The deputy chief of space operations for operations, cyber and nuclear at the U.S. Space Force said in an interview that other countries want to work with the United States on defending space-based technologies and systems. According to Lt. Gen. DeAnna Burt, allied European countries are increasingly investing in space defense systems and are developing […] Read more
The Space Development Agency has tapped Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing company based in El Segundo, California, to build eight satellites for integration into the Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter program of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, a mesh satellite communications network. Millennium’s satellite constellation will contribute sensors to the FOO Fighter program, which will complement […] Read more
Simsbury, Connecticut-based Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense has received an $11.7 million contract from the Department of Defense’s Defense Production Act Investment program to boost the capacity of its printed circuit board assembly operations. Laura Taylor-Kale, assistant secretary of defense for industrial base policy, said the DPAI program is a vital contributor to the DOD’s objective […] Read more
Two dozen U.S. allies joined the U.S. Space Command’s Global Sentinel collaboration exercise on space-based security and defense held at the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, from Feb. 5 to 16. The event, which was initiated in 2014 with seven countries in attendance, kicked off in 2024 with 246 participants, including 177 representatives of U.S. […] Read more
Two dozen U.S. allies joined the U.S. Space Command’s Global Sentinel collaboration exercise on space-based security and defense held at the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, from Feb. 5 to 16. The event, which was initiated in 2014 with seven countries in attendance, kicked off in 2024 with 246 participants, including 177 representatives of U.S. […] Read more
Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of defense, said the United States remains committed to preventing any conflict in space or anywhere else, highlighting to its adversaries that conflict does not provide any benefit. Speaking at an event in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Wednesday, Hicks said the Department of Defense has launched a growing constellation of small, […] Read more
The fiscal year 2024 defense budget, once signed by President Joe Biden, would let the U.S. Space Force collect up to $5 million annually in indirect fees from commercial companies using its launch ranges. The legislation marks a shift from the 1984 Commercial Space Launch Act, which bars the U.S. government from charging companies for […] Read more
