Defense Systems

Congress wants closer eye on threats in orbit.

Almost a year after China used anti-satellite technology to explode the Fengyun 1C, its own weather satellite, Congress chose to up the ante on satellite protection.

• Jeff Angus, Defense Systems
• February 4, 2008

Defense Systems

Swarms of small satellites could provide the edge

If DARPA has anything to do with it, the U.S. military’s space future will be built around small, fast and agile satellite systems rather than the big, slow and ponderous systems it now relies on.

• Brian Robinson, Defense Systems
• February 4, 2008