Business

As space weapons proliferate, spy satellites are getting new duties

Space Force signs selects Vantor to watch for naughty satellites, space threats.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: The ‘feel-out’ summit; Vulcan, operational; Costly IT do-overs; Military vs. cartels; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

AI, satellites, and Golden Dome shine in new House-passed defense bill

The House version of the NDAA takes aim at acquisition and requirements processes that have long bedeviled both Congress and the military.

  • Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 187: Tech Summit talks: The Space Rush

The third in a series of conversations from this year’s Defense One Tech Summit.

  • Defense One Staff
Science & Tech

What SDA’s latest win signals for military space

The agency is working to build a massive constellation of satellites.

  • Amber Corrin
Science & Tech

Maxar launching AI-powered ‘predictive intelligence’ to spot crises before they happen

New software for fusing satellite data from multiple constellations could spot big events before they pop off.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: COCOM noms; Mass 3D-printing in the field; Trump, Xi talk; The future of deception; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

China may own the ‘narrative’ of future conflict if the US crushes the satellite imagery biz: experts

Experts say NRO cuts would hurt public understanding of what adversaries are doing.

  • Patrick Tucker and Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Jet falls off carrier; Yemen-bombing stats; Global defense-spending spike; Amazon’s first satellites; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Space Force’s new war plan; Musk, Palantir, Anduril eye ‘Golden Dome’ contracts; DOD’s race for small reactors; And a bit more.

  • Lauren C. Williams and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: NSA chief fired; SecDef under investigation; ‘Limited success’ for Yemen strikes; China’s anti-sat arsenal; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Threats

How China is expanding its anti-satellite arsenal

The Space Force chief doesn’t like the “curves” of how China is progressing vs the U.S.—and says he doesn’t have the funding to reverse it.

  • Audrey Decker
Exclusive Science & Tech

Trump to get Golden Dome options next week: defense source

The Pentagon may need to create a new organization to build the ambitious missile shield, sources said.

  • Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech

Space Force may use SpaceX satellites instead of developing its own, senator says

The satellites in question are part of the data transport layer of the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.

  • Audrey Decker
Defense Systems

Space Force plans to put a multisatellite ‘carrier’ into orbit

Gravitics gets an up-to-$60 million contract to build a satellite that can spit out other satellites as needed.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Ukraine’s intel quandary; Pentagon’s civilian firings; Speedier-software policy; Russia’s military horses; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Eric Katz
Policy

Uncertainty mounts at Space Development Agency as Air Force IG prepares probe

The unexpected sidelining of its director raises questions about the future of the satellite-acquisition “constructive disruptor.”

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: More long-range missiles target Russia’s Kursk; Biden authorizes anti-personnel mines for Ukraine; SecDef Austin in the South China Sea; Satellite industry delays; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Defense Systems

Next launch of SDA’s satellite constellation pushed to spring

Officials originally planned to begin launching in September, but production has lagged.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: National Guard on alert; Russian bomb plot?; USAF’s tanker hedge; Boeing workers end strike; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
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