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Simulators let guardians rehearse satellite combat without risking the fleet
The Space Force is buying portable simulators so satellite crews can rehearse jamming and interference without pulling spacecraft off their…
Pentagon nearly doubles national security launch buys as bill hits $76B
A fresh Pentagon cost report shows the US military planning 337 rocket launches versus 151 in 2022, with the tab climbing past $76B.
First live-fly space exercise puts real satellites through orbital agility drills
US Space Command wrapped its first exercise flying real satellites through contested-orbit maneuvers alongside allied and commercial partners.
Small-sat builder lands on Britain’s £8B military comms framework
Open Cosmos is cleared to sell LEO connectivity into UK defense comms under TacSys, a framework valued at up to…
Japan’s orbital targeting AI lands in its record defense budget
Japan's largest-ever defense request funds an orbital AI that hands targeting data straight to weapons, with no disclosed rule on…
Katalyst probe meets Swift up close as its rescue mission winds down
Katalyst's Link craft closed to within 12 to 15 kilometers of NASA's Swift telescope before its rescue mission wound down.
Mobile SCIF fleet opens classified space work to small suppliers
Fifty mobile secure rooms will let small satellite firms take classified work without building SCIFs of their own.
Unnamed defense customers reserve payload room on Dream Chaser’s first flight
The reusable Dream Chaser's maiden mission will mix defense, civil and commercial payloads, Sierra Space says.
The Space Force changes commanders as Schiess pledges deliberate growth
Gen. Douglas Schiess succeeds Chance Saltzman as chief of space operations with growth and deterrence as his priorities.