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Britain folds space defense and civil work into one £7.8B plan

Britain's new space strategy ties orbit defense, early-warning science and connectivity funding into one £7.8B plan through 2030.

Space Force lines up a contractor to export launch know-how

An unnamed ally wants Space Force help to build a rocket program modeled on National Security Space Launch.

France’s space summit loses its US heavyweights over White House warnings

SpaceX and Blue Origin lead US withdrawals from Macron's summit after Washington advises firms to stay away.

A West Point for space moves closer under new Trump order

Trump signed an order creating a commission to design a federal academy for the Space Force.

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CBO and the Golden Dome chief clash over a $1.2T estimate

The Congressional Budget Office defends a $1.2T projection while the Space Force general running Golden Dome calls it a myth.

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Iran demands binding treaty talks as orbit becomes a war-fighting domain

Iran's UN envoy called on the Conference on Disarmament to begin talks on a binding treaty banning weapons in orbit.

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New White House policy targets America’s launch bottleneck

Trump signed NSPM-17 to expand launch ranges, speed permits and grow commercial space transportation.

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Rendezvous tech blurs the line between satellite service and attack

A new analysis warns that dual-use rendezvous and proximity operations leave the rules of space war dangerously ambiguous.

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New White House S&T strategy leans on space superiority

The White House's new science and technology strategy puts space superiority at the heart of national security competition.

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