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Though the Defense Department continues to talk about supporting commercial innovation and speeding acquisition, a former Trump administration official said space programs won’t be able to match the speed of technological advancement with the current acquisition and regulatory processes.
The National Nuclear Security Administration has completed the last production unit of the B61-12 Life Extension Program, according to a Tuesday announcement.
The Space Development Agency will host an industry day next month for a pool of prime contractors and potential payload vendors for its second set of demonstration and technology satellites through its Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated Low-Earth Orbit (HALO) effort.
The Air Force and Navy awarded Raytheon a combined $282 million for the next Small Diameter Bomb Increment II lot, the Defense Department announced last month.
In a bid to provide warfighters with rapidly responsive communications or intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, the Air Force awarded up to $99 million to a company making micro high-altitude balloons.
Defense Under Secretary Heidi Shyu has tasked the Defense Science Board with studying and providing recommendations on how prepared the Defense Department is to survive against and respond to a nuclear attack, according to a letter posted this week.
The Space Development Agency has resorted to testing its Link 16 connections outside of the U.S. as Federal Aviation Administration approval remains out of reach, leading to extended timelines and higher costs, SDA director Derek Tournear said.
The Air Force and Office of the Secretary of Defense should transfer billets to the Space Force to grow the new service without adding to the Defense Department personnel total, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) said today.
The Space Force Commercial Satellite Communications Office last week released a provisional schedule for the COMSATCOM services the Defense Department will be seeking in calendar year 2025.
ORLANDO -- The Space Development Agency will post its request for proposals tomorrow for program integration for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture Tranche 3, SDA Director Derek Tournear announced today.
ORLANDO -- The Space Force and National Reconnaissance Office's watchdog satellites are set to go online next year, according to the head of U.S. Space Command.
Moving U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama as President-elect Trump has promised would be costly and disconnect the fully operational command from a community of space experts, analysts told Inside Defense, while a major congressional supporter touted what he considers security benefits and long-term cost benefits at the proposed new location.
ORLANDO -- U.S. Space Command's top requirement is weapon systems that can defeat space assets, whether through cyber, non-kinetic or kinetic attacks, Commander Gen. Stephen Whiting said today.
ORLANDO -- Space Force guardians need to integrate AI technologies for myriad operations or risk losing decision advantage, officials with the service say.
ORLANDO -- The Space Force needs more funding to counter rapidly advancing threats in space from China, top officials said today, just days after congressional authorizers advanced the annual policy bill that would cut the service's procurement budget by 11% in fiscal year 2025.
The fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill is set to allow the Space Force to absorb certain Air National Guard units that perform space missions, a move which the National Guard Association of the United States and National Governors Association oppose.
The Space Force raised the ceiling on its Proliferated Low-Earth Orbit satellite-based services contract to $13 billion from $900 million, a senior official said during a Pentagon briefing.
The Air Force Research Laboratory will hold an industry day on electromagnetic spectrum warfare in the new year, according to a service notice issued today.
United Launch Alliance won't complete the two scheduled Space Force launches on its Vulcan rocket until early next year, potentially months later than planned, a company spokeswoman confirmed.
The Space Development Agency is planning for three variants for the Tranche 3 Transport Layer to accommodate different communications types with its constellation of satellites, director Derek Tournear said last week while also providing updates on other efforts.