Government/Military

FARNBOROUGH, UK — A greater reliance on space heightens the importance of space cybersecurity. One of the top officials in the U.K. military outlined the United Kingdom’s plans for space...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting approaches for prototype spacecraft that can autonomously navigate and be highly maneuverable in a Low Lunar Orbit (LLO) for cislunar space...

There’s a growing recognition that governments and large enterprises need alternative paths of connectivity, Rivada Space Networks CEO Declan Ganley says. In a recent conversation with Via Satellite, Ganley says...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — As the commercial space industry is investing in space communications with satellite constellations, terminals, and networking technologies, the U.S. military is working through how to bring...

Comtech‘s Montreal-based Satellite Networks Technologies Corp. business completed initial deliveries of its next generation very small aperture terminal (VSAT) systems to an unnamed Navy partner in the Asia Pacific region....

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Department of the Air Force’s acting space acquisition chief recently added a senior adviser to his staff to honcho the seemingly gargantuan task of integrating and making...

President Donald Trump’s nominee for NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman, tried to calm fears from U.S. senators during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday that he is too close with friend and...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Commercial space and military leaders are working through challenges to achieve greater integration of private sector capabilities for military use. Col. Richard Kniseley, senior materiel leader of...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— Civil space leaders from Germany, Japan, France, Israel, Australia, and India talked about the current state of their country’s space work, and efforts in cooperation and collaboration...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— The Space Force is assessing its supply chain risks and vulnerabilities more comprehensively after initially looking at the piece parts, which has put the service in a...