the company said on Thursday. […]

The White House released President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America in mid-March with six policy pillars, including securing critical infrastructure and maintaining superiority in emerging technologies. While there may not […]

In a panel titled ‘Securing Space Assets and Strategic Stability’ at Space-Comm in London speakers from both a government and industry perspective talked about the security of space assets in […]

At a recent event at Chatham House in the U.K, the Ukrainian ambassador to the U.K. spoke four years after Russia’s invasion talking about the future of warfare. Valerii Zaluzhnyi […]

Canada is the latest nation to significantly invest in improving its space capabilities by announcing details of a new spaceport. The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) is to invest $200 […]

The European Defence Agency (EDA) is going to explore the Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) region in space in a major new research project. The project, called VLEO-DEF, will design […]

Sweden has moved one step closer to being and to control and launch satellites into orbit from its own territory from a national security perspective. SSC Space has signed an […]

Florida-based aerospace and defense company Redwire has won a prime contract from the Belgian federal government to build the nation’s first national security satellite in collaboration with Aerospacelab, the company […]

Satellite communications provider Ovzon has received a $1.3 million three-month order from the United States Defense Department for satcom services and technical support, the company announced Friday. Service will begin […]

After Amazon asked the FCC to deny SpaceX’s request to build an orbital data center constellation, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr criticized Amazon’s own constellation deployment in a public post on […]

The U.S. Space Force‘s Space Systems Command (SSC) wants insights from domestic and allied nation companies on possible collaboration with Canada on an allied command and control (C2) system for […]

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded Hughes Network Services a contract focused on resilient, hybrid satellite networks. The award announced Monday is through the AFRL’s Rapid Architecture Prototyping […]

The FCC is looking to make more spectrum available for what it calls “weird space stuff” — in other words, to support telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C) for emerging space applications.  […]

The U.K. government will invest another 30 million pounds in satellite connectivity projects based in the U.K. as part of the Connectivity in Low Earth Orbit, or C-LEO, program. The […]

BlackSky has won a seven-figure renewal deal with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA). It has secured this award under the company’s NGA Luno A Facility Monitoring Delivery Order. According […]

The FCC is seeking comment on the issue of international market access for U.S. satellite operators, amid concern from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on the EU Space Act.  The FCC […]

L3Harris is sticking with Lanteris Space Systems, now owned by Intuitive Machines, as the bus provider for its spacecraft for its work for the Space Development Agency (SDA).  Intuitive Machines […]

NASA made a major change to its plan for Artemis missions on Friday, announcing a new Artemis III mission in which a crew capsule will dock with a lunar lander […]

AURORA, Colo. – The U.S. Space Force has suspended launches of the United Launch Alliance‘s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program while the service […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) on Monday said it has awarded a $30 million prototype contract to AST SpaceMobile to demonstrate low-latency tactical satellite communications using the company’s commercial spacecraft. The Other […]