Defense

Air Force fires head of Sentinel ICBM program

Spokesman says Col. Charles Clegg's removal "is not directly related" to the program's ballooning costs.

  • Audrey Decker
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New sat images show Russian vessels fleeing Black Sea ports

Ukrainian drone attacks have also prompted Russian patrols and harbor defenses, according to BlackSky images.

  • Patrick Tucker

Delays push Army’s hypersonic missile to fiscal 2025

GAO notes unsolved problems with launcher and launch sequencing.

  • Sam Skove

Blue Origin cleared to bid on national-security launches

But Bezos-owned rocket firm is the only newcomer in a $5.6B contract pool that had been intended to foster competition.

  • Audrey Decker

Germany's Rheinmetall Expands into Space with Focus on Tactical Intel

Company Sets Sights on Tactical Recon, Invests in SAR Satellite Operator ICEYE

  • Richard Pettibone, Forecast International

Space Force awards $1B ground system software contract

The service branch hires 20 small businesses to help move along the development of a new system that leans on commercial cloud.

  • Ross Wilkers

Missile threats are proliferating. Here’s how the Pentagon is trying to keep up

A booster tweak might improve an anti-ICBM weapon while a next-gen missile-spotting constellation comes online.

  • Patrick Tucker

As space gets more crowded, Pentagon looks to AI to spot weapons

A new DARPA contract aims to identify satellites behaving strangely.

  • Patrick Tucker

Air Force chooses 14 for $220M geospatial support contract

Air Force leaders sought a pool of contractors to help facilitate enhanced and shared situational awareness.

  • Ross Wilkers

Space Force inches closer to classified remote work

The platform could be a popular remote-work solution for Space Systems Command.

  • Lauren C. Williams

SpaceX launches first batch of new spy satellites for NRO

The agency wants to quadruple the number of its satellites in orbit.

  • Audrey Decker

DOD: Russia’s use of Starlink will be a ‘continuous problem’ in Ukraine

The Pentagon and SpaceX have been working together to shut off Russia’s use of Starlink.

  • Audrey Decker

EIB backs Polish defense with EUR300 million for Earth observation satellites

Airbus Defence and Space will produce two S950 Optical satellites for launch in 2028

  • Richard Pettibone, Forecast International

'Fast movers': Chinese satellites zoom around for inspections—or interference

In a previously unreported incident, one of China's maneuvering satellites was tracked and approached by a Russian one.

  • Peter W. Singer and David D. Chen

Kill the zombie Space National Guard idea

Guardsmen in space-related jobs belong in the Space Force.

  • Todd Harrison

Why DOD’s network agency is SATCOM-curious

The Defense Information Systems Agency is experimenting with multiple satellite communications providers as it works to make the network more resilient.

  • Lauren C. Williams

Starlink battleground as both sides in Ukraine war using satellite internet, raising concerns

Unverified reports suggest Starlink use by Russia could slow service for Ukraine, potentially impacting the war's course.

  • Carter Palmer, Forecast International

Chinese satellites are breaking the US 'monopoly' on long-range targeting

China “has rapidly advanced in space in a way that few people can appreciate,” Space Force official says.

  • Audrey Decker

Russian space nuke could render low-Earth orbit unusable for a year, US official says

Pentagon’s space-policy leader noted with concern Moscow’s recent veto of a UN resolution against putting nuclear weapons in space.

  • Audrey Decker

Pentagon canceled Northrop’s classified satellite program due to ‘budgetary concerns’

Its CEO also said the company won’t compete to build cheap, non-survivable drones.

  • Audrey Decker

RTX moves away from competing as a prime for space contracts

COO: “We've got some other strengths in some of the key components that go in the prime satellites and buses.”

  • Audrey Decker