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Space
August 2018
Pentagon Developing Cost Estimates for New Space Force
By Jon HarperThe Defense Department is evaluating the price tag for the new Space Force that President Donald Trump wants to establish, senior leaders said Aug. 28. -
Space
August 2018
Viewpoint: Small Space Launch Companies – Great Promise with a Note of Caution
By Kent JohnsonWhen a new economic sector takes off, caution is advisable. When the automobile, commercial air travel, television and the internet arrived, not to mention rockets, Congress and sequential administrations – Republican and Democrat – crafted regulations that guided these new technologies toward growth, public utility and manageable risk. We are here again with private space-launch. -
Research and Development
August 2018
R&D Special Report: Air Force Labs
By National Defense StaffNational Defense Magazine asked research laboratories involved in national security programs: “What is your organization’s number one R&D ‘big bet,’ (in other words: a high-risk, high-reward technology investment) that you believe will have the biggest payoff for those in the military or national security realm? Why? And in what ways do you think it will benefit the end users?” -
Space
August 2018
Pentagon Looking to Thwart Hypersonic Weapons with Commercial Satellites
By Sonja JordanThe Defense Department could use commercial satellites to help defend against enemy hypersonics, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Aug. 10. -
Space
August 2018
Industry Perspective: Public-Private Partnerships Critical to Protect Space
By Rebecca Cowen-HirschWe live in an era in which space is an increasingly challenged and even hostile environment. Today’s adversaries are able to jam satellites for reversible effects and even permanently damage space assets with kinetic attacks from ground-launched missiles, building urgency for optimal resilience in space. -
Space
August 2018
White House, Pentagon Detail Massive Shakeup of Space Enterprise
By Jon HarperThe Defense Department will soon take four major steps toward fulfilling President Donald Trump’s vision for beefing up U.S. space capabilities, with the goal of setting up a new independent branch of the armed forces by 2020, Vice President Mike Pence announced Aug. 9. -
Space
August 2018
Air Force Ponders Basing Cargo in Space
By Sonja JordanThe Air Force is mulling over whether to base cargo in space, the commander of Air Mobility Command said Aug. 2. -
Space
July 2018
U.S.-China Space Race Driving Increased Spending
By Jon HarperThe United States and China are boosting investments in space capabilities as the Pentagon prepares for an era of great power conflict. -
Space
July 2018
DARPA’s Experimental Spaceplane Project Hits Major Engine Milestone
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, working alongside Boeing and Aerojet Rocketdyne, recently demonstrated that it could successfully fire the AR-22 booster rocket engine 10 times over 240 hours. -
Space
July 2018
The Potential For Agile Launch: Industry Touting Flexible Vehicle Models to Better Secure Space Assets (UPDATED)
By Vivienne MachiAn array of new agile launch capabilities being developed by the commercial sector to send satellites into orbit could provide added resiliency to the U.S. space architecture.
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