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Cape Canaveral is building up its counter-drone defenses, Space Force says
The Florida facility is key to the Pentagon’s plans to launch a thousand rockets a year.
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The Pentagon must prepare for battles around the moon: Joint Chiefs chair
Days after orbital weapons were revealed, Gen. Dan Caine ups the scope of the military’s desired reach.
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‘It was time’ to admit US has weapons in orbit, Space Force’s new leader says
Russian and Chinese advances led to the revelation, Gen. Douglas Schiess says at AFA.
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US military has ‘on-orbit’ space weapons, Air Force Secretary reveals
Experts said the acknowledgment may lead to overt action by China, Russia.
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White House pressure for US firms to skip French space summit is ‘unfortunate,’ insiders say
One policy director warned that American companies could be used as a ‘prop’ against their country’s interests.
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The US may lack the engineers to rebuild space assets in a future war: RAND
Industry is already short of skilled engineering personnel.
Policy
Here’s what Trump’s new ‘Space Academy’ could mean for the US military
A new source for commissioned officers—but is it needed?
Policy
As US preps for more space launches, WH orders integration with air-traffic control
New space-transportation policy orders Pentagon, NASA, and Transportation to work together as the nation's outdated systems are improved.
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New contract aims to keep Space Force’s multi-billion-dollar projects on budget
Integrate was just for the service’s complicated launch programs. Now, it’s expanding.
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Golden Dome Caucus chair says building support, funding for missile shield is a ‘tough slog’
Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colo., told Defense One that funding the war in Iran threatens the missile-defense project.
Policy
Intel ops are underway at Space Command’s nascent Alabama HQ
Alabama landed SPACECOM after a years-long political fight. Now it’s getting off the ground.
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Iran war reveals protection of space assets on bases has to ‘evolve,’ top general says
Key radars have been hit during Epic Fury, Gen. Whiting says.
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Five things Space Command says it needs to win tomorrow’s wars
Gen. Whiting adds to previous calls for new tech in his final speech to the SMD Symposium.
Science & Tech
The lasers are coming, but don’t forget training
Army space and missile defense leaders call for more emerging tech—and training—as new systems are developed.
Defense Systems
Officials hedge SpaceX aircraft-tracking satellite bet with three smaller company contracts
Rocket Labs, STR, and one mystery company are the latest space-based AMTI awardees.
Science & Tech
Can an Alaskan spaceport ease Pentagon’s launch bottleneck?
Rocket Lab says its suborbital launches at Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska could lead to national-security ones.
Defense Systems
US rocket-launch bottleneck worries Sweden, which just launched its first military satellite
The country sped up the launch due to the “severe security situation.”
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China justifies Space Force’s budget, nominee tells lawmakers in smooth confirmation hearing
Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess, who is likely to be confirmed, would be the young service's third leader.
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Space Development Agency resumes key satellite launches after delays, watchdog criticisms
Meanwhile, Congress may dissolve SDA into the Space Force.
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