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Space
November 2022
Entering Year Four, Space Force Focusing on Cyber Capabilities
As the United States’ youngest service enters its fourth year, the Space Force is reevaluating “what readiness means to a force that is primarily employed in place rather than waiting to deploy overseas," the service's top official said. -
Space
October 2022
JUST IN: Space Progress Slowed by ‘Bureaucratic Inertia,’ Official Says
As the United States’ youngest service enters its fourth year, the Space Force must look for ways to speed up technological development in order to not fall behind competitors, a top service official said. -
Space
October 2022
JUST IN: SDA Developing Translator Payloads for National Defense Space Architecture
As the Space Development Agency gets set to launch the first satellites of the National Defense Space Architecture into orbit later this year, the agency is developing capabilities to ensure the satellites in the architecture can communicate with other government or commercial constellations. -
Space
October 2022
JUST IN: Report Warns U.S. Needs Space-based Weapons to Defend JADC2
The Space Force needs to deter adversaries from attacking the space infrastructure that is critical for data collection and communications, according to a new report from the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. -
Space
October 2022
Civilian Space Tracking Program Key for Sector Growth
By Christian ZurIn keeping with the pace of the commercial space sector, the Biden administration is advancing a long-anticipated policy initiative to transfer responsibility for tracking objects in Earth’s orbit from the U.S. military to the civilian National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. -
Space
October 2022
'Translators' Developed to Link Optical Satellite Terminals
A DARPA program developing optical communications terminals that can link non-standardized systems has entered its next phase, according to one of the companies helping to build a model for the terminal technology. -
Missile Defense
September 2022
Space Assets Critical to Defeat Hypersonic Threats
By Samantha BeuCompetitors already have operational hypersonic missiles — which have been demonstrated in the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the reported Chinese launch of a hypersonic glider off the Taiwan Strait — making the ability to detect and defeat such weapons a top priority for the Defense Department. -
Space
September 2022
AFA NEWS: Space Force Contemplates New Moving Target Sensor
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — The Space Force has made progress on developing a multi-domain moving target indicator, the chief of space operations said Sept. 21. -
Space
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Space
September 2022
AFA NEWS: Army Missile Warning System Next on Space Force Consolidation List
After taking control of all of the Defense Department’s satellite communication functions earlier this year, the Space Force is continuing to look for ways to consolidate more communication systems into its portfolio of capabilities.
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