Government/Military

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Burden sharing in the current space domain is about how allies and partners contribute in ways that strengthen collective capability, resilience, and deterrence. This type of […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Getting back to the Moon with Artemis II has ignited plans to accelerate building a base on the Moon, while NASA takes steps to launch Artemis […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — To meet the Defense Department’s appetite for orbital warfare capabilities, Lockheed Martin is self-funding two next-generation space dominance efforts for rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) and command […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — With the pace of development in the commercial space industry over the last decade, regulators continue to work through how to oversee that development while enabling […]

The Artemis II crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego on Friday, wrapping up a historic nearly 10-day mission that marked the first crewed […]

Decision making must occur at the speed of conflict, and commercial space leaders are pursuing initiatives to push data forward from centralized nodes to the tactical edge. In the past, […]

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) said on Wednesday that it has awarded 14 companies more than $1.8 billion in firm fixed price “Andromeda” contracts for the Geosynchronous Reconnaissance […]

The FCC is set to vote later this month to update satellite spectrum-sharing rules between Geostationary (GEO) and Non-Geostationary (NGSO) satellite systems. If adopted, the Report and Order would replace […]

Space may not officially be the United States’ 17th critical infrastructure sector. But in practice, experts across government, academia, and industry say it already functions as one — deeply embedded […]

Russia is building up its military powers, possibly aiming to attack NATO within the next four years. Europe is responding to the threat, rushing to patch its many defense gaps, […]

The Artemis II crew has now officially traveled farther from Earth than any previous human mission. On Monday afternoon at approximately 1:56 p.m. EDT, the crew surpassed the Apollo 13 […]

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 […]